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php return json header and content
sets the header to json and returns a simple json formatted array.
php get file extension from a file name
this function returns the file extention, however if the file name has multiple . in it this will return a false value.
php post data back to a url with a function
this function uses curl to post back data to a url, this acts like a _POST form request from within a function. Function usage: $url the url to post the data back to e.g: $url = "https://kruxor.co..
add a divider to your dropdown nav toggles
good for seperating menu sections in the same dropdown item add this to your toggle <li><hr class="dropdown-divider"></li>
generate random username function in php
a function that takes several random words and creates a user name from them. This will generate a user name with between one to three words and a prefix if prefix_show is set to true. usage generat..
validate email address from string with jquery working function
Here is a working example of this post validate email address from string. This has very basic checking of an email address by checking that the string has an @ and a . in it. Note: this is still no..
Using props with Stateless Functional Components in React
Here is an example of a Stateless Functional Component but i cant get the PropTypes working correctly in my demo, not sure what im doing wrong here, but the code seems to work in the compiler just not..
How to Access Props Using this.props in React
If you would like to access a class component prop within its self you can do this using the this keyword.
How to Use PropTypes to Define Props in React
React allows you to define the types of props given to your components to make sure that invalid data is not sent as the prop to the element. To do this you can define propTypes. You can defin..
How to Override Default Props in React
The following code explains how you can override the default props in react. In this example the default of quantity is set to 0, so we can pass in quantity in the items to override its default..
log the console log output to a div
I do a lot of console logging so i thought it would be nice to be able to see this on my test pages. Apparently you can grab this quite easily with the following code. I had to modify this a b..
javascript basic test array and loop
Here is just a basic test array and a loop to show a basic loop through the test array. With the loop i use the length of the array as the max variable, so the loop stops when it hits the array..
add hero title to category listing page [not done]
add the hero title and background to the category listing page as a page title or category header. e.g: https://kruxor.com/category/code/react/
How to use default props in React
If you dont want to specify props every time you use an element, you can also specify defaults for these items. This can also be useful to remember which props are needed per component. This can be a..
how to join an array in javascript using the join method
This example shows how we can join an array into a string using the join method. Its a nice quick way to convert your array into a string with a delimiter such as , or ; Here we can see the test arr..
How to Pass an Array as Props in React
If you need to pass larger amounts of information to a component you can pass in an array rather than just a single variable. More information on the join method on the array can be found here. Here..
list_all_array an early stages of list all function that uses an array to pass in main variables
I think this is more neat than passing in individual variables into the list_all function, seems to work ok so far. Still in early stages of this listing function, more needs to be built into i..
replace singular variable assignment with an array loop and variable variables
I found this useful when passing in an array to a function, rather than assigning all the variables in the function manually from the array just loop through each item in the array and asign them that..
using the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] to check referring pages
shows how you can display the contents of the $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] tag in php to show referring pages i read in an article that this is stripped out of HTTPS requests, but it seems to still be wo..
category listing not working on categories with spaces [not fixed]
for some reason the site bugs category and potentially other categories that have spaces in their names are not listing properly. Test URL: https://kruxor.com/category/code/site+bugs/ Probab..
show the current date in javascript
Returns the current date and time and sets the value in a div. Also added a demo with setinterval to update the time and date in the div every second.
How to Pass Props to a Stateless Functional Component in React
Props are like properties that you can pass into a component in react. A prop would be something like this in your component. JSX <div> <MyProp id="1234" /></div> The..
How to Write a React Component from Scratch
Just testing my react component writing skills...
How to Render a React Class Component to the DOM
This shows how you can get react to render a component into the page or DOM. So actually getting and showing the code that you have been writing in react.
get element by id and hide it
This example gets an element by its id and hides it by setting the css style value to display none
get element by id with javascript
gets an element using its id using javascript
set a cookie on click and then check if the cookie is set and dont show that message again
this script shows a message, and if the message is closed it will set a cookie to not show that message again for 1 day. The cookie in this example is set to expire in a day, so then if you com..
foundation three boxes with text align links to the bottom of element
For some reason i had the request to align the links in three boxes with different height text, not sure why they wanted them aligned, but i guess my task is not too question that but to fix it. ..
