Automatic PHP 7 Support for Strictly Auto Tags

Automatic PHP 7 Support for Strictly Auto Tags

By Strictly-Software

Please check out the new free and premium plugins for PHP 7 users on the main site.

As PHP doesn't allow short cutting for some reason like decent languages I could not make a single file that would handle both PHP 5 and PHP 7 as I wanted to with a simple check to see if callbacks were supported or the modifier that was removed ( \e ).

Therefore there are now both free versions and premium versions on my site and you should check (and like) the Facebook page to keep informed of changes as WordPress have taken down my plugins for some reason.

By Strictly-Software

PHP7 Support For Strictly AutoTags

PHP7 Support For Strictly AutoTags

By Strictly-Software


If you are using the popular Strictly AutoTags plugin then everything should be working fine however if you have upgraded to PHP 7 then that will have caused problems.

Not every developer has the time or knowledge to know that a new PHP version will remove features or cause issues with their plugins. However in this case it's due to the /e modifier being dropped.

$content = preg_replace("/(\.[”’\"]?\s*[A-Z][a-z]+\s[a-z])/e","strtolower('$1')",$content);

The only difference apart from the callback is that I am using @ @ as wrappers around my regular expression this is just so I can see it more easily with far less escaping required.

So replace the line above which is about line 1345 of the strictly-autotags/strictlyautotags.class.php file.

$content = preg_replace_callback("@(\.[”’\"]?\s*[A-Z][a-z]+\s[a-z])@",
 function ($matches) {
  return strtolower($matches[0]);
 },
$content);

Other people have used this fix for the plugin in the WordPress forum so it should work. I don't use PHP7 yet so never had to deal with it.

However if you are a developer please help others out on the forum. I have had over 223,616 downloads of the free version. If just everyone of those people had donated me £1 then I could spent my whole time working on it but everyone wants everything for free it seems nowadays which is why I have my premium plugin with more features > Strictly AutoTags Premium Plugin Version.

Remember you can also find up to date information on my Facebook page for my Automation plugins, this and the Strictly TweetBOT plugin which go hand in hand.

Also remember there is a Facebook page for thee plugins you can check for help as I don't automatically get notified of new problems on the WordPress site for some reason.

You can find this page at https://www.facebook.com/strictlysoftware/

Remember if you have a bug with any of my plugins to do the following:

1. Check the WordPress forum for similar bugs and fixes https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/strictly-autotags
2. Check the ReadMe file or admin page for any help.
3. Check your PHP and APACHE error logs to ensure it's this plugin causing the issues.
4. Run though the standard debug practises laid out here: Giving useful debug information.
5. Provide as much info to the developer as possible e.g PHP version, WP version, Plugin version, any other installed plugins, when it started failing, was anything else installed near that time, details of your process for tagging.

By Strictly-Software


© 2017 Strictly-Software

Find Any WiFi Password on a Windows Computer

Find Any WiFi Password on a Windows computer

By Strictly-Software

The title is a little misleading as it doesn't bring you back to the early 2000's and let you go driving around estates with a laptop, breaking into password encrypted WiFi routers. Not that you used to need to as in most estates your computer could pick up an unlocked router or three without a problem.

This is slightly different in it allows you to find ANY password that belongs to a router your PC/Laptop has been connected to in the past.

You may not like writing things down and have had a memory slip or you haven't used the router for so long the password escapes any looks for it.

First - Find out what you can access

This bit allows us to find out all the WiFi routers such as friends routers and gadgets like Chromecast that you have forgotten the password to.

Open your command prompt in administrator mode otherwise this won't work.

Once you have your command prompt up lets find out what WiFi spots we have connected to in the past or have access to. If you were around a friends one time and connected but forgot the password then you may need to use this to re-gain it if his WiFi router is in the list.

Type the following into the prompt: netsh wlan show profiles

It should then list all the routers you have had connections to from the computer you are on.

C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan show profiles 

User profiles
-------------
    All User Profile     : Chromecast1034
    All User Profile     : BTHub4-NX23
    All User Profile     : TALKTALK-3ERA24
    All User Profile     : virginmedia8817891
    All User Profile     : strictlywifi10x
    All User Profile     : strictly-ukhorse-air

Now we have a list of spots and we pick the one we need the password for. The command is pretty similar to the preceding one it just needs the routers name added to it and the term key=clear. If you don't add this to the end then you won't get to view the password in clear text.

netsh wlan show profile BTHub4-NX23 key=clear

This will give you detailed info on the router, whether it connects automatically, authentication mode e.g WPA2 and even details of your current cost and whether you are over the data limit set by your provider.

Lets try and find the password for the connection BTHub4-NX23

C:\Windows\system32>netsh wlan show profile BTHub4-NX23 key=clear

Profile BTHub4-NX23 on interface WiFi:
=======================================================================

Applied: All User Profile

Profile information
-------------------
    Version                : 1
    Type                   : Wireless LAN
    Name                   : BTHub4-NX23
    Control options        :
        Connection mode    : Connect automatically
        Network broadcast  : Connect only if this network is broadcasting
        AutoSwitch         : Do not switch to other networks

Connectivity settings
---------------------
    Number of SSIDs        : 1
    SSID name              : "BTHub4-NX23"
    Network type           : Infrastructure
    Radio type             : [ Any Radio Type ]
    Vendor extension          : Not present

Security settings
-----------------
    Authentication         : WPA2-Personal
    Cipher                 : CCMP
    Security key           : Present
    Key Content            : r85583569z

Cost settings
-------------
    Cost                   : Unrestricted
    Congested              : No
    Approaching Data Limit : No
    Over Data Limit        : No
    Roaming                : No
    Cost Source            : Default

As you can see from the Key Content section the password for this router is r85583569z.

Open the WiFi section on your desktop and connect by adding the key and it should connect. If not you have a problem.

So if you don't like writing passwords down or just want to use your mates WiFi without spending hours hunting down where he put his WiFi routers login details then this trick can come in handy.

By Strictly-Software


© 2017 Strictly-Software