Aleks achudars

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Software Engineer with interests in web, cloud, security, UX, and accessibility

achudars / web-snippet-041 ( Pure CSS bubble talk )

Last active December 17, 2015 00:19

Pure CSS bubble talk

achudars / web-snippet-040 ( Get File Size in PHP )

Last active December 17, 2015 00:19

Get File Size in reader-friendly units (KB, MB, etc.) using PHP

	<?php
	/**
	* Get the size of a file in reader-friendly units (KB, MB, etc.)
	* @param string $filename The name of the file to size
	* @param int $precision The number of decimal places to show (default: 1)
	* @return string\|bool A string with the size of the file or false on error
	* @author Sunny Walker <www.miraclesalad.com>
	*/
	function getFileSize($filename, $precision=1) {
	$return = false;

achudars / web-snippet-039 ( dropdown list with redirection using jQuery )

Last active December 17, 2015 00:19

Get all links within a container and to convert it to a dropdown list with redirection using jQuery

achudars / web-snippet-038 ( Get page load time via Javascript and jQuery )

Last active December 17, 2015 00:19

Get page load time via Javascript and jQuery

	//calculate the time before calling the function in window.onload
	var beforeload = (new Date()).getTime();

	function getPageLoadTime(){
	//calculate the current time in afterload
	var afterload = (new Date()).getTime();
	// now use the beforeload and afterload to calculate the seconds
	seconds = (afterload-beforeload) / 1000;
	// Place the seconds in the innerHTML to show the results
	$("#load_time").text('Page load time :: ' + seconds + ' sec(s).');

achudars / web-snippet-037 ( jQuery Ajax & Get JSON Array )

Last active December 17, 2015 00:19

jQuery Ajax & Get JSON Array

	$.ajax({
	type: 'POST',
	url: 'url.php',
	data: 'nombre=' + $('#nombre').val() + '&' + 'edad=' + $('#edad').val(),
	dataType: 'json',
	success: function(data){
	var html = '';
	$.each(data,function(index,user){
	html+= '<div class="user"><p>' + index + '</p>';
	html+= '<p>' + user.user_edad + '</p></div>';

achudars / web-snippet-036 ( Hide address bar using JavaScript )

Last active December 17, 2015 00:19

Hide address bar using JavaScript

	function hideAddressBar(){
	if(!window.location.hash){
	if(document.height < window.outerHeight){
	document.body.style.height = (window.outerHeight + 50) + 'px';
	}
	setTimeout( function(){ window.scrollTo(0, 1); }, 50 );
	}
	}

	window.addEventListener("load", function(){ if(!window.pageYOffset){ hideAddressBar(); } } );

achudars / web-snippet-035 ( Getting all URL parameters using JavaScript )

Last active December 17, 2015 00:19

Getting all URL parameters using JavaScript

	// this object gets filled with params
	var params = {};

	// split and map parameters
	location.search.substr(1).split('&').forEach(function(p) {
	p = p.split('=');
	params[p[0]] = decodeURIComponent(p[1] \|\| 1);
	});

achudars / web-snippet-034 ( Display Twitter Count in PHP )

Last active December 17, 2015 00:19

Display Twitter Count for a specific screen name using PHP

	<?php

	$url = "http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.json?screen_name=Aleks_Cudars&include_entities=true";

	$feed = file_get_contents($url);

	$twitter_decoded = json_decode($feed);

	echo $twitter_decoded->followers_count;

achudars / web-snippet-033 ( Create a list of child pages in PHP )

Last active December 17, 2015 00:19

Create a list of child pages and display their content on the parent page including the featured image using PHP

	<?php
	$child_pages = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_parent = ".$post->ID." AND post_type = 'page' ORDER BY menu_order", 'OBJECT');
	?>

	<?php if ( $child_pages ) : foreach ( $child_pages as $pageChild ) : setup_postdata( $pageChild ); ?>

	<div class="child-thumb">
	<?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail($pageChild->ID, 'thumbnail'); ?>
	<a href="<?php echo get_permalink($pageChild->ID); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php echo $pageChild->post_title; ?>"><?php echo $pageChild->post_title; ?></a>
	</div>

achudars / web-snippet-032 ( Get Current URL using PHP )

Last active December 17, 2015 00:19

Get Current URL using PHP

	function getUrl() {
	$url = @( $_SERVER["HTTPS"] != 'on' ) ? 'http://'.$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"] : 'https://'.$_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"];
	$url .= ( $_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] !== 80 ) ? ":".$_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"] : "";
	$url .= $_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
	return $url;
	}

	/* use : $(selector).convertToList()
	it's better to follow it with .remove() to remove the original container */

	(function ($) {
	$.fn.convertToList = function () {
	var that = this;
	this.before(
	$('<select><option>Please select</option></select>').
	change(function () {
	window.location = $(this).val();