Recently one of my servers most probably got hacked (compromised). As I logged into my linode manager it said 200% bandwidth usage and it was growing at about 1gb per 1-2 mins (checked with iftop). So I opened a support ticket and asked a couple of linode fellows for help.
Laravel Render a View and Store the Contents in a Variable
Sometimes one may want to load a View with some PHP data passed to it and store it in a variable inside the Controller’s action. This rendered view data might be later passed to another view which is finally loaded and dumped to the user’s screen.
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Parse and Read Excel Files (xls/xlsx) With JavaScript
Recently there was a requirement in one of my projects to parse Excel files (with xls/xlsx extensions) in the browser (using javascript ofcourse). So I looked around a bit on the internet and found these two useful libraries:
Lets see how to work with each of them.
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Manipulate and Extract/Burst PDF Files Into Images, Text and Other Components with Docsplit
Docsplit is a command line utility written in Ruby (can be used as a Ruby library too) that can be used for splitting apart documents like PDF (Portable Document Format) into their components like plain text, single pages, page images, metadata (title, author, etc.).
Convert (Split) PDF Files into Images with ImageMagick and GhostScript
ImageMagick is an excellent open source set of software tools that helps with converting, editing, displaying and composing image files. Almost all programming languages have extensions or libraries to interact with the ImageMagick API, although you could also use it via command line.
Ghostscript is a set of tools that can interpret PostScript page description language and PDF files too, to render or rasterize them.
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Admob Native Android SDK Integration with Phonegap/Cordova without Plugins
Just like we’ve Google’s AdSense program for all web publishers to generate revenue off their content, for mobile app developers there’s Google’s AdMob ads platform to monetize and promote their web app. PhoneGap is a great tool to convert JavaScript rich web apps to native mobile app. But when it comes to monetizing via ads, just putting Adsense code is not the solution as its meant for web usage only and is against Google’s terms and conditions. We’ll go through a simple process that I came across to integrate the native admob android sdk to our cordova apps and games without using any phonegap plugins.
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Send Newsletters or Email Marketing Campaigns via Amazon SES with Sendy (PHP app) for Cheap (a Review)
Email newsletters is one of the most effective way to execute your marketing campaigns by reaching out directly to your subscribers who are basically your customers, readers, fans/followers or prospects. But the issue that many of us face is that, as the subscriber base grows or we want to send emails more frequently, the entire process can get a bit pricey when using services like Mailchimp, Campaign Monitor, Aweber, Signal, Constant Contact, GetResponse, LoopFuse, Sales-Push, Mad Mimi, Campaigner, Vertical Response, Benchmark Email, iContact, JangoMail, Boomerang and Ezine Director – unless our requirements can be fulfilled by their free plans.