Sometimes you just don’t want certain pages, or posts to appear when a user searches your WordPress blog. Here is a quick & easy tip to rid your search results of those pesky posts/pages, plus an extra tip to remove pages completely.
This is probably a very well known tip, but for those new to PHP it’s handy. When needing to replace something try & use str_replace instead of preg_replace. Always remember that REGEX is costly & should only be used when it is really needed. If you need to do a case insensitive replace then use [...]
This is probably one of my favorite PHP features. It can be a little complicated to get used to at first, but it really saves a lot of time & can be extremely useful.
The second in my series of PHP tips is to do with the extremely handy is_numeric(). When allowing user input it’s extremely important to check the input for attacks. The most common piece of information handed to MySQL is an ID, but novice coders can get confused with how to check the input. The main [...]
This is the first in a series of posts I’m doing on small tips which help when coding with PHP. The first is a one most devs probably know, but novice or new coders may not know and probably should.
@lewayotte Thanks. Turns out something went wrong with my install of tortoiseSVN. :( Had to reinstall it. - 10 hours ago
@twitterapi Is there a problem with oAuth 'sign in with Twitter'? I am getting a 401 back yet was working fine about an hour ago. - 13 hours ago
@lewayotte Any idea how to make my trunk the active download instead of the tag on the SVN server for WordPress repo? - 15 hours ago
@twitterapi is there any progess on the solution for open source apps with oAuth? I read about key exchanging but that was back in June! - 18 hours ago
There should be a @thesaturdays Come Dine With Me... I'd watch it. :-) - 18 hours ago
