Date format validation in PHP
In case of date format checking in PHP just use this function: function checkDateFormat($date) { //match the format of the date if (preg_match ("/^([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})$/", $date, $parts))...
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Mac OS, MySQL: No such file or directory (trying to connect via unix:///
Error on attempt to connect locally to MySQL server DB with PHP on MacOS X Lion 10.7: No such file or directory (trying to connect via unix:///var/mysql/mysql.sock) Solution 1: instead of localhost...
MySQL: ERROR 2006 (HY000) at line: ### MySQL server has gone away
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GIT: How to use stash
Git features The Stash, which is as much as a good place to store uncommitted changes. When you stash you changes, the will be stored, and your working copy will be reverted to HEAD (the last commit...
IBM ThinkVantage System Update Failure
Error: I have got "Unable to connect to proxy server" error while running IBM Think Vantage System Update. OS is Windows 7. Fix: Internet Explorer: Tools => Internet Options => Connections => Lan...
Git Cheat Sheet
Configuration identify yourself to git: email and your name git config --global user.name "John Smith" git config --global user.email "abc@mail.com" To view all options: git config --list OR cat...
How to copy / paste text in gitk
Problem:How to copy / paste text from git?Text select and Ctrl-C + Ctrl-V does not paste the copied text. And there is no Edit / Copy / Paste menu item.Solution:gitk supports the normal X clipboard,...
Center Multiple DIVs with CSS
At some point, you may have a situation where you want to center multiple elements (maybe <div> elements, or other block elements) on a single line in a fixed-width area. Centering a single element...
Git: Push and Delete Remote Branches
You can push the branch up to a remote very simply: git push origin newfeature Where origin is your remote name and newfeature is the name of the branch you want to push up. Deleting is also a pretty...
Mac X11 window font size change
The most simple way is adding the following new command in the X11-> application -> customize: xterm -geometry 72x34+100+40 -fn *-fixed-*-*-*-20-* &