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WordPress changes HTML code of the page

Mar 26, 2019Roei TabakPHP, WordPress

Sometimes, we need to implement an external HTML code or specify HTML by design inside a WordPress page.

When we use the text editor of WordPress we have the option to do just that, but if we look closely on the HTML that is generated after the specific page is rendered, we can see some alteration to the code. Those alterations may cause a lot of problems if you build your design (CSS) by it. Usually, it comes to Ps that are added, page breaks or other unnecessary elements. Read more of a function tells WordPress to skip this parsing of the HTML and leave it intact.

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Convert two short (16 bit) numbers into a single 32 bit integer in C#

Mar 4, 2019Roei TabakASP.NET, Quick Tip

If you ever had to work with controllers or microprocessors, you’ve probably come across the need to convert 2 cells of 16 bits numbers into a single 32bit integers. On some controllers, the registers are assigned in 16-bit cells, and if you want to store anything larger than 65,535 you’ll need to convert it.

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Count the 1’s in the binary representation of a decimal number

Feb 16, 2019Roei TabakInterview Questions, Java

As I wrote here before, I do a lot of professional interviews, and I discovered that the best questions have more than one solution to them. While having an ideal solution to a problem, you can still ask the interviewees for other ways for the solution and putting extra constraints that can help guide them in either direction (maybe to check their creativity, or if they knew the question beforehand). One of the questions that fit this requirement is the “count the 1’s in the binary representation of an integer”.

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Pass parameters to View in SQL or Oracle

Jan 28, 2019Roei TabakMSSQL, MySQL, Oracle

Can you or can you not pass parameters to a view?

Well, the short answer is no. A view is seen by the database (and should be considered by us) as a table.

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Solve HTTP Code 405 – Method Not Allowed on IIS

Jan 13, 2019Roei TabakASP.NET, Quick Tip

When trying to implement interfaces like WebAPI or REST over IIS it’s very common to come across some issues. One of them is the notorious “Method Not Allowed” HTTP error code 405.

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How to fix Oracle SQL Developer IDE typing is super slow

Dec 25, 2018Roei TabakOracle, Quick Tip

I’ve been working with Oracle’s SQL Developer for years through its various versions. This tool has become better over the years and improvements can be noticed from version to version. None the less there is one bug that returns every now and then, and it doesn’t seem to be version specific. This is the super slow editing or typing in the IDE SQL code windows, this in fact, in some cases prevent and interfering with our work. How to solve this irritating issue?

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Facebook does not recognize OG:image meta

Dec 16, 2018Roei TabakQuick Tip

As discussed here before, OG:image tag can be a very useful tool to promote your site via social networks. I have found that the most sensitive scraper belongs to not other than Facebook.

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Use Base64 to pass parameters in URL with PHP

Nov 29, 2018Roei TabakPHP, Quick Tip

Even though Base64 encoding is not an encryption, sometimes it can be useful to pass data or parameters in a single string.

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Ideal Open Graph Image size for WhatsApp link share

Nov 18, 2018Roei TabakQuick Tip

Sharing links with WhatsApp has become a great way to drive visitors into your sites. A nice feature when a link is shared is a little preview of the link’s content, with a title, short description and an image of the designated page. This data comes from scraping the link for Open Graph (OG) data. One of the tags allows you to put one or more images to be shown as the link image.

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Get Mime-Type by file extension in PHP

Oct 31, 2018Roei Tabak1 CommentPHP

Recently I build a PHP script for dynamically downloading files, and I came across the need to provide the right Mime-Type for each file I set to download. I wrote a function in PHP that gets file extension (with or without the dot prefix) and returns the correct Mime-Type.

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