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Read more about the article Get basename and file extension with PHP or Javascript
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Get basename and file extension with PHP or Javascript

  • Post author:Christos Pontikis
  • Post published:August 6, 2014
  • Post category:Web Development
  • Reading time:4 mins read

Getting file extension and basename is a common development task. PHP internal function pathinfo is very useful. But, Windows paths will not work correctly on Linux servers and vice versa.…

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Read more about the article Easily Backup Virtualbox disks using Immutable Images
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Easily Backup Virtualbox disks using Immutable Images

  • Post author:Christos Pontikis
  • Post published:December 9, 2013
  • Post category:Backup
  • Reading time:4 mins read

Virtual disks (Virtualbox in our case) are very large files, that may change frequently. This is a big problem for backup. A little change (even a simple boot of virtual…

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Read more about the article How to check if a Request is AJAX call with PHP
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How to check if a Request is AJAX call with PHP

  • Post author:Christos Pontikis
  • Post published:December 9, 2013
  • Post category:Web Development
  • Reading time:2 mins read

It is useful to prevent direct access of AJAX calls (from browser address bar). A solution could be the following simple function check_is_ajax(): /** * Check if request is an…

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Read more about the article How to Convert Date or Time to any Timezone and Dateformat with PHP
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How to Convert Date or Time to any Timezone and Dateformat with PHP

  • Post author:Christos Pontikis
  • Post published:November 4, 2013
  • Post category:Web Development
  • Reading time:4 mins read

Date manipulation is a common and extremely useful development task. It was never easy with PHP, until PHP5 and DateTime class. There are many cases you need to convert dates.…

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Read more about the article Check if a String represents a Valid Timezone with PHP
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Check if a String represents a Valid Timezone with PHP

  • Post author:Christos Pontikis
  • Post published:November 4, 2013
  • Post category:Web Development
  • Reading time:1 mins read

Sometimes you want to check if a string represents a valid timezone. Using PHP versions greater than 5.2, timezone_identifiers_list() could be a solution. Take a look in the following function:…

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