William Edmunds, freelance web developer

Based in the UK and specializing in PHP web development

I'm a web development freelancer with around 11 years experience. I'm based in the UK. I've been building web applications for a wide range of clients using: PHP, Laravel, Vue, Codeigniter, Mysql, Symfony and React - and many other technologies.

I am a freelance PHP Developer, however I have experience in various similar role's within web development teams:

Product feature design & direction
PHP/SQL Security Analysis of web applications
Performance analysis
SEO & Outreach
Project Consultation
Client / Developer go-between for project planning
Project planning & Scheduling
Team cohesion & standards enforcement
Initial project consultation
Content editor and general site management
On-going support, maintenance and enhancements

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Upgrade: Security Notice: Adobe Sign is ending sup...

Posted by wp.edmunds | Jul 24, 2019 | API, PHP, Portfolio, Webmaster | 0 |

Upgrade: Security Notice: Adobe Sign is ending support for older API authentication models in August 2019

by wp.edmunds | Jul 24, 2019 | API, PHP, Portfolio, Webmaster | 0 |

At the end of the month – anyone using Adobe Sign (EchoSign) will be cut off from the API if...

Create a wordpress shortcode in 2 minutes

by wp.edmunds | Jun 6, 2021 | Education, PHP | 0 |

Copy the code below into wp-content/plugins/my_shortcode/my_shortcode.php <?php /** * Plugin...

PHP Security: recommended functions to block

by wp.edmunds | Apr 23, 2021 | Hosting/Servers, PHP | 0 |

disable_functions =...

Fix: Authorize.net / Omnipay – “The ‘AnetApi/xml/v1/schema/AnetApiSchema.xsd:customerProfileId’ element is invalid”

by wp.edmunds | Sep 11, 2020 | API, PHP | 0 |

See below for how to correctly populate the “cardReference” field into omnipay. It...

Yii 1.1 MySql error 1364 Field doesn’t have a default value fix

by wp.edmunds | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized | 0 |

Note: this is an interim fix – the recommended way is to update the my.cnf Mysql config...

Creating a Filemaker server demo signup process

by wp.edmunds | Jun 25, 2020 | Education, Filemaker | 0 |

Recently tasked with creating a web form allowing for potential customers to sign up over the web...

Portfolio: Brochure website for software company

by wp.edmunds | Feb 12, 2020 | CSS/Design, Portfolio, Webmaster | 0 |

Studio suite is a software package for the media industry – helping studio staff to manage assets, finances, booking and various other things. I created the site using wordpress, an ideal platform for a site of this size,...

Portfolio: Creative writers platform + CMS

by wp.edmunds | Oct 31, 2019 | CSS/Design, Front end, MySQL - MariaDB, PHP, Portfolio, Symfony, Uncategorized | 0 |

Profilecritics (profilecritics.com) is a web resource for up and coming authors – it offers free/paid membership options for authors to advertise their own books. I created on the app architecture, designed the business...

VueJS/Laravel Address Book app

by wp.edmunds | Jun 10, 2019 | Laravel, Vue | 0 |

As an introduction to vue development – I’ve used it to build an address book – it’s running on a PHP/Laravel 5.8. The app is quite loose and is a straightforward introduction / easy to understand app to play around with and...

Apache2: Disable mod_security for a virtual host

by wp.edmunds | Feb 11, 2019 | Hosting/Servers, Uncategorized, Webmaster | 0 |

How to remove the security module for a particular site. This cannot be done in the htaccess file for modsecurity2 – youll get a sitewide 500 error and “SecRuleEngine not allowed here”. To switch it off in the...

Portfolio: Insurance claim management platform

by wp.edmunds | Feb 5, 2019 | Portfolio, Uncategorized | 0 |

IImageIT is a large insurance claim management platform – used by many large auto repair centre’s across the UK. It tracks everything from initial customer damage reports, all the way through to the repair of the...

Portfolio: E-Learning Platform

by wp.edmunds | Feb 5, 2019 | Portfolio | 0 |

My learning hub (https://www.mylearninghub.com/) is an e-learning platform built for industrial clients – used to manage the compliance/training needs of staff within a business. Typically it’s used in industries...