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Rails Paperclip Plugin Options for Attaching Files
I usually change some of the default settings when I use the Paperclip plugin. For most of my projects I don't like having separate directories for each image that is uploaded. I prefer, in this instance, to put avatars of different sizes together under o...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Pickle Python Objects
import pickle entity = { "user_id": "1", "title": "Natural Dog Training", "link": "http://naturaldogtraining.com", } pickled_entity = pickle.dumps(entity) unpickled_entity = pickle.loads(pickled_entity)
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
summer 2008 picnic at tidal falls
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
Render Partial if File Exists
If you ever want to render a partial but don't want an error thrown you can either check for the existence of the file first params[:controller]+"/sidebar" if File.exists?(RAILS_ROOT+"/app/views/"+params[:controller]+"/_sidebar.html.erb") %> or you ca...
Written by Sean Behan on 06/17/2012
How to Slugify a String in PHP
Here is a snippet for generating a URL friendly slug in PHP function slugify($string){ return strtolower(trim(preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9-]+/', '-', $string), '-')); } And you can use it in your code like so ...
Written by Sean Behan on 10/26/2017