I wanted to list a directory in PHP. At the same time, I wanted to make sure only files are listed – not subdirectories or dot directories. More specifically, I only wanted to include files with the ending .zip. Two tools come to the rescue here: scandir() to list the directory and give us an … Read more
Imagine you have a HTML form with several values and two buttons at the bottom. One could say “Do This” and the other “Do That”. How do you know which one was pressed by the user? It’s fairly easy – but I keep forgetting this time and time again. We do this by accessing the … Read more
I’ve just realised how (relatively) easy it is to make PHP create a ZIP Archive from a directory and its sub directories. Previously I had relied on the Linux Shell Command zip or tar to do this which is a convenient one liner. I had assumed that in PHP we had to go through each … Read more
I’ve just released Version 1.3 of ZEN DASH and thought a quick video demonstration is in order – and here it is: In this podcast I will show you how to use ZEN DASH for WordPress and explain how you can easily hide menu options, dashboard widgets, admin footer links and suppress Update Notifications (for … Read more
I’ve just finished writing a new WordPress Plugin to help you create Child Themes with a single click, and no need for any external tools. The Child Theme Wizard is a super slim assistant which can be accessed under Tools – Child Theme Wizard. Pick a Parent Theme, enter additional information, click Create Child Theme … Read more
It’s extremely easy to add elements to an existing array in PHP – so easy in fact that I regularly forget how to do it! I’m used to initialising and setting up my variables from Objective C, but PHP is so much easier and deals with it on the fly. Here we do it – … Read more
You may need to know which of your themes are child themes, or in fact if the current theme you’re using is a parent or a child theme. Here’s how you can test both options. The following code snippet will iterate through all themes that are currently installed and displays the title and if it … Read more
Handy Cheat Sheet for PHP File Operations – thanks to @davidwalshblog
