21st Century C
This was originally printed in the March 2013 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: 21st Century C (1st edition - a 2nd edition is available)Author: Ben…
Skeleton Slim 4 application
I've been using the Slim Framework a lot recently, both in existing clients and for bootstrapping simple web applications. For new projects I've chosen it over the likes of Laravel…
PHP developer mentoring
I've recently launched a new service, PHP Developer Mentoring, for organisations with junior and mid level developers who would like to build up their skills with mentoring from a senior…
2022 review of the year
2022 was another good year business-wise. My turnover continued to increase, I worked with a number of new clients, and I'm was fully booked 4-8 weeks in advance for most…
Pick a Date
I regularly organise events for groups, and doing so usually involves selecting a date which works for as many people as possible. In the past I've used services such as…
Freelancing Q&A sessions
Over the past few years, I've delivered Q&A sessions on what it is like to be a freelancer, at conferences and to groups of students at universities. These have always…
Security support for PHP 7 ends in November 2022
If you have an application or hosting solution which was set up several years ago, there’s a reasonable chance that you are still running PHP 7. Security support for 7.4,…
Disabling HTML form validation
If you've built a HTML form at any point in the last few years, you're probably aware that there is limited validation built-in to modern browsers. For example, you can…
Convert UK date to ISO date in JavaScript
One of the applications I work on captures dates in UK format (dd/mm/yyyy) but needs to convert them into ISO format (yyyy-mm-dd) when making AJAX calls to APIs. Rather than…
Automated WordPress updates for Sympl
Back in 2020, I migrated my personal and business servers to Sympl. Several sites ran WordPress, and I wanted to automate the application of updates to WordPress itself, as well…