Unmasking your hola! IP — Jan 23, 2015, 5:46 pm
I stumbled upon this when I wanted to use the hola! plugin for Chrome, which helps you to pretend to be from a different country when you visit websites. This is helpful if the site contains content, that is blocked in other countries.
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Since I'll always need this function again, I decided to write it down. There is a nice approach on Stack Overflow, that unfortunately has it's problems.
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MySQL-UTF8 Special Chaos — Jun 25, 2013, 1:32 pm
This problem is really a pain in the backside if you forget about it, especially with a fully grown database.
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Base64 Detection — Mar 27, 2013, 9:25 am
I tried to create a Base64-Toggle function for my Webtools and found out there is no perfect solution. Google showed me some attempts, but they never really convinced me.
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You might also rarely use this, but I certainly need it at some point to check for not-allowed characters etc.
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Unicode everywhere! — Nov 2, 2012, 11:33 am
To prevent any hieroglyphics on your website, make sure everything is in the right format. Here is a full range example for Unicode (UTF-8).
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