If you would like to override an already attached class containing a background then you can use the following: background:transparent none 0 repeat !important;
Restrict PHPMyAdmin to IP Address
Would you like to restrict PHPMyAdmin from being accessible to the whole world? Firstly you need to SSH into your box if you are not on the local machine where PHPMyAdmin is installed along with Apache. cd /etc/phpmyadmin/ vi apache.conf You will need to look for the following text “<Directory /usr/share/phpmyadmin>” and add in the [...]
2014 – Commands out of sync; you can't run this command now
#2014 – Commands out of sync; you can’t run this command now Now that can be a really annoying error! It happens when querying stored procedures in phpMyAdmin as mysqli seems to return 2 sets of results opposed to the usual 1 that mysql returns. You cannot call anything else until you have “flushed” or [...]
Image corrupt or truncated: <unknown>
What is “Image corrupt or truncated: <unknown>” and what does it mean? This can often be seen while using Firebug in Firefox, but it actually has nothing to do with either and is just the error being reprinted in in firebug in most cases. It comes from an image that has had it’s extension changed [...]
WordPress wp-admin use different language for user
I needed to do some work on a WordPress site a little while ago and all the admins were French – and I cannot speak French other than the popular swear words – so had no idea what was going on in the /wp-admin/ so needed some way of enabling my newly created user account [...]
Replace all spaces in HTML with except in HTML tags using PHP
If you would like to replace all the spaces in an HTML string with so that you can render it out to the browser but you also want to retain current spaces in HTML tags you can use the below method: $inputString = ‘<span class="color:red">1</span> 2 3′; $outputString = preg_replace_callback("#>[^<]+<#","relSpaces",$inputString); function [...]
Using PHP to validate an IP address
You can use the PHP code below to check if an IP address is valid or not. $ip = ""; //enter a valid or invalid ip address here if(filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP)) { // The IP Address is valid } else { // The IP Address is not valid } Wasn’t that easy!?!
General Site Update
We are a Management Consultancy company and are split into IT and HR. Up until a short while ago our website had be quite general in it’s views to show the services of both divisions but we have decided to let our IT division take it’s own path so the website will be undergoing a [...]
What is the difference between is_home() and is_front_page()
Call me ignorant, or call me an ignorant geek, but I used to think is_home() and is_front_page() was the same thing, until I experimented with them the other day and noticed they did quite different things. Let me break them down: is_home() This actually is the page where all your recent posts are shown. Which [...]
..near 'option o ON (po.option_id = o.option_id) LEFT JOIN option_description od ON (o.o' at line 1
So you’ve just installed Opencart 1.5.0 and when attempting to edit a product or category or etc you get the following error: Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ‘option o ON (po.option_id = o.option_id) LEFT [...]
What is 1e100.net?
So you are probably reading this because you are not sure what 1e100.net is or why you are being redirected via it when performing Google searches or using products such as youtube etc. Perform a SiteWhois lookup 1e100.net is owned by Google and has been in use since October 2009, if you perform a whois [...]
Hide all error messages PHP
PHP Error messages showing up in your web applications are a dangerous thing. Not only does it look unprofessional, but it is also a serious security concern! Once you have completed debugging your website or web application you can place the following one liner at the beginning of your code, this will turn off error [...]
