Genericons unicode values

List of Unicode code points for Genericons vector icon set and a BASH script that finds the codes.

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Extending WordPress custom menus

Article on extending WordPress custom menus for single posts and pages.

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Sorting UTF-8 strings in PHP

Sorting UTF-8 encoded strings using strcoll and usort PHP functions.

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Insertion Sort algorithm and sorting dates in PHP

An article on sorting dates and times with insertion sort algorithm in PHP.

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Installing WordPress language files automatically

Installing language files (.mo) automatically in WordPress.

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Sorting UTF-8 strings in PHP

When trying to sort a list of strings in PHP, one needs a reliable way of comparing the strings first. PHP has some nice comparison functions, notably strcmp. Strcmp function works fine for ASCII character set, in which the same number of bits ( 7 ) is used to encode a ...

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Secondary database query and shortcodes in Wordpress

Secondary database queries are queries that you do in Wordpress once the main, URL-based query has been performed. Typically, these extra queries are used to fetch data like featured or category post and embed it on in a section of a template file. Alternatively, the data goes ...

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Quicksort algorithm implementation in PHP

Quicksort algorithm, as the name of it suggests, is yet another piece of code for sorting ( lists of ) items. The algorithm has been in use for nearly 60 years ( Anthony Hoare - its inventor - published it in 1961 ), and is still one of the fastest ways of sorting large lists ...

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Recursive bubble sort algorithm in PHP

In this article I'm going to take a quick look at arranging elements of a list in a chosen order, or simply speaking - sorting, with a twist, though. Many algorithms have been devised for the purpose of sorting over the last sixty or so years. Arguably, one of the oldest ...

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