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Hi, I’m Dave. A Laravel Developer. I love to build Laravel apps using the TALL stack.

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Connecting to your MySQL database with PDO (PHP Data Object)

Connecting to your MySQL database with PDO (PHP Data Object)

It's been coming for some time but mysql_ has been officially depreciated and will be remo...
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David Carr

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Display YouTube videos from a users RSS Feed with PHP

Display YouTube videos from a users RSS Feed with PHP

Using an RSS feed you can load videos from a users feed, this can be as simple as a list o...
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David Carr

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Easily make your tables responsive with JS/CSS

Easily make your tables responsive with JS/CSS

I'm in the middle of building a responsive CRM when I realised it all works great except f...
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David Carr

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Avoiding pageshift by forcing a scrollbar with CSS

Avoiding pageshift by forcing a scrollbar with CSS

I've had a few people ask me about the same problem recently its a simple problem with a s...
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David Carr

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3 ways to disable autocomplete on your forms

3 ways to disable autocomplete on your forms

Here are 3 ways to stop forms remember what has previosuly been entered into them, the fis...
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David Carr

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Dynamic Form with jQuery UI datepicker

Dynamic Form with jQuery UI datepicker

This tutorial is a continuation of Dynamic Form Elements with jQuery That tutorial covered...
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David Carr

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Myspace redesign in an effort to rise again

Myspace redesign in an effort to rise again

Myspace was a big player in the social network market a few years ago but as Facebook came...
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David Carr

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mp4 player made easy with HTML5 Video Player videojs

mp4 player made easy with HTML5 Video Player videojs

I've recently come across a HTML 5 video player, primarily its run using HTML 5 with flash...
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David Carr

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Grant access based on IP address with PHP

Grant access based on IP address with PHP

A quick tip for only allowing access to a website for a range of IP addresses.  This is a...
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David Carr

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Wordpress Forrst Plugin for Pages

Wordpress Forrst Plugin for Pages

I've written a new plugin for Wordpress that will allow you to display your 25 latest forr...
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David Carr

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Need place holder images for a new design? Placeholder is perfect for the job

Need place holder images for a new design? Placeholder is perfect for the job

When prototyping a new layout it's convenient to use placeholder images then it is to use...
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David Carr

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Site running slow find out why with Pingdom Tools

Site running slow find out why with Pingdom Tools

I've recently converted my site over from a custom built system to Wordpress as I'm learni...
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David Carr

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Is a static salt enough when storing passwords?

Is a static salt enough when storing passwords?

No is the short answer, equally having random salts stored in the database is not that muc...
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David Carr

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Highlight matched words in a search

Highlight matched words in a search

This tutorial will show you how to highlight words from a search. To learn how to search...
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David Carr

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Hiding and protecting a directory with htaccess

Hiding and protecting a directory with htaccess

When building web applications is makes sense to hide sensitive files such as say a config...
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David Carr

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Coda 2 released today will you be getting a copy?

Coda 2 released today will you be getting a copy?

So unless you live under a rock you'll know today is launch day for Panic's Coda 2, its be...
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David Carr

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Dynamic Form Elements with jQuery

Dynamic Form Elements with jQuery

When creating a form you don't always know how many form elements to give to the user, it...
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David Carr

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Removing index.php from your codeigniter 2 url with htaccess

Removing index.php from your codeigniter 2 url with htaccess

In Codeigniter by default all calls to your controller from a http request will have index...
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David Carr

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