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Working on a Composer package locally can be challenging. You don’t want to commit changes to Git just to test something, and constantly updating Composer to see changes isn’t ideal either. Previously, I often used symlinks for local development, and I still occasionally do. However, I’ve found an easier method for my core projects: using…
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I was working on a project that required file uploads like PDF/JPG. And it wouldn’t be a fun time unless something went wrong.In my case, I could upload a PDF but a JPG would thrown an error. My project is using Laravel Filament and the SpatieMediaLibraryFileUpload. Looking in the Chrome Network tab I could see…
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If you are using Nginx as your web server, one solution to this error is to update the client_max_body_size setting in your Nginx configuration. This setting specifies the maximum size of the request body, in bytes. By default, it is set to 1 megabyte (1024 kilobytes). If you are trying to upload an image that…
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Many sites still required php 7.4 even though it’s older and now considered deprecated. That being said, it’s still important to test with newer versions of PHP. Combined with PHP having a quicker release cycle PHP 8, 8.1, and 8.2 are on their way. I have to work with a couple of versions regularly in…
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Working locally most of the time a secure site won’t be necessary but from time to time you will require a secure connection. Such as working with oAuth providers, and making sure that you don’t serve any mixed assets. Previously I used OpenSSL locally on my Mac, and it was… OK, but it was sort…
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The internet is a huge place, and not all of your visitors live in your region. At times it makes sense to adjust your site’s content based on their geography. In my free time I like to make stuff and post it on YouTube, and my “other” blog called Hey I’m A Maker. A lot…
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Adding a custom image size to WordPress could not be easier. The following will create a size called Square that is 150 by 150 pixels, the parameter true will result in the cropping of an image. Now any time an new image is uploaded WordPress will generate a file something like image-150×150.jpg. If you want…
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From time to time, you will find that you are going to need to work on a new feature, maybe your main application has some changes that live in your composer package or maybe you are adding a new feature to your compose package. In both scenarios, you might be maintaining a couple of feature…
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What is Geolocation? Geolocation is a method used to find the location of your internet device on earth. Imagine you lost your cell phone, and use the find my phone option. The location of your phone will be your device’s last known location. How does Geolocation work? There are two main types of data collection….
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If you have ever used Laravel, you have probably also used Blade. Blade is a simple and powerful template language provided with Laravel. Blade has many wonderful features but one of them, as it relates to WordPress, is how it works with a The Loop. Normally in the WordPress loop you would set a variable…
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I will be assuming that you have already got Laravel installed, setup and tour authentication is working. Otherwise, why would you be looking into customizing the email templates? 😁 The Laravel documentation for Email Verification will cover the setup by reading the documentation. But it stops just short of actually explaining how to customize the…
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The Laravel documentation mentions that you can customize the Password Rest Template, but doesn’t explain how you would actually do it. That said, I will assume that you already have auth and have published your auth views. That is covered very well in the documentation. As stated in the documentation you will need to over…
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What is the Distance Matrix? A Distance Matrix is a service that provides travel distance and information between two points based on the recommended route from Google’s APIs. In the case of Google, you can also specify the mode of transportation such as walking, cycling, transit, and driving. How does Distance Matrix work? Google’s Distance…
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What is Geocoding? Geocoding is a process of transforming a description of a location into a pair of coordinates on the earth’s surface. How does Geocoding work? At a very basic level, your address input will be classified as relative, or absolute. An example of relative data would be the house next door, where an…
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I have been using Webpack with my WordPress development now fo a few years and implemented it using Laravel Mix. You can read more about that here. But more recently I have started using BrowserSync, mostly because I was working on a front end heavy site and was doing a lot more incremental changes to…
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