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Examine the 10 key PHP functions I use frequently

PHP never ceases to surprise me with its built-in capabilities. These are a few of the functions I find most fascinating.   1. Levenshtein This function uses the Levenshtein algorithm to calculate the disparity or "distance" between two text strings. Named after its creator, Vladimir Levenshtein, it measures how identical two words or…

Category : Php   17-10-2023   by Silvia Mazzetta

Exploring the Power of Loops in PHP 8

Loops are an essential part of any programming language, including PHP. They allow you to repeat a block of code multiple times, making it easier to handle repetitive tasks and iterate over data structures. In PHP 8, there are several types of loops available, including the for, while, do-while, and…

Category : Php   23-06-2023   by Janeth Kent

How to Track Flight Status in real-time using the Flight Tracker API

The Flight Tracker API provides developers with the ability to access real-time flight status, which is extremely useful for integrating historical tracking or live queries of air traffic into your website. With this API, you can easily track the status of a flight and access airport schedules. There are several Flight Tracker…

Category : Php   12-06-2023   by Janeth Kent

Easy debug of Php with ChromePhp and ChromeLogger

Easy debug of Php with ChromePhp and ChromeLogger

ChromePhp is a Module to log useful details directly in your Chrome JS console. You can inspect most as objects and see infos or values. It is a great way to debug PHP code on the fly, in Google Chrome. It's very easy to integrate to any project and log any…

Category : Php   30-03-2023   by Luigi Nori

PHP - The Singleton Pattern

The Singleton Pattern is one of the GoF (Gang of Four) Patterns. This particular pattern provides a method for limiting the number of instances of an object to just one. It's an easy pattern to grasp once you get past the strange syntax used. Consider the following class: PHP Code: class Database {  public…

Category : Php   04-02-2022   by Janeth Kent

The State of PHP 8: new features and changes

PHP 8.0 has been released last November 26: let's discover together the main innovations that the new version introduces in this language. PHP is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. Precisely its wide diffusion, has led many programmers to use it, especially for the development of server-side…

Category : Php   29-12-2020   by Janeth Kent

The most popular Array Sorting Algorithms In PHP

There are many ways to sort an array in PHP, the easiest being to use the sort() function built into PHP. This sort function is quick but has it's limitations, especially when sorting things like dates as PHP usually guesses which value is higher than the other and can produce…

Category : Php   25-08-2020   by Luigi Nori

PHP Filters: the best way to sanitize and validate datas

What are PHP filters? One of the most amazing strengths of PHP is its convenience. Shockingly this same profit has worked against PHP as numerous new coders have forgotten any security to establish safety or fails to offer the adroitness to make a class to validate their variables from end users. One…

Category : Php   02-03-2020   by Janeth Kent

Tips to Create Secure PHP Applications

PHP is one of the most popular programming languages for the web. Such languages are very helpful for the programmer but the security holes in it can create a problem. They can create problems in the development path.Below are few tips to help you avoid some common PHP security pitfalls…

Category : Php   29-06-2019   by Janeth Kent

10 PHP code snippets to work with dates

10 PHP code snippets to work with dates

Here we have some set of Useful PHP Snippets, which are useful for PHP Developers. In this tutorial we'll show you the 10 PHP date snippets you can use on your webpages by just cutting and pasting! Get current time, formatted Super basic function, takes no parameters and returns the current date.…

Category : Php   02-08-2018   by Janeth Kent

8 Free PHP Books  to Read in Summer 2018

8 Free PHP Books to Read in Summer 2018

In this article, we've listed 8 free PHP books that can help you to learn new approaches to solving problems and keep your skill up to date.   Practical PHP Testing This book is aimed at advanced php developers and is comprised of articles from the author's Practical PHP Testing blog series. It…

