Articles
A collection of articles and snippets I've collected over the years.
March 30, 2017
If you want to perform a HEAD request with PHP on an URL you can use the `stream` functionality...
August 18, 2016
A cheat sheet containing useful Magento Collection snippets.
August 17, 2016
Here's a Magento snippet showing how to use a Group By clause on a Magento collection model.
August 5, 2016
Homebrew is easy to use and makes installing services such as MySQL or Elasticsearch a breeze. Here's how to manage those services.
August 4, 2016
I'm pleased to announce that I have recently passed the Magento Certified Developer exam.
July 28, 2016
I've had a problem on a few older projects where composer dies with "????%" after running `composer update`. Here's the fix.
July 26, 2016
I had the idea a while ago of creating a basic starter app containing the boilerplate code needed to get started on an idea - so here it is. Introducing my Laravel Starter App - Hit the Ground.
July 12, 2016
Magento provides an interface for you to define your own custom variables. You can use these in CMS pages, static blocks, email templates and phtml templates. Here's how to use them.
July 9, 2016
Here's a quick tutorial on creating foreign keys with MySQL.
May 26, 2016
Have you discovered how hard it is when testing Magento email? Have you ever tried getting Magento to use a separate SMTP server to send emails? I have, and got very frustrated with it. My solution...
March 1, 2016
Magento 2 comes with built-in functionality to backup and restore the code, media, and database. You can choose to backup and restore code, media, or database separately. Here's how to backup and...
February 29, 2016
Here's how to add products and breadcrumb Rich Snippets in Magento.
February 22, 2016
Here's how to get and set cookies in Magento.
October 29, 2015
I've recently stumbled across an issue where PHP Imagick can't open a PDF file despite the file being there and readable. This is using Mac OSX El Capitan with Homebrewed PHP5, Imagemagick,...
October 6, 2015
Here's a snippet for using a currency column type with the currency symbol prefix in Magento admin grids.
August 30, 2015
Like many web professionals, I listen to a lot of podcasts when I have the time. They generally fall into two categories which cover my interests; tech and music, and so I thought I'd list my current...