1. How to Use PHP to Compute a GitHub Score for the Participation of a Developer
Updated on: 2022-11-16
Posted on: 2022-11-16
Blog: Github PHP Rating package blog
Package: Github PHP Rating
This package can analyze the participation of each developer on GitHub, and then it computes a score based on the types of events in which the developer participated.
This way, this package can give a better idea of how active each developer is in the projects hosted on GitHub.



1. How to Implement a WordPress Plugin Currency Converter
Updated on: 2022-11-15
Posted on: 2022-11-15
Blog: WordPress Currency Plugin package blog
Package: WordPress Currency Plugin
This package provides a WordPress plugin that allows site publishers to insert the currency exchange rate between the United States dollar and the Real currency of Brazil.



1. How to Implement a PHP Maintenance Mode to Show Useful Messages to the User of a Site While the Maintenance Work Lasts
Updated on: 2022-11-14
Posted on: 2022-11-14
Blog: Yii2 Maintenance package blog
Package: Yii2 Maintenance
During maintenance updates, the sites should not be accessible to regular users because the maintenance tasks may cause user interactions that lead to changes in information stored in the site database.
This package provides a solution to implement maintenance mode behaviors, for instance, showing warnings or only allowing administrators to access certain features of the sites.



5. How Can PHP Send Email Using Gmail SMTP Server for Free Using OAuth Tokens That Renew Automatically
Updated on: 2022-11-11
Posted on: 2022-11-11
Blog: MIME E-mail message sending package blog
Package: MIME E-mail message sending
The OAuth process obtains token string values from the Gmail OAuth server. These token strings are a sort of password to access the Gmail SMTP server.
The token strings are valid for a period that currently is 1 hour. After that period, applications that use the Gmail SMTP server will have to renew the tokens using the OAuth process again.
The MIME Message package uses the SASL package to perform authorization. The XOAUTH2 driver class of the SASL package can renew the OAuth token automatically when necessary.
Please read this article to learn with example code how to use the PHP MIME Message, SMTP Client, SASL, and OAuth client packages to send email messages using PHP with the Gmail SMTP server in a way that does not require human intervention to renew the OAuth tokens automatically after they expire.



1. How to Implement a Modern WordPress User Interface using a WordPress Vue Plugin
Updated on: 2022-11-11
Posted on: 2022-11-10
Blog: WP Vue Kit Plugin package blog
Package: WP Vue Kit Plugin
WordPress is a popular content management used by many sites to produce and edit content published in the Web site pages. Developers can extend WordPress with plugin components provided by third-party developers.
This package provides a plugin that implements WordPress plugins that can use Vue.js to implement modern user interfaces for accessing other WordPress plugins.



1. How to Implement a PHP Crowdfunding Site to Support The Development of Product to Be Launched in the Future
Updated on: 2022-11-09
Posted on: 2022-11-09
Blog: GetMeALatte package blog
Package: GetMeALatte
One possible solution for the developer to have money during product development is to resort to crowdfunding. This way, the potential users of the product can fund the developer so he can dedicate his time to developing the product.
This package can help a developer to set up a site to present his product and collect crowdsource funding payments.



1. How to Generates a Kubernetes Configuration File to Setup a Container using PHP
Updated on: 2022-11-05
Posted on: 2022-11-05
Blog: Kubernetes Resource generator package blog
Package: Kubernetes Resource generator
Containers are helpful for managing and running applications that can run isolated, including those that implement PHP-based Web applications.
This package provides a simplified way to generate configuration files for Kubernetes containers from given parameters.



1. How to Implement a PHP Automatic Form Fill Solution that Pre-Fills Form Inputs with Values Entered Before by the Same User
Updated on: 2022-11-03
Posted on: 2022-11-03
Blog: Yii2 Form PreFiller package blog
Package: Yii2 Form PreFiller
If they have to fill out lengthy forms with information, they may avoid it and not fill it, especially if the form asks for values already requested.
This package provides some help to minimize that issue. It provides a solution to "remember" the values that a user filled in a form with the same types of inputs.
So next time a Web site asks the user to fill a form with the same fields, this package can provide the values the user entered last time so that the application can pre-fill the inputs with those values.



1. How to Use a PHP Travel Planner Application to Help You to Move to Another Country and Have a Better Life
Updated on: 2022-11-01
Posted on: 2022-11-01
Blog: MyDreamLife.eu package blog
Package: MyDreamLife.eu
Often that is a non-trivial change of life because it requires a lot of preparation, for instance, planning how to arrive at the destination country, where you will stay, how much it will cost, etc.
This package implements a Web application that allows users to do the necessary planning to move with the least of the problems.



4. How to Implement a PHP SMTP Gmail Replacement for the PHP mail Function that Works with the Gmail OAuth Authentication
Updated on: 2022-11-11
Posted on: 2022-10-31
Blog: MIME E-mail message sending package blog
Package: MIME E-mail message sending
In 2022 Google made the use of Gmail as a means to send email messages via Gmail SMTP server more secure by requiring an OAuth access token instead of the traditional password of the Gmail user account.
This requirement made many developers update their PHP applications to use OAuth tokens and continue to use the Gmail SMTP server for free.
Read this article to learn how to use OAuth access tokens to send email messages from PHP applications using the Gmail SMTP server.