Category : Php   20-06-2018   by Janeth Kent

Send Push Notification to Users Using Firebase Messaging Service in PHP

Send Push Notification to Users Using Firebase Messaging Service in PHP

Today I will show you how to send unlimited free push notifications to your clients using Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) in your PHP web application. Push Notifications are clickable messages that come from a website. They are used to show notifications outside the web page context even if the user is not browsing…

Category : Php   14-05-2018   by Janeth Kent

PHP and XMP format: Create a Panorama 360/VR viewer in PHP and A-Frame

PHP and XMP format: Create a Panorama 360/VR viewer in PHP and A-Frame

The Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) is an ISO standard, originally created by Adobe Systems Inc., for the creation, processing and interchange of standardized and custom metadata for digital documents and data sets. XMP standardizes a data model, a serialization format and core properties for the definition and processing of extensible metadata.…

Category : Php   31-10-2017   by Janeth Kent

PHP: Basic Introduction to Namespaces

PHP: Basic Introduction to Namespaces

History of PHP Namespaces In PHP prior to 5.3 (2009), any class you define lived at the same global level as other classes. Class User, class Contact, class Db they're all together in the global namespace. This may seem simple, but it makes organization tough, which is why PHP developers started using underscores…

Category : Php   19-05-2017   by Janeth Kent

PHP 7.2 will be the first Programming Language to add Modern Cryptography to its Standard Library

PHP 7.2 will be the first Programming Language to add Modern Cryptography to its Standard Library

Last week, the voting phase closed on an RFC to add libsodium to PHP 7.2. The result was unanimous (37 in favor, 0 against). When version 7.2 releases at the end of the year, PHP will be the first programming language to adopt modern cryptography in its standard library. What is Modern…

Category : Php   14-02-2017   by Janeth Kent

Php: How to extend the highlight_string function

Php: How to extend the highlight_string function

PHP has a cool function that automatically highlights PHP code called highlight_string(); Theoretically this could be used to roll your own code highlighting on a site, rather than rely on JavaScript or some kind of external service to do it. In this article I'll show you the basics of how…

Category : Php   11-02-2017   by Janeth Kent

PHP Libraries For Summer 2016

PHP Libraries For Summer 2016

Here are our picks for the 12 most useful and interesting open-source PHP libraries that you should check out this summer!   Monolog With Monolog you can create advanced logging systems by sending your PHP logs to files, sockets, databases, inboxes or other web services. The library has over 50 handlers for various…

Category : Php   11-08-2016   by Janeth Kent

PHP7: Guide and References to all the changes between version 5.x and 7 of PHP

PHP7: Guide and References to all the changes between version 5.x and 7 of PHP

PHP 7 was released on December 3rd, 2015. It comes with a number of new features, changes, and backwards compatibility breakages that are outlined below. Performance Features Combined Comparison Operator Null Coalesce Operator Scalar Type Declarations Return Type Declarations Anonymous Classes Unicode Codepoint Escape Syntax Closure call() Method Filtered unserialize() IntlChar Class Expectations Group use Declarations Generator Return Expressions Generator Delegation Integer Division with intdiv() session_start() Options preg_replace_callback_array() Function CSPRNG Functions Support…

Category : Php   27-12-2015   by Janeth Kent

Php: Create your Caching System Easily and Quickly

Php: Create your Caching System Easily and Quickly

If you need to integrate a caching system quickly, you can use this ultra simple file caching method to cache any kind of dynamic data. Usually, if you’re doing API calls or using PHP to pull data from another server it’s always good to implement some kind of caching layer.   $exists…

Category : Php   12-11-2015   by Luigi Nori

10 Useful PHP Image Manipulation Libraries

10 Useful PHP Image Manipulation Libraries

In this article, we listed 10 PHP Image Manipulation Libraries which help developers making their tasks simpler.   1. Imagine   Imagine is a OOP library for image manipulation built in PHP 5.3 using the latest best practices and thoughtful design that should allow for decoupled and unit-testable code. In order to produce RGB code…

