How to setup virtual lamp stack on Microsoft Windows
Oracle’s VirtualBox is a very solid and stable virtual machine but it isn’t the simplest to work with. So I abandoned it a week after I started working with. Recently,…
PHP: How to create csv files
It is very easy to create a csv file using PHP. All you need to do is create a two dimensional array of data and call fputcsv() function. This script…
PHP code to Scrape tags from an HTML page
Following code uses DOM to extract links. This code scrapes image and anchor links. This code can be extended to include other html tags.
Getting started with gulp.js
Gulp.js is a great tool for building and enhancing workflows. It is free and open source. It helps you automate repetitive tasks such as automating CSS creation and unit testing.…
How to parse a sentence in PHP
A sentence can be parsed in many different ways in PHP. A few methods are presented here along with their analysis. Regardless of the language you use for parsing a…
Using Pandas to read file data
Python library for data manipulation and analysis. It can work with many different data types including: symbol separated data (tsv, csv, etc.) ordered and unordered time series data matrix and…
PHP: Converting to epoch time and human readable time
Epoch time is Unix timestamp which counts the number of seconds since January 1 1970 00:00:00 UTC. Without getting into long discussion, follow is how your convert between human readable…
PHP: How to validate email
Validating email is more difficult than one might think. Recently I found this this code at PHP.net and I feel a need to republish this to emphasize its effectiveness and…
PHP: Array functions
Passing arrays by value and reference The difference between passing by value and passing by reference is that you when pass by value, you are passing a copy of the…