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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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Integrate elFinder 2.1 with CKEditor 4

Integrate elFinder 2.1 with CKEditor 4

This tutorial will show you how to integrate elFinder with CKEditor. Download CKEditor 4 ...
David Carr

David Carr

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Simpler filesize calculations

Simpler filesize calculations

When working with file sizes in PHP you work with bytes, which often is not what you want....
David Carr

David Carr

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Adding a Drag and Drop image uploads & custom upload script to CKEditor 4

Adding a Drag and Drop image uploads & custom upload script to CKEditor 4

In order to add drag and drop image upload to CKEditor make sure you've included the Uploa...
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David Carr

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PHP search string

PHP search string

Here's a quick way to search for a word inside a string, using strpos the string to look a...
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David Carr

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Solving: Guzzle errors truncated

Solving: Guzzle errors truncated

I'm a big fan of Guzzle it's great for making API calls. My typical code when making calls...
David Carr

David Carr

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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...
David Carr

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...
David Carr

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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