Manipulate URLs with the request() method in Laravel
Consider that we have the follow URL in our address bar: https://www.domain.tld/path/to/something?query=data&anotherQuery= Get the current URL without query string request()->url(); [...]
Managing Hierarchical Data in MySQL
Introduction Most users at one time or another have dealt with hierarchical data in a SQL database and no doubt learned that the management of hierarchical data is not what a relational database [...]
The Orthodromy Formula
Definition An orthodromic or great-circle route on the Earth’s surface is the shortest possible real way (distance) between any two points. The Formula Ortho(A, B) = r x acos[[cos(LatA) x [...]
The Haversine Formula
Definition The haversine formula is an equation important in navigation, giving great-circle distances between two points on a sphere from their longitudes and latitudes. The Formula a = [...]
Calculating distance using MySQL
One of the cool things about MySQL 5.7 is the fact that it supports a few spatial convenience functions (since 5.7.6), allowing one to do operations on geometric values. One of those convenience [...]
Tips for Using Laravel’s Scheduler
Laravel’s task scheduling features are well documented and give you the full power of cron in a fluent API. The documentation covers most of what you need to get up and running with the [...]
Sorting array with special character (accent)
What’s the easiest way to sort array with accent? Since PHP 5.3 you can use the Internationalization extension (intl). It’s a wrapper for ICU library. So you have to check the PHP [...]
The most useful php composer commands
Composer is dependency manager for php package. PHP developers are known about packagist and composer. Most used php composer commands that will be helpful for you. # require require is the most [...]
Developing Laravel Packages with Local Composer Dependencies
Developing Composer packages locally through a local file symlink speeds up development immensely when you want to create Laravel packages and try them out on a real application. I was reading [...]
How to display files with permission number in Mac Terminal?
Hopefully this will work for you: stat -f "%p %N" * | awk '{$1=substr($1,length($1)-2)}1' Output: 755 Benchmark 755 BoundedBuffer 755 CImgGenerateVideo 755 CImgInterpolate 755 Flask 755 Folder [...]
Git – How to list only the file names that changed between two Commits/Tags?
List only the file names that changed between two commits or between two tags and shows what operations were done to the files: git diff --name-status SHA1 SHA2 Example Output: A [...]
Redirect www to non-www URLs
If you want redirect users from www to a plain, non-www domain, insert this configuration in your .htaccess file: RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.(.*)$ [NC] [...]