Working with multiple clients with their own AWS setups and security groups makes it difficult to work remotely sometimes. For instance, updating the many security groups with my current (dynamic) IP address so I can SSH into the server. Luckily, I’ve created a script for that.
Amazon Web Services, EC2, SecurityLaravel 5.2 is already good at sanitizing input data received from GET and POST data, but it doesn’t remove excessive spacing at the beginning or end of the data. Luckily, this is easy to achieve using Custom Middleware.
Input Sanitization, Laravel 5, Laravel 5.2, PHPEver needed to copy a remote database into a local environment to run tests on? This tutorial includes a bash command line script you can use to easily replicate a remote MySQL database to another environment.
Backup, Bash, Command Line, MySQLRecently, I had to create a Laravel Artisan script that would log into a SFTP server, check if a certain file exists, and then upload / override the file. To achieve this, I used the SSH library from LaravelCollective. This tutorial covers how to log into a remote server using SSH / SFTP and upload or download files.
Laravel 5, PHP, SFTP, SSHThis tutorial shows how you can use Moment.js in your website or application to display dates and times in the user’s local timezone. It’s easy to use and makes working with dates and times much easier in JavaScript.
JavaScript, Moment.js, Time ManipulationI’ve already covered release signing Android application in Cordova in a previous article, but sometimes you want to do the same for debug builds. By default, Cordova uses it’s own debug keystore, but it’s easy to customise your project to use a keystore of your choice when creating debug builds.
Android, Code Signing, Cordova, Debug, Google Play Store, SecurityIn a recent project, I was asked to create a dynamically generated PDF with the user’s information. In my research, I found that using FPDF was the best the best way to achieve the client’s requirements. Here is a quick tutorial on how you can use a existing PDF with dynamic content using only PHP.
Composer, PDF, PHP, TutorialIf your Facebook App requests additional permissions from users, they first need to be reviewed and approved by Facebook. Here are some tips on getting through Facebook’s review process as quickly as possible.
Facebook, Facebook Graph API, Review, Tips and TricksIf you’re using Cordova 5.x+, it’s easy to configure it to also build signed release builds of your Android application. Providing you’re already created a keystore using the keytool, this tutorial will have you building release builds in minutes.
Android, Code Signing, Cordova, Google Play Store, Security