I have always found it frustrating that failing the CSRF check in Laravel 5.x throws an exception. I would rather prefer it redirect the user back to the previous page, and get them to try again. So, I modified the VerifyCsrfToken.php middleware to do just that.
Create Public / Privacy Encryption Keys and Encrypt / Decrypt Data using PHP
In a recent project, I’ve been using public/private key encryption to transmit data from a mobile application to an API, keeping sensitive information secure as a result. This tutorial explains how you can create your own keys, and then use them to encrypt or decrypt data using PHP and OpenSSL.
Encryption, PHP, Public / Private Keys, Security, TutorialFacebook API: Graph API v2.4 Released, Removes Groups, Notifications and Stream Permissions
Facebook has released the latest update to the Graph API, resulting in more drastic changes and deprecations to the platform. Released on July 8th 2015, the latest version of the API removes access to the user’s Notifications, Inbox and Stream and Groups.
API, Deprecation, Facebook, Facebook Graph APIGoogle Analytics for Trigger.io
I’ve always found it frustrating that a platform like Trigger.io doesn’t support Google Analytics for tracking applications. So, I’ve decided to take things into my own hands, and have developed a very simple plugin to allow just that.
Github, JavaScript, Open Source, Plugin, Trigger.io