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Validate a Form in Laravel
Laravel checks incoming form data against a list of rules before your controller runs, then redirects back with the errors and the old input…
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Paginate MySQL Results With PHP PDO
Splitting a long result set across pages comes down to turning a page number into a LIMIT and an OFFSET. This tutorial counts the…
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Create a Database Migration in Laravel
A migration defines a table in PHP instead of hand-written SQL, and keeps that definition versioned alongside your code. This tutorial generates one with…
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Cache Data With the WordPress Transients API
The Transients API is WordPress's built-in cache for expensive results — a slow query, a remote call, a heavy calculation. Store a value with…
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Handle AJAX Requests in WordPress
Handling AJAX requests lets the browser talk to your server without reloading the page. Route requests through admin-ajax.php, verify them with a nonce, and…
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Add a Custom Endpoint to the WordPress REST API
A custom REST API endpoint serves your site's own JSON at a URL you choose. Use register_rest_route() to publish a public route that returns…
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Create a WordPress Widget
A WordPress widget is a self-contained block for a sidebar or footer. Extend the WP_Widget class to build a configurable Recent Posts widget, register…
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Create a Custom Page Template in WordPress
A custom page template lets one page break out of your theme's default layout — full-width, no sidebar, a design of its own. Add…
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Force a File Download in PHP
Send the Content-Disposition and Content-Type headers that make a browser save a file instead of opening it, then stream the bytes with readfile() —…
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