# Victor Lava

> Personal website and blog of Victor Lava, a full-stack web developer working
> with Laravel, PHP, Linux and WordPress. Freelance contractor for worldwide
> companies. Contact: hello@victorlava.com

The blog covers practical tutorials on PHP, Laravel, Linux server administration
and WordPress, written 2019–2020. The portfolio documents selected client projects
(web design and front-end development).

## Blog posts

- [What is Array in PHP? A quick guide for beginners.](https://victorlava.com/what-is-array-in-php-a-quick-guide-for-beginners/): Array in PHP programming language is a type of data structure that allows storing key-value pairs. To define an array we use a constructor For example ...
- [What is PHP Used For in 2020? A quick explanation for beginners.](https://victorlava.com/what-is-php-used-for-in-2020-a-quick-explanation-for-beginners/): Let's talk about what is PHP used for and what we can do with it in 2020. Also, what's the future of this programming language? And is it really dying?
- [Install PHP and Composer on Windows 10 for Use in CMD or PowerShell](https://victorlava.com/install-php-and-composer-on-windows-10-for-use-in-cmd-or-powershell/): In this tutorial, I guide you on how to install PHP and Composer on Windows for use in a command prompt like CMD or PowerShell.
- [Tutorial: PHP Abstract Class Vs Interface – Step By Step Guide](https://victorlava.com/tutorial-php-abstract-class-vs-interface-step-by-step-guide/): In this simple tutorial, I guide you step-by-step between PHP Abstract Class vs Interface main differences.
- [How I accidentally exposed my WordPress website’s source code through Git](https://victorlava.com/how-i-accidentally-exposed-my-wordpress-website-source-code-through-git/): This is an article on how I accidentally exposed my WordPress website's source code through the .git repository and how I fixed it.
- [How to Fix Curl 60 SSL_CACERT “Can’t validate SSL Certificate. Either it is self-signed or it is invalid.”](https://victorlava.com/how-to-fix-curl-60-ssl_cacert-cant-validate-ssl-certificate/): ou are reading a short story on why my Facebook's share button wasn't working correctly and how I found the cause of that - "SSL_CACERT".
- [Install Laravel Homestead Virtual Machine on Windows 10](https://victorlava.com/install-laravel-homestead-virtual-machine-on-windows-10/): How to install Homestead virtual machine on Windows 10. Homestead provides you a marvelous development environment tailored explicitly for the Laravel.
- [Doesn’t “php artisan make:auth” Work Anymore? Read This.](https://victorlava.com/doesnt-php-artisan-make-auth-work-anymore/): The front-end Bootstrap and Vue scaffolding was dropped from the primary framework. Instead of using php artisan make:auth we will have to use this ...
- [What’s new in Laravel 6.0?](https://victorlava.com/whats-new-in-laravel-6/): Laravel 6.0 is finally out here with some new exiting features: laravel vapor, eloquent subquery enchancements, new exceptions page, lazy collections.
- [A hack on how to backup website to the Google Drive with rclone Linux tool for free!](https://victorlava.com/a-hack-on-how-to-backup-website-to-the-google-drive-with-rclone-linux-tool-for-free/): In this tutorial, I will show an interesting hack on how to backup website to the Google Drive with rclone Linux tool for free.
- [MySQL database backup on Ubuntu 19.04 with Bash/Shell and mysqldump](https://victorlava.com/mysql-database-backup-on-ubuntu-19-04-with-bash-shell-mysqldump/): In this article, I will explain how to do automated MySQL database backup on Ubuntu using Bash/Shell and mysqldump command line tool.

## Projects

- [Lenndy](https://victorlava.com/project/lenndy-crowdfunding-startup/)
- [Amplify](https://victorlava.com/project/amplify-web-design-wordpress/)
- [Bonor & Blad](https://victorlava.com/project/bonor-blad/)
- [Insight Development](https://victorlava.com/project/insight-development-web-design/)
- [Norra Stationsgatan](https://victorlava.com/project/norra-stationsgatan-web-design/)

## Pages

- [Blog index](https://victorlava.com/blog/)
- [Contact](https://victorlava.com/contact/): contact form and email