“In most cases, call_user_func() and call_user_func_array() are just slower but more flexible ways to call functions or methods. But it turns out they are not entirely equivalent where methods are involved. Consider this fragment, and guess the output.”
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“I recently developed a website that has a streaming video as its full-screen background that autoplays & loops when the website loads. It was working in Chrome until very recently. Google changed their policy on autoplaying video in April, so I believe this may be the reason.”
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“Everyone is used to programs printing out output in a terminal that scrolls as new text appears, but that’s not all your can do: your program can color your text, move the cursor up, down, left or right, or clear portions of the screen if you are going to re-print them later.”
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“In HTTP, content negotiation is the mechanism that is used for serving different representations of a resource at the same URI, so that the user agent can specify which is best suited for the user (for example, which language of a document, which image format, or which content encoding).”
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“Below, you’ll find a list of errors which are thrown by JavaScript. These errors can be a helpful debugging aid, but the reported problem isn’t always immediately clear. The pages below will provide additional details about these errors.”
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“In short, you can’t, but you can set a cookie via JavaScript ? Safari on iOS supports localStorage, but in Private Mode it simply throws an error when you try to save anything to it, which is not great. Also it breaks the behaviour of your app on iPhones and iPads.”
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“WordPress is the most popular CMS on the web. According to w3tech, it is used by approximately 30% of all websites1. This wide adoption makes it an interesting target for cyber criminals.”
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“A flaw in the way WordPress handles privileges can lead to a privilege escalation in WordPress plugins. This affects for example WooCommerce, the most popular e-commerce plugin with over 4 million installations.”
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“force mute to display on all devices, from videojs#4478 f154df5”
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