Taste The Code

I make weekly videos of electronics, code and general making

Critical PHP Vulnerabilities CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619: What They Are and How to Protect Your Server

If you run a website built on PHP, today is a day to drop what you are doing and check your servers. Two critical vulnerabilities were disclosed in PHP, tracked as CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, and together they can allow an attacker to run their own code on your server without logging in.


Fixing the Instagram feed in my website footer

Last week I noticed that the Instagram feed in my website footer was missing so I now fixed it.


Adding date range selection to YouTube Sight API

New feature for YouTube Sight


Variable Variables in PHP

In PHP, you can name a variable with the value stored in another variable. That is, one variable contains the name of another variable.


Add comments to any website

Adding comments to any website can be an easy task when you use external service.


Adding RSS to any Laravel site (Canvas/Wink)

I recently updated my site to include a blog, and I build it around Laravel Canvas. Since Canvas does not feature an RSS feed by default, in this article I’ll show you how you can add such a feed to any Laravel based site.


The case of a # use in passwords

How a # in my DB password, had me spinning for a few hours.