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How to scan all files in a directory and subdirectories for a string or variable name. Okay so I needed to generate a list of files on my PC that contain the variable $license[xxxxx].  Whilst I knew I could write a PHP script to do this, I thought it’d be much quicker to let my PC do all the work using findstr. First, let’s explain what FINDSTR is and how it works. Findstr is a windows command you can use in the Windows Command Prompt (cmd / cmd.exe) to find out if a string exists... Read More →

Check PHP files for minimum PHP version requirement A very useful tool for many of you looking to release your scrips to the public, will be this PHP minimum version requirement checker. If you ever plan on selling or distributing scripts, it’s vital that you let your customers know the server requirements of your scripts.  Whilst telling them that your script might use the mod_rewrite Apache Module, or that it requires MySQL database, will be fairly easy to know, figuring out the PHP... Read More →

Today, I’ll be showing you how you can easily protect your downloadable media. Why would you want to do this? Well, often we want to hide the location of the downloads, to stop people leeching your content. And most measures can be easily swerved. Here is a method I quite like. I have annotated everything for your convenience.     Filename: download.php Selec All Code:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 <?php $filename = "downloaded.zip"; // this is the fake... Read More →

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Making use of Google Adsense’s ‘Allowed Sites’ whitelist is becoming an increasingly useful tool to webmasters. Why would anyone want to display your ads on their site? Surely they’d want to earn the cash themselves? Well, obviously there’s something more than the obvious going on. I speak from experience in recent months whereby my account was receiving a massive amount of invalid (£0) clicks from units with no channels; and since I keep check of all my ads... Read More →

WordPress is the best blogging software available! My recent studies shine! I haven’t posted here in a while, and firstly I’d like to apologise for that. And secondly, I’d like to briefly explain what this post is really about. Eager to improve the experience of this blog, I decided to look into the brains of wordpress and all it stands for, and see if it is truly as good as people say it is.  Before now, I just took people’s word for it – and it turns out I... Read More →

This article will explain the best ways to utilise the Title tag of your web page effectively in terms of Search Engine Optimisation. Right, assuming you know your targeted keyword, it is vital for it to be in the title element of your website. But where? The biggest mistake of all is to think that only the homepage needs the main keyword.  WRONG! You want your keyword(s) to be on every single page, along with the page’s header.  For these pages, you have a choice to make in terms... Read More →

A lot of people are getting confused here, so I thought I’d offer a hand. You will all have seen that due to recent scams going on on DigitalPoint Forums; you can now ‘Verify Domain Ownership’ when selling domains on the DigitalPoint Marketplace. Whilst this sounds like a great idea, most people do not know about Total DNS control, or how to use it.  Which isn’t surprising – it can be confusing if you’ve never used it before! So here’s a walk-through... Read More →

This SEO article will explain how to search engine optimise images, and how it can help drive traffic to your website. Most webmasters do not realise it, but SEO can be implemented with images on your site, and it is a very good idea to do so. Why? When users search for images and you have images of the searched description, you will more than likely receive at least one visit from that person. How to SEO your images. When displaying images on your website, generally you will have something... Read More →