Category: PHP | A Windows System Admin's Blog

Increase the number of visible users per page on group creation and user selection screen in Moodle 2.2

So we had a query come through our Help Desk recently to ask if we can increase the users in the user selection box as staff members were having difficulty managing their classes and creating groups as they couldn’t CTRL click and had to type in the names of their students. So I started having … Continue reading

How to convert Hex Colour Codes into RGB Colour Codes using PHP

I was recently working on a web based piece of software that had some colour settings stored in a database table which were stored as hexadecimal colour code values. I needed a quick way to convert them into RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values so that I could use them in creating an image using PHPs … Continue reading

Using the Google Maps API with PHP to display a Map and place a Marker on the map using Geocoding

So I was recently developing a new feature for a client’s website where we wanted to display an interactive Google Map with the address of a particular item (in this case a customer) along with a marker to show where it was on the map. So I set about looking around on the Internet for … Continue reading

Server Side E-Mail Validation with PHP

Validation is one of the most important things which can be done on a public-facing website. It prevents users from entering required information incorrectly or even worse attempting to damage your site via some form of script or SQL Injection attack. Recently I was developing a website for a Real Estate firm, as a legal … Continue reading