Do you need to find and fix some errors in a WordPress website?
The WordPress comes with a built-in debug mode that can be enabled in the website’s wp-config.php file.
This note shows how to enable the debug mode in the WordPress and how to find the location of the debug.log file. (more…)
Emojis look like images or icons, but actually they are characters from the UTF (Unicode Transformation Format) character set.
When OS or browser is rendering HTML it may automatically convert Unicode characters to emojis, that is not always necessary.
This short note shows how to disable emojis and prevent Unicode characters in HTML from rendering as emojis. (more…)
To change the name of a Telegram bot, start a chat with the @BotFather and send the /setname command.
You will be prompted to select the Telegram bot which you want to rename and once selected you will be asked to type the new name of your bot. (more…)
Actions are the hooks that the WordPress core launches at specific points during execution, or when specific events occur.
To trigger the action firstly you need to write a custom function known as a callback, and then register it with a WordPress hook using the add_action function in your child theme’s functions.php file.
This note shows the examples of how to trigger some action when a new comment is posted on a WordPress site, e.g. send an email or a message to a Telegram channel. (more…)
To send a message to a Telegram channel using PHP, you need to know a Telegram API token and a chat ID, that you will get when you create a Telegram bot.
This note shows the PHP code examples for sending messages, images and other data types to the Telegram channel through API. (more…)
A PHP script can be executed from the command line even without having any web server software installed.
To run the PHP script from the command line you should just have a PHP CLI (PHP Command Line Interface) installed on your system.
This note shows how to run the PHP script from the command line and how to get the PHP CLI installed on Windows, Linux and MacOS. (more…)
The php.ini file is the default configuration file for PHP, that provides a lot of configuration directives that allow you to modify various behaviors of PHP.
To change PHP settings you need to edit the php.ini file, but firstly you should locate it.
In this short note i will show the easiest method of how to find the php.ini file from the command line. (more…)
In Windows, there is a keyboard shortcut ⊞ Win + D used to minimize all the currently open windows and show the desktop.
To hide all windows and show the desktop in MATE edition of the Linux Mint there is a Ctrl + Alt + D shortcut. (more…)
A program in Windows can be configured to automatically start on boot by placing its shortcut in a Windows startup folder.
There are two types of the startup folders in Windows – a user startup folder used to autostart applications for the particular user only and a system startup folder to configure the startup of the programs for the all users.
This note shows how to easily locate the startup folders in Windows and how add the programs to autostart by placing their shortcuts in the startup folders. (more…)
Remotes in Git are simply aliases that store the URLs of repositories.
By convention, an origin is the alias of the default remote repository where you publish your commits.
In Git you can work with several remotes with different aliases.
From this note you will find out how to show the configured remote URLs of a local Git repository, including the origin URL. (more…)