How to Compose React Components in React
In this code we nest the components NonCitrus and Citrus into the Fruits Component. Then nest the Fruits within the TypesOfFood component. Also added the additional components, Vegetables, Non..
Changing the default hero image based on the category name [not yet done]
This is more of a todo item, at the moment the hero image uses the same image for every post unless a hero is specified for each, i would also like to set the default image per category so if the post..
How to Use React to Render Nested Components
It can be useful to take components and render them inside other components while still making them into seperate items. This shows how you can take each component and nest it within another one and ..
How to Create a Component with Composition in React
This shows how you can compose multiple React components together. In this example we return the parent component which has within it the child component, you can add as many child components as requ..
using css counter-increment to add numbering to elements
i just found this element in css where you can add numbering to elements, very handy to add counters and things. This uses the counter-increment: section; in the main element and then adds the ..
using the kbd html tag
You can use the tag <kbd> to highlight keyboard shortcuts, i love this tag! Now i just need a reason to use it.
How to Create a React Component using the ES6 class method
One way to add a react component is to use the Stateless Functional Component method, and another way is to use the ES6 extends syntax. This method seems more complex than the 1st for some reason mayb..
foundation base html template
just a basic html template with foundation and the required javascripts, good for a starter html page using foundation framework.
What is a Stateless Functional Component in React
What is a Stateless Functional Component? A stateless component is one that can recive data and render it, but it does not manage the provided data or track changes to it. This method creates ..
How do Self-Closing JSX Tags Work?
So in JSX all the tags must be closed, other wise it can break the element. for example: <div> must have a closing </div> and also for elements like <br> and <hr> must include..
How to Define a HTML Class in JSX in React
When writing JSX you cant add classes like you would in HTML so this code would not work: JSX <div class="my-class"></div> Instead we have to use className. JSX uses camel case for a l..
How to Render HTML Elements to the DOM with React
Once you have a JSX element defined you can write it to the page with ReactDOM.render(componentToRender, targetNode), In this example we are targeting the div with the id challenge-node. JSX ..
How to Add Comments in JSX
To put comments inside JSX, you use the syntax {/* */} to wrap around the comment text. You do actually need the curley brackets, and have to add it under the other elements for this to wor..
Create a Complex JSX Element
JSX must return a single element, so you must wrap your items in a div element you cant just return a bunch of p tags. Define a new constant JSX that renders a div which con..
Create a Simple JSX Element
The current code uses JSX to assign a div element to the constant JSX. Replace the div with an h1 element and add the text Hello JSX! inside it.
adding react with JSX using babel
just wanted to see how JSX would work with react and babel, so this way you can write JSX and babel compiles it for use with react. This is apparently not a good way to do things and can be qui..
adding react to a website in 3 steps
i was just researching how to add react to a website, and i thought i would need babel to translate or compile the JSX code, but apparently you do not need this... So ill test this here and see..
using babel for react compiling in browser
this is currently just an idea, as i saw that codepen uses babel to run react i was wondering i can do the same thing here and then just write normal react script and have babel compile it. so ..
react hello world with time and date updating
here is a react hello world with the date and time updating on setInterval 1000 miliseconds. Again with react it has to be compiled from JSX for it to work, so i have included the original and ..
react hello world with variable name
i was just testing some of the hello world examples on the react site, and as they use JSX they cant be directly entered into your code, so you need to run a pre compiler (not sure of the exact term f..
react basic hello world
the most basic hello world using react js
console table rather than console log for javascript objects and arrays
so i just saw on a tweet, that you can use console.table and i cant wait to try it out! good thing i already have a test object and array ready to go!