Refresh / Clear the MODx Revolution cache outside of MODx with PHP.
PHP (Hypertext Processor) is a widely used and free scripting language primarily used for website development. PHP is an interpreted language popular for it’s loosely typed nature, support of multiple database systems, general purpose focus, different coding styles and large number of free and open source libraries to name a few.
Auto Resize Images with MODx (Plugin)
29th
Apr
Apr
A MODx plugin to automatically resize images placed inside documents (pages). It searches content for image elements that have the width or height specified, compares it to the current image size and then scales accordingly.
It saves images to the MODx Cache and improves the quality of images and the speed of the page(s).
MODx – Wayfinder Incorrect Order (menu index)
9th
Mar
Mar
If you’re using an older version of MySQL then the MODx Wayfinder snippet might fail to order your navigation correctly (regardless of your menu indexes). Here’s one solution.
Magento Admin (Dashboard) Login Not Working Locally
3rd
Mar
Mar
If you can’t log into Magento, when developing or testing locally, you will need to perform a few minor changes to have access to the Magento admin backend.
MODx – Include Page Content Snippet
5th
Nov
Nov
A quick and easy snippet to include a MODx page’s content in another page.
Recursive Directory Scan/Mapping PHP Function
15th
Oct
Oct
Here’s a quick and simple function I thought I’d share. It recursively scans and maps from a set directory to an array in PHP.
Determing Login State (MODx)
15th
Sep
Sep
I came to a bit of a road block when trying to determine whether a user is logged in or not with WebLoginPE on MODx. This is a quick and dirty snippet for determining a users login state.
Changing MODx Managers Document Tree View Nodes
14th
Aug
Aug
A small niggle I found with MODx was the document tree view that’s displayed in the left hand side of the manager. It displays the “resources” title (aka the page title) which is bit confusing like shown below. After a quick browse through the source I changed it to display the resources alias.
PHP URL Rewriting Without Apache and mod_rewrite
15th
Jul
Jul
Recently I was put in a situation where I had created a dynamic site that, prior to launch, needed Search Engine Friendly (SEF) URL’s. Without any admin access to the IIS server I was working on, no IIS modules/filters and extremely limited access in the control panel I came up with a method of URL rewriting purely in PHP without Apache and mod_rewrite.
MD5 and SHA1 “Decrypting” with PHP / MySQL
30th
Jun
Jun
In this reference we’re going to look at how to “decrypt” (or more accurately “collide”) MD5 and SHA1 hashes by creating a resource of pre-hashed words.
SQL Injections: Introduction with PHP/MySQL
29th
Jun
Jun
Providing you know SQL you can perform SQL injections on websites that perform unescaped queries. In this reference we’ll use a hands on approach and start by performing our own basic injections based on website user input and then looking into prevention methods.
PHP DOM Document Class
17th
May
May
The PHP DOMDocument class in PHP allows you to manipulate HTML and XML files by getting elements, creating elements, validating pages, saving pages and more.
In this quick example we’ll use the DOM Document class to extract links from a remote page, something I’ve had to do recently.
Flex 3 with PHP
30th
Jul
Jul
I’ve recently started to develop with the Linux alpha version of Flex Builder and was looking around for a decent introduction for using Flex 3 with PHP. Unfortunately there was nothing basic and the majority of articles related to Flex 2 and simply didn’t work. So here is an article ground down to the bare basics.
Dan Gibbs is a web developer, designer and SEO consultant involved in devon web design.