Ivan Radunovic Archive

5 min read

Get visitors real IP address when using Cloudflare Proxy

When Cloudflare Proxy is active our webserver will receive it's IP as a visitor IP address. This quick fix will help you get true IP.

Ivan RadunovicMar 03, 2024

PHP number_format() Function: A Detailed Guide

Web Development

10 min read

PHP number_format() Function: A Detailed Guide

number_format function in PHP is ideal tool for formatting numbers in a more readable form, especially when dealing with currency.

Ivan RadunovicMar 02, 2024

Most used Linux commands - focus on Ubuntu

Infrastructure

7 min read

Most used Linux commands - focus on Ubuntu

During development and in production you'll have to use many Linux/Unix commands. Working in terminal will speed-up your workflow.

Ivan RadunovicMar 01, 2024

Automatically purge Cloudflare Cache on new Deployment

Laravel

4 min read

Automatically purge Cloudflare Cache on new Deployment

After new deployment and compiling it's important to clear Cloudflare cache, otherwise it'll serve old assets.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 29, 2024

Unlocking the Power of file_get_contents in PHP

Web Development

5 min read

Unlocking the Power of file_get_contents in PHP

This guide covers PHP's file_get_contents for reading files and web data, addressing remote access, performance, and error handling with practical examples, enabling effective use in development projects.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 28, 2024

Laravel

7 min read

Cloudflare Turnstile Laravel - Protect your app from bots

Turnstile will protect forms on sites from abusive bots. It's a hassle free alternative for Google ReCaptcha.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 27, 2024

Block unwanted GA4 referrals - Google analytics spam

Infrastructure

7 min read

Block unwanted GA4 referrals - Google analytics spam

If you're wondering what is that huge spike in Google Analytics traffic, and is it legit traffic. This is the latest GA4 spam campaign

Ivan RadunovicFeb 26, 2024

Vue.js

7 min read

Vue JS Routing - Quick start guide

This Vue.js routing tutorial covers everything from basic setup with Vue Router to advanced techniques like dynamic and nested routes, route guards, and lazy loading, offering practical examples and FAQs for developers.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 25, 2024

Laravel

10 min read

Login into Laravel application with a Magic link

Magic link authentication is a popular choice for login pages. User can request a link and click on it and he'll be authenticated.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 24, 2024

Self host Plausible - Google Analytics open source alternative

Infrastructure

15 min read

Self host Plausible - Google Analytics open source alternative

Google Analytics is tracking only small portion of your visitors, because majority of them have adblockers installed. With Plausible on a custom domain you'll capture more visits.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 23, 2024

Vue.js

5 min read

Hosting Vue on Cloudflare Pages

Hosting Vue application on Cloudflare is very simple process. It's free and includes a CDN, caching and SSL.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 22, 2024

Laravel

5 min read

Send Laravel notifications to Telegram messenger

Keeping track of your Laravel application is super important, integrating Laravel with Telegram messenger will help you gain better real-time insights.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 21, 2024

Laravel

12 min read

Improving Laravel Loading Speed Using Redis Cache

Using Redis with Laravel application should be mandatory in the production. Redis greatly improves performance of Laravel apps if it's implemented in the right way.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 20, 2024

Laravel

10 min read

Laravel SSO authentication with Google One Tap logins

Single sign-on authentication became a standard so we teach you how to implement it in your app. On top of that we'll show you how to integrate Google One Tap authentication flow also.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 13, 2024

Laravel

15 min read

Google ReCaptcha in Laravel - Protect Laravel forms from bots

Learn how to integrate Google ReCAPTCHA into Laravel application, applies for types v2 and v3. All about I'm not a robot checkbox, invisible captcha and score based captcha.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 12, 2024

Laravel

4 min read

Advanced querying with whereHas Method in Laravel Eloquent

The whereHas method in Laravel allows to filter models based on conditions of their related models, simplifying complex queries involving relationships.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 05, 2024

Laravel

5 min read

Soft Delete in Laravel

With Laravel soft delete trait you can mark certain Eloquent model as deleted, and they will be removed from general queries. But you can query them with special methods.

Ivan RadunovicFeb 04, 2024