Search and Replace Anchor Href using Javascript
I have a site that is under development and it was made really badly so I needed a quick way to replace all anchors on page to the relevant path.
The …
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In-depth guides, insights, and best practices for modern software engineering
Error 29506 while installing SQL Server Management Studio Express
I was trying to install Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express (what a long name) on a machine and kept getting error 29506 right near the end …
Read Article →Swap HTML Elements Using Javascript
It is quite easy to use javascript to swap between divs or any other html dom elements.
Using the function below you can pass the id of the element to …
A PHP Mail Class
Below is a Mail class I created in PHP, it requires 4 arguments on initiation of the class via the constructor and uses the method ->send() to send …
Read Article →iTunes keeps maximizing!
Oh my goodness, this can be an annoying issue with iTunes.
The problem is: iTunes will restore itself or maximize itself all the time every 20 or so …
Read Article →Replace newline break in Excel
Ever needed to find & replace the newline character in a large excel document?
This comes up when you’ve imported data from a CSV or …
Read Article →PHPExcel Class Usage
I just finished adding an export xls (excel) export feature to a web application.
I used the PHPExcel Class from CodePlex, its really great to work …
Read Article →unexpected T_IF
Getting “Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IF” in PHP?
Check if the preceding line ends with a ;
This is one of the most common PHP …
Read Article →Worst Websites of All Time
http://www.theworstwebsite.com/ – beware, alert boxes coming!
Read Article →Set line leading / line spacing in flash actionscript 2
This is how to add text leading using Actionscript 2 for Flash.
var txtFormat:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
txtFormat.leading = 5; // change this to …MySQL Main Query Types used in PHP to select, insert, update and delete data
MySQL Main Query Types
SELECT
SELECT * FROM tablename
INSERT
INSERT INTO tablename (col1, col2, col3,..) VALUES (val1, val2, val3,...)
UPDATE
UPDATE …Connect to mysql database from php
If you need to connect to a mysql database from php you can do it like this:
<?php
$DBH = 'localhost';
$DBU = 'root';
$DBPWD = …htaccess file and error 500 internal server error
I have a question for anyone that can answer it:
I create an .htaccess file in the root of a subdomain, but if I enter either of these two lines I get …
Read Article →Quake 4 – Fatal Error: could not create destination file
If you get an error message similar to this one when trying to run Quake 4…
Fatal Error: could not create destination file C:/Program Files (x86)/id …
Read Article →phpMyAdmin – Invalid field count in csv input on line 1
I was trying to import a massive csv dataset into phpMyAdmin and it kept throwing error:
Invalid field count in csv input on line 1
This is quite …
Read Article →Choosing a programming IDE
This is somewhat of a debatable topic, but it has come up a lot of times without any real final clarity, so I will try and cover it all.
Lets begin by …
Read Article →Double border in CSS
CSS allows you to add a border to almost all html elements. This is one of many CSS techniques you can use to enhance your web pages, along with using …
Read Article →[Exception… “Could not convert JavaScript” nsresult: “0x80570009 (NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_CONVERT_JS)”
What the heck is..
uncaught exception: [Exception… “Could not convert JavaScript argument arg 0 [nsIDOMHTMLDivElement.appendChild]” …
Read Article →Error 1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: Event.
Getting this error in ActionScript 3?
Error 1046: Type was not found or was not a compile-time constant: Event.
You need to import the Event class: …
Read Article →Add a date to a date in Actionscript 2
I needed to work out a date range according to the date 3weeks away from the current date.
After a bit of thinking, I found that it’s actually …
Add a month to selectable date range – Date Chooser – Actionscript 2
I have been working on a project where I need to select a date range starting today and ending a month from now, so the user cannot select anything in …
Read Article →hitTest and Actionscript2
The hitTest method in ActionScript 2 is how you check whether the mouse (or another object) is overlapping a movie clip. It’s essential for …
127.0.0.1:4664 and Google Desktop Search
Recently I checked my website stats and saw I had a few hits from “127.0.0.1:4664” and wondered to myself, what the heck is that? Am I …
Read Article →Limited numeric input in flash actionscript 2 textfield
If you want to only show numeric characters in a textfield in Flash ActionScript 2, you can use the restrict property:
myTextField.restrict = …