Javascript commands for the most common actions
A quick reference of the JavaScript commands that come up in everyday browser scripting — event handlers, navigation, dialogs, dates,
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Year: 2008
Retain scroll position after browser refresh
Full page refreshes have mostly given way to partial updates — fetch a bit of JSON, patch the DOM, done
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Css trick – Preload images
The 2008 trick for preloading images with CSS went something like this: Neat idea, quietly broken: in CSS, when the
Button Submit Once!
Double-submits are as old as forms on the web: the user clicks “Submit”, nothing appears to happen fast enough, they
PHP and Microsoft MSSQL SERVER
Back in 2008, connecting PHP to SQL Server was a weekend-destroying exercise. The mssql extension relied on an ancient Sybase-era
NOD32 blocking WampServer
WampServer 2 had been working fine on Vista, then it suddenly stopped: the browser just hung and no local page
A textarea with maximum characters allowed
Back in 2008 the standard way to limit a textarea was a clipboard-ready script from Dynamic Drive: keypress handlers, document.all
Display time in page title using JS
A fun 2008 trick: a snippet (credited to Mike Cullen, featured on Dynamic Drive) that updated document.title every second so
Vars from PHP to JS and Back
Passing values between PHP (server) and JavaScript (browser) confuses everyone once, because the two run at completely different times: PHP
Check if Cookies are Enabled
If your app depends on cookies — sessions, CSRF tokens, consent flags — it is worth detecting early whether the