When I’m asked to make changes to a live WordPress site (especially code changes for plugins and themes) I like to take a local copy for development. Moving a WordPress site to a local host is not too difficult, but there are a few problems which you will probably find along the way.
It’s not often you need to rename a database table but if you do and it’s in a MySQL database then here’s how to change the name using phpMyAdmin.
How to hide index.php in URLs on Windows Server IIS: make your PHP URLs pretty, even on a Windows Server.
With my association to Booking Systems (with RobotBooker.com), I use date/time formatting frequently. So, for…
Decoding JSON Arrays with PHP: JSON is a very popular data format. Although it is simple in scope it can sometimes be confusing to decode in PHP. I think this is because it decodes as object and/or arrays in PHP, so here’s an example that you may like to follow to see how it’s done.
After restoring a database on WordPress and viewing the blogs, I was surprised to find…
Many times you insert a new record into a database and you need to know…