MySQL Find and Replace
One of the most common things that needs to be done when tidying up a database is to bulk find and replace data in MySQL tables. This can be for things like spelling mistakes, changing categories of...
View ArticleUbuntu Bulk Find And Replace GUI – Regexxer
If you need to do a bulk find and replace operation on a load of files within a particular folder structure, for example when refactoring some of your code, then instead of trying to use your IDE you...
View ArticleRemove Double Slashes from URL without Breaking It
If you need to clean up a URL and remove any double (or more) slashes that might have crept in, but need to keep the :// bit intact you might like this little function Handy More Reading: PHPStorm...
View ArticleGeany Text Editor Remove Hash Comments
I recently needed to quickly remove some commented lines from a .htaccess file using Geany (a really nice lightweight IDE or feature rich text editor depending on your point of view). Geany has some...
View ArticlePHPStorm Regex Replace “Malformed Replacement String”
If you are struggling using PHPStorm to find and replace code with Regex rules then this is your solution. The problem is that when using the $ sign in your replacement string it confuses it because...
View ArticlePHPStorm Regex Convert Array to Object Syntax
If you are converting some code from using array syntax to object property syntax then you might like this little snippet of regex. This is design to paste straight into the find/replace dialogue in...
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