Category : Php   09-06-2014   by Janeth Kent

PHP: list of best awesome PHP libraries

PHP: list of best awesome PHP libraries

It is an exciting time to be a PHP developer. There are lots of useful libraries released every day, and with the help of Composer and Github, they are easy to discover and use. Here is a complete list of the coolest that We’ve come across. Package Management Libraries for package and…

Category : Php   27-04-2014   by Janeth Kent

How to implement a PHP session timeout on your own

How to implement a PHP session timeout on your own

To Implement a session timeout on your own,  you can use a simple time stamp that denotes the time of the last activity and update it with every request. You can also use an additional time stamp to regenerate the session ID periodically to avoid attacks on sessions. Enjoy the code! if (isset($_SESSION)…

Category : Php   05-12-2013   by Janeth Kent

Hash Passwords With PHP 5.5

Hash Passwords With PHP 5.5

Every PHP developer would have to build an application that relies on a user login. It means that the user of the website having a Username and Password which is stored in the database so they can login into your website. Therefore it's important that passwords stored in the database should be hashed…

Category : Php   28-08-2013   by Janeth Kent

How to Store HTML View File In A Variable

How to Store HTML View File In A Variable

If you are familiar with th MVC language before you certainly know the practice of separating your business logic from your HTML. The way this works in MVC language is that the framework will allow you to assign a view (HTML) to a controller (class). In this tutorial we are going to…

Category : Php   26-08-2013   by Janeth Kent

PHP: Sort array alphabetically using a string/value in subarray

PHP: Sort array alphabetically using a string/value in subarray

If we have an array and inside each value of this array we have another array with age and name for example, and we want to sort the first array by the name of each value in the child arrays we do is using usort  and strcmp functions from php. Here…

Category : Php   23-08-2013   by Janeth Kent

10 Best PHP Scripts for Polling System

10 Best PHP Scripts for Polling System

In this post we will show you a collection of 10 best PHP Poll Scripts. These PHP scripts for polling system can be added in any self-hosted website. Check out these awesome and easy to install scripts. 1. JAXpoll   JAXpoll is a polling widget that you can add into any of your websites.…

Category : Php   23-08-2013   by Janeth Kent

PHP: Getting started with Object Oriented Programming in PHP5

PHP: Getting started with Object Oriented Programming in PHP5

This is a tutorial covers some main concepts of OOP in PHP5 with usable examples (however useless the something may be). The tutorial only covering a few fundamental subjects, all subjects are complete in and of themselves. What is OOP? Object Oriented Programming, referred to as OOP is a way to efficiently…

Category : Php   12-08-2013   by Janeth Kent

17 Useful Code Snippets for WordPress Developers

17 Useful Code Snippets for WordPress Developers

When coding WordPress themes, especially if you do it regularly, its really useful to have a selection of code snippets in your toolbox to just 'copy-n-paste' as and when the functionality needs. Not just your most commonly used code, but also some snippets that can, when required, extend WP even…

Category : Php   09-08-2013   by Janeth Kent

SEO from Php with PhpSEO class in PHP

SEO from Php with PhpSEO class in PHP

  Here we present a class to make better SEO in your PHP. I want to post about SEO functions and classes for PHP and this is my first post about it. Let me show a demonstration of PhpSEO. Basic usage: $seo = new phpSEO("some long text here"); $keywords = $seo->getKeyWords(); $desc = $seo->getMetaDescription(); Advance usage: $seo =…

Category : Php   29-05-2013   by Janeth Kent

Learn PHP: Handy Functions for Beginners

Learn PHP: Handy Functions for Beginners

If you’re new to PHP language, we’ll introduce you to seven really handy PHP functions in this quick tip! Function 1 : isset Check if a variable has been set. You just pass it a variable name, and it will return true if that variable exists, and is set to something other than NULL. $name = "Joe";    isset($name); // true   isset($age); // false   This function also…

Category : Php   11-04-2013   by Janeth Kent

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