This is a sitemap of most of the content on my site. Some static pages (like the about me page, etc) might not be linked to from here.
Main pages
Blog posts
Laravel features you may not know about
Suspending in Bash: Quickly switch between running processes in bash
The Repository Pattern in PHP (and Laravel)
Should you disable Vim's swap files (.swp) being created?
Strategy Design Pattern in PHP - Explained!
How to sort lines of text from within vim (super easy!)
Why You Should Use SPL Exceptions in PHP, for Better Exception Handling
Linux Command Cheatsheet: Disk usage and filesize cheatsheet
Bash Parameter Expansions (!$, etc)
PHP Observer Design Pattern Explained (Easy to understand)
Best Chrome Extensions for Web Developers
Essential keyboard shortcuts you NEED to know when using PHP Storm
Beginners Guide to Tabs in Vim
PHP Template Method Pattern Explained (its easy!)
Super Easy Introduction Guide to Using Vim To Edit Your Files
The Front Controller Design Pattern (explained using PHP)
The 5 Principes of SOLID, easily explained using PHP
How to use clip-path in CSS (with examples)
The Service Locator Design Pattern in PHP
The Decorator Design Pattern in PHP (with easy to follow example)
How to add a gradient overlay to a background image using just CSS and HTML
Everything you need to know about SQL injection with PHP and MySQL
Apps, software and services that I use
The Adapter Design Pattern, Explained With PHP
Laravel + SQLite - works in php artisan tinker, but gives "unable to open db file" - FIXED
The Chain-of-responsibility programming design pattern (explained using PHP)
Vim tip: The best line number config (current + relative line numbers)
The Composite Design Pattern Explained (with PHP)
Array Destructuring: The Useful PHP 7 Feature You (maybe) Aren't Using
Specification Design Pattern in PHP - Explained!
How to create a new MySQL (MariaDB) Database, user, and grant it privileges
Programming Tricks
PHP Tricks and Tips
PHP - Arrays Tips
What are generators in PHP, and how do they compare to arrays?
How to pick what array_intersect function to use in PHP?
An overview of every main PHP array function
How to Extract Query String (from a URL) Into an Associative Array in PHP
How to convert a string to an array of it's characters in PHP?
How to find the 2nd most common item in an array?
PHP - General Tips
How to manually write your own pagination in PHP
What are the SPL data structures
What are the SPL Iterators in PHP?
How do you access the php://input stream?
What is the max size, by default, of GET variables?
When is __destruct called in PHP?
What are the main error types in PHP
How to check if a object has a static variable defined?
How can you check if a variable is alphanum (alphanumeric, letters and numbers only) in PHP?
How to set infinite execution time in a PHP script
What is the spaceship operator (<=>) in PHP?
How to use Anonymous classes in PHP 7?
How to destroy or remove a cookie in PHP
Is multiple inheritance supported in PHP?
How to replace whitespace with a single space
What is the null coalescing operator in PHP7?
How to reverse htmlentities() / What is the opposite of htmlentities()?
What does 'final class' and 'final function' (final method) mean in PHP?
How do you launch the PHP interactive shell?
How to view all installed PHP modules?
How to find out which php.ini file PHP is using?
How do you run a PHP script from the command line?
How to query mysql using PDO in PHP?
How could you include a custom function for every single time PHP runs?
PHP - PHP Basics Tips
Laravel Tricks and Tips
Laravel - Blade Templating System Tips
How to check if a user is logged in, inside a blade file?
What is the loop variable in a @foreach loop in Blade?
How to get a route to directly show a view?
Laravel - Controllers Tips
Laravel - Laravel Database Stuff Tips
How to increment a value in the database
How to change the order that migrations happen?
How to fix the MySQL related "Specified key was too long error" error in Laravel
How to select what columns to return when calling ::all()
What kind of database field type should you (normally) use for foreign keys?
Laravel - Eloquent Tips
How to order a Laravel hasMany relationship?
A list of operators on Eloquent's where() method
How to provide a default model object for relationships?
How to prevent Eloquent from adding created_at or updated_at timestamps?
