The woes of invalid characters in URL parameter strings There is a very good possibility that you will run across this challenge if you support any type of user interface that allows users to upload documents that they have named. It doesn’t occur to most developers to check for invalid URL characters in a file [...]

The source code for this demonstration is located in the zip file “WorkingWithStrings” Trim Spaces There are actually 3 methods associated with the string object available to trim leading and trailing space: TrimStart() | TrimEnd() | Trim() The results are self explanatory and the syntax is very simple. //declare variables to work with string strFirst [...]

Why can’t I get wp_home() and wp_front_page() to work in WordPress? A lot of coders pull their hair out over these two wordpress functions. The answer is that these two functions will only query one time per page build. If it’s been used elsewhere to determine the current page, it has to be reset with [...]

When changing or pointing a new URL to a worpress site. I can cause a problem if the URLs on the general settings page are not set correctly. In fact, you won’t be able to access the site. Don’t panic, it can be fixed.

The source code for this demonstration is located in the zip file “WorkingWithStrings” Length is a property of the string object string.Length is useful in determining valid data. However, don’t get in to the habbit of using this property for everything. Remember that getting in a rut as a programmer by using only a few [...]

String Compare is a method that will compare 2 strings and returns an integer. ( 0 = alike and 1 = different).

String concatenation is one of the commonly used operations among programmers.
If you don’t handle the string concatenation in .NET properly, you may decrease performance
so it’s important to keep in mind what you are trying to accomplish.

Download the source code Definition: Returns a value (true/false) indicating whether the specified String object occurs within another specifice String object. Contains Method Syntax: // This example demonstrates the String.Contains() method using System; string str1 = ‘All good men come to the aid of their country’; string str2 = ‘country’; bool bResult = false; bResult [...]

This goes out to all network administrator/systems administrators that are always running the same command and have to open the CMD interface, type the command and press enter. This next post will greatly help alleviate and speed up this task. 1. Right click on an empty space on the desktop to open the context menu [...]

String Compare is a method that will compare 2 strings and returns an integer. ( 0 = alike and 1 = different). The syntax: set a variable to collect the results: int intCompareResults; //set the value of intCompareResults intCompareResults = String.Compare(‘hello’,’Hello’); intCompareResults will = 1 because hello and Hello are not seen as the same [...]