This issue took me weeks to fix it. It started when we started working on a new ratings module for PHPBB forum at popular HTML.net website. I noticed (the client also knew) that a few of forum tables filled very…
How to Change the Default Media Upload Location in WordPress 3.5+
Changes to Media Uploader in WordPress 3.5 were perhaps the most significant changes in that release. Another important change was the removal of Settings » Miscellaneous section where there was an option to change the default upload directory and an…
Fixing “unable to create directory uploads” error
I tried to add a featured image to the previous post i created but it gave me the following error: Unable to create directory uploads/2014/08. Is its parent directory writable by the server? The same error occurred when i tried…
Linking your Dell Laptop to Dell Product Support
It’s almost 5 years when i purchased my first laptop. It was Dell Inspiron 1440. This was the first and the only laptop i have had bought for myself till date. After buying this one didn’t feel need to buy…
Updating two columns with a subquery in MySQL
Sometimes you wanted to update columns of one MySQL table by quering another MySQL table and getting a column value from the later table. For example you have a ‘students’ table and you wanted to create a new field ‘totalMarks’…
Airtel Prepaid Tariff Plans for Punjab Circle
I frequently need to check this list as i have got two active Airtel activated sim cards and one of them is a pre-paid sim. The given list of Airtel prepaid tariff plans for Punjab circle is on the Airtel…
WordPress Key Generator to generate keys for wp-config
WordPress keys and salt in wp-config.php work as an important security measure. These “impossible to guess” and hard to remember and understand keys work as salt for WordPress Cookies data store in your computer for your WordPress website information. These…
WordPress Plugin: Custom Post Menu Sort Order
What is this Custom Post Menu Sort Order plugin? This is a plugin to sort WordPress posts using simple drag and drop method. Custom Post Menu Sort Order plugin has a settings page where one can choose the post type…
Useful PHP debug functions
Here are a few useful PHP debug functions. I wrote a similar post sometime ago posting the abbreviated “pr” function as a shorthand replacement for the “prinr_r” or “var_dump” functions. Since then this function has changed a bit so re-posting…
To print the table structure of MySQL table in PHP
You can print the table structure of MySQL table in PHP using simple php script. All you need to do is to make a ‘describe table’ call and process it using php script, similar to one you use to print…