How to undelete a soft deleted Eloquent row?
How to eager load multiple levels of relationships in Eloquent?
How to get table column names from a database table in Eloquent?
How to check if a relation was loaded on an Eloquent model already?
How to return an item in Eloquent, or throw a ModelNotFoundException exception if it isn't found?
How to select all rows for a certain month (or day, year or time), using Eloquent
Laravel - Routes and Routing Tips
What are route patterns in Laravel?
How to namespace a Laravel route group?
How to use subdomains as parameters in your routes (or in your web.php file)
How to add a name prefix to all routes in a group?
How to access the Laravel's route parameters outside of the controller?
How to make multiple routes share the same URL structure or URL parameters
Laravel - General Laravel Stuff Tips
Why should you update APP_URL from from http://localhost?
How to show a specific view file for certain error codes?
How to find out what version of Laravel you are using?
How to see all of the options for an artisan command?
How to add the CSRF (Cross-site request forgery) token in Laravel?
How to exclude URLs from the Laravel CSRF protection?
Laravel - Laravel Collections Tips
Composer Tricks and Tips
Apache Tricks and Tips
Apache - Rewrite and Redirection .htaccess Rules Tips
How to enable the rewrite engine in .htaccess?
How to set environmental variables in your .htaccess file
How to Force www or non-www in htaccess
How to redirect your website to a new domain/location in .htaccess
How to remove .php from the end of URLs with .htaccess
How to force non www in htaccess
How to force SSL in Apache's .htaccess?
Point all requests to one PHP file
How to set up an alias to map one directory to another destination
301 Redirect a single URL in .htaccess to a new location
Remove trailing slash (redirect to remove trailing slash) in .htaccess
Force trailing slash (redirect if no trailing slash exists) in .htaccess
Apache - .htaccess Security Tips
How to block an IP address in .htaccess
How to block multiple IP addresses in .htaccess
How to block IP addresses in Apache by using regular expressions (regex) in .htaccess
How to block an IP range based on CIDR in Apache with .htaccess
Apache - General .htaccess Tricks Tips
How to hide directory listing in .htaccess?
How to Enable Directory Listings in Apache with .htaccess
How to hide certain file types from directory listings
How to set the timezone to UTC in .htaccess
How to make Apache force download of files (in .htaccess)
How to hide the server signature (hide Apache info) from HTTP headers with .htaccess
How to have a whitelist of IP addresses that can access files in .htaccess
How to set custom HTTP headers in Apache (by editing .htaccess)
How to set up custom error pages in .htaccess for your Apache server (ErrorDocument)
How to force gzip compression in Apache with .htaccess
Set PHP config Variables (like ini_set) with .htaccess
How to add the default charset to UTF-8 in .htaccess
How to disable file hotlinking in Apache with .htaccess
How to set the Expires header in .htaccess
How to block access to certain referrers in Apache using .htaccess
How to set up an alias to map one directory to another destination
Apache - General Apache Tips Tips
CentOS and Linux Stuff Tricks and Tips
WordPress Tricks and Tips
General Webdev and Programming Stuff Tricks and Tips
General Webdev and Programming Stuff - Data Types Tips
General Webdev and Programming Stuff - Testing Tips
General Webdev and Programming Stuff - General Programming Topics Tips
General Webdev and Programming Stuff - Algorithms Tips
JavaScript Tricks and Tips
JavaScript - General JavaScript Tips
What is the difference between ( for ... in ) and ( for ... of ) in javascript?
How to check if a string contains a certain substring?
How to replace values in a string, in JS
What are Template literals (Template strings) in JS?
How to split a string into an array, in JS
How to get the last character of a string in JS?
How to create random numbers in JS?
How to sort an array in javascript?
How to convert between types in JS?
How to merge/concat two arrays together in JS?
What is an example of an object literal?
How to add and remove items to an array in JS?
How to find the index of a value in an array in JS?
How to get the type of a variable in JS?
What is the difference between reference and primitive data types types in Javascript?
How to check if an object or variable is an array, in JS?
What is the difference between var, let and const in Javascript?
What are some ways you can log debug messages and data in JS?