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David Carr

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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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Laravel Module routes list

Laravel Module routes list

I build all my projects with modules using this package https://github.com/nWidart/laravel...
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David Carr

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Mask a .php page with Mod Rewrite

Mask a .php page with Mod Rewrite

Let's say you have a static website with various PHP files. These form the URL such as dom...
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David Carr

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Formatting dates to use timezone

Formatting dates to use timezone

Working with dates can get complicated when you need a time to change depending on the tim...
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David Carr

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strtotime Add Two Working Days

strtotime Add Two Working Days

There are times you want to add days to a date but only working days, so weekends are igno...
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David Carr

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Laravel download base64 encoded files

Laravel download base64 encoded files

Laravel has the ability to stream files from disc and remove them as soon as they've been...
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David Carr

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Crontab command to delete itself

Crontab command to delete itself

I was asked today can you run a cronjob only once. My initial answer was no you cannot as...
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David Carr

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Laravel download files from a route

Laravel download files from a route

Laravel makes downloading a server file very easy, in this post I'm going to show a way to...
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David Carr

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Creating a blog from scratch with PHP - Part 9 Cover Image

Creating a blog from scratch with PHP - Part 9 Cover Image

Blog Series Part 1 - The Build Part 2 - SEO URLS Part 3 Comments with Disqus...
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David Carr

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Dealing with posting large number of checkboxes

Dealing with posting large number of checkboxes

When you have a form with lots of checkboxes, you may hit a limit to how many you can post...
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David Carr

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Export to CSV

Export to CSV

Today I've released a new PHP package for exporting array data to a CSV file. Often data n...
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David Carr

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Pick up my book Beginning PHP for a fiver

Pick up my book Beginning PHP for a fiver

My Book Beginning PHP is now just $5 to buy from PacktPub https://www.packtpub.com/applic...
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David Carr

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Announcing DC Casts

Announcing DC Casts

In the new year DC Casts will be launched, a video site for teaching web development. You...
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David Carr

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Install Let’s Encrypt Free SSL Wildcard Certificate on ubuntu 18

Install Let’s Encrypt Free SSL Wildcard Certificate on ubuntu 18

If you want a quick solution for adding SSL/TLS to your website, then you should definitel...
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David Carr

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From Cooking to Coding

From Cooking to Coding

The alliteration is the only thing these two professions have in common with one another,...
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David Carr

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Talk: Integrating Microsoft Graph API with Laravel

Talk: Integrating Microsoft Graph API with Laravel

On the 12th of November 2018, I gave a talk on Microsoft Graph API and integrating it with...
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David Carr

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Laravel package MsGraph

Laravel package MsGraph

I've released a new Laravel package called MsGraph that's essentially a wrapper for workin...
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David Carr

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Fixing ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'

Fixing ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock'

I had a crash after a reboot, then MySQL would not run, the error I was getting was: ERR...
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David Carr

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Essential Laravel Packages

Essential Laravel Packages

Laravel comes with a lot out the box, however, you'll often add third-party packages to ad...
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David Carr

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