The garden shed
A completely disorganised collection of short technical documentation, instructions and templates for self-service. Many of the snippets helped us with web development at the time, but consider the creation date of the contributions as the best-before date, because some of them are no longer "up to date".
Ternary Operator ?: versus Null Coalescing Operator ?? versus Null Coalescing Assignment Operator ??= explained by cats
In short, PHP provides two useful operators to simplify condition checks: the ternary operator (?:) and the null coalescing operator (??). Both operators are used to tighten up the code and improve readability, but...
To the article...Shortcode E-Mail Obfuscator
The following shortcode snippet is useful for disguising emails to protect them from SPAM. Please note that this method only works if Javascript is activated. In addition, there is no 100%igen protection against bots,...
To the article...TranslatePress renders individual language selector for default language incorrectly
Problem When creating a customised language selector for TranslatePress, $arr returns a multidimensional array with all necessary parameters to render a customised language selector within a loop. In the frontend, however, when activating the language...
To the article...How to search only for specific content types with the Elementor search form?
Elementor Pro has a widget called "Search form". This is suitable for the attractive design of search forms. Unfortunately, this search form is limited in its programming. Question: How can you modify the Elementor search form so that you can...
To the article...Elementor posts widget fill with ACF relationship field
With the posts widget in Elementor, you can easily display other posts, pages, products or custom post types (CPT) (= user-defined content types) on a page in a loop. Then it gets tricky...
To the article...Elementor popup / flyout menu no longer closes for mobile view
Elementor: Version 3.72 Behaviour: An Elementor popup opens, but no longer closes (when clicking on icon or Esc or other triggers). If you look in the source code, you will find the Javascript error message: "Elementor t.entrance_animation_duration is undefined" Cause:...
To the article...PHPStorm: Local Changelist in Git Tool disappeared
Problem: Local Change List under PHPStorm is missing in the Git Tool Solution: From time to time I had the phenomenon that the Local Changelist (the files in my version control) were not visible as tabs in the Git tool....
To the article...Variable not available in blade component
Problem: The parameter transfer of a blade attribute does not work, the variable in the component is empty. There is no error message, but the variable does not appear to have been passed. Solution: The error may lie in the usage...
To the article...Tailwind Autocomplete with PHPStorm (WebStorm) does not work
Problem: If you are creating a Laravel app, for example, and are wondering why PHPStorm or WebStorm is not performing autocompletion for your CSS classes in blade templates or HTML files, it is most likely due to the fact that the...
To the article...WP CLI Error: Error establishing a database connection.
Appearance: Submitting commands via WP CLI, but WordPress in the browser works. This error often occurs when the WP CL interpreter cannot correctly interpret the database connection in wp-config.php. Solution: In 99% of all cases the...
To the article...Convert Px to SEM / EM very quickly with Alfred
There is a wonderful Alfred workflow on the Mac that converts Px to Rem: Download direct link: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vitorgalvao/requested-alfred-workflows/master/Workflows/PxRemEm.alfredworkflow Simply install, then type CMD-Space: Alfred Bar "pxrem" and enter the number in pixels. The conversion to REM will...
To the article...A Git tutorial that makes it easy to understand GIT.
A documentation of GIT version control that can be grasped very quickly through visualisation: http://marklodato.github.io/visual-git-guide/index-en.html
To the article...Setting up XDebug with PHPStorm and Valet Development Environment
Preparation: Homebrew should be installed Valet should be installed and running: https://laravel.com/docs/7.x/valet Browser extension for PHPSTORM should be installed: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/phpstorm/browser-debugging-extensions.html gerry@webgarten ~ % brew install pecl gerry@webgarten ~ % pecl install xdebug In case of error message: Warning:...
To the article...Installing Redmine on Ubuntu Linux (LAMP stack), all steps in the console
Installation of redmine on Ubuntu Linux system. All steps from the history. Wherever "ERROR" appears, additional installation steps were necessary.
To the article...Shortcode for a copyright sign with current year date
This shortcode writes the copyright sign with the current year and other info. Useful for the footer of a website.
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