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Common Mistakes to Avoid in PHP
A list of real issues most beginners encounter when using PHP.
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Start learning PHP — Useful resources for beginners and advanced
Start learning PHP — Useful resources for beginners and advanced!
If you're wondering where to start from learning the PHP language or needing some more knowledge to deep dive into the language, you ...
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fetch specific data from xml content using php
I get result as xml content like the following
I want to fetch Price at ProductCategory Name="register" and Price Duration="1"
<?php
$url="https://api.domain.com/xml....
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PHP8.4 Doctrine form not filtering item list with multiple checkbox inputs
I have a table of Properties. I have a table of Property Features. These two are ManyToMany relationship with the resulting table PropertiesFeatures.
I have a form with checkboxes of features which I ...
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WordPress REST API: HTML content loses styling when Elementor is active
Stuck on an automation issue and hoping someone here has dealt with this.
Setup:
n8n automation that generates HTML content (articles in Hebrew)
Sending to WordPress via REST API
WordPress site ...
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Why are these simple MYSQL update statements failing
I have been coding php for years, but today I have encountered a problem I have never seen before. Some very simple update statements are failing -- or rather instead of updating, they are replacing ...
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Replacing "Read more" text on the buttons of post query loop (WordPress archive page)
I tried to replace "Read more" text on the buttons at the end of each post in the post query loop, e.g. archive page, using 3 versions of codes below. None of them worked, the text still ...
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Set SQL Server LoginTimeout in Laravel
I've encountered a problem in my Laravel 12 project. I usually save my data in a remote SQL Server database, but I have to consider the case of a db server malfunction. I have a backup local ...
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You should put the timeout key at the top level of the array rather than under "options", and it needs to be named login_timeout e.g. 'sqlsrv' => [ 'driver' => 'sqlsrv', 'host' ...
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PHP-cli running with curl_init but not with file_get_contents, how to enable?
Using php -a
$url = "https://getcomposer.org/versions";
$ch = curl_init($url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, "Mozilla/5.0");
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There is no such INI var as user_agent. There is a stream context option of that name, though: $opts = [ 'http' => [ 'user_agent' => 'Mozilla/5.0' ] ]; $context = ...
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Populate an array with strings of words where each element is one word less than the previous
When I run the following code, I'm receiving this output:
PHP
PHP What
PHP What is
PHP What is PHP
However I want to receive the following output:
PHP What is PHP
PHP What is
PHP What
PHP
What thing ...
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I would not try to salvage your coding attempt; I find it too convoluted relative to the simplicity of the task. Basically, you need to use a loop to truncate the input string before its last space ...
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autoformat with CS Fixer exited with non-zero code [closed]
I'm trying to set up PHP Coding Standards Fixer with PhpStorm but when I run the code auto formatter (Ctrl Alt L) I get an error:
PHP External Formatter: Process exited with non-zero code
Clicking ...
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PHP External Formatter: Process exited with non-zero code Validate the configuration in Settings > PHP > Quality Tools > PHP CS Fixer by opening your current Configuration by clicking the ...
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How can I transform large nested PHP arrays immutably without creating expensive deep copies?
I’m working with large nested associative arrays in PHP and I need to apply transformations (like map, filter, reshape) immutably, meaning the original array should not be modified.
The problem is ...
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You might want to consider classic PHP programming: $data = ['users' => [ ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'Alice', 'active' => true], ['id' => 2, 'name' => 'Bob', 'active' => false],...
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How can I prevent SQL injection in PHP?
If user input is inserted without modification into an SQL query, then the application becomes vulnerable to SQL injection, like in the following example:
$unsafe_variable = $_POST['user_input'];
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How do I check if a string contains a specific word?
Consider:
$a = 'How are you?';
if ($a contains 'are')
echo 'true';
Suppose I have the code above, what is the correct way to write the statement if ($a contains 'are')?
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Reference Guide: What does this symbol mean in PHP? (PHP Syntax)
What is this?
This is a collection of questions that come up now and then about syntax in PHP. This is also a Community Wiki, so everyone is invited to participate in maintaining this list.
This ...
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How do I get a YouTube video thumbnail from the YouTube API?
If I have a YouTube video URL, is there any way to use PHP and cURL to get the associated thumbnail from the YouTube API?
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Deleting an element from an array in PHP
Is there an easy way to delete an element from an array using PHP, such that foreach ($array) no longer includes that element?
I thought that setting it to null would do it, but apparently it does ...
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Quick guide to Laravel package development
Contents
Introduction
Types of packages
Characteristics of a package
The Laravel package!
Components of a Laravel package
Example of a Laravel package
Creating your Laravel package
1- Package ...
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Properly removing API from Laravel project
Sometimes a development team may decide to remove all API functionality from a Laravel project for various reasons, such as:
No longer needing any API, and shifting focus to web application with ...
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How to trim (or non-breaking space) in PHP?
The main problem is the way trim() function works.
One cannot reliably trim a substring using this function, because it takes its second argument as a collection of characters, each of which would be ...
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Evolution of Type Declarations in PHP
Introduction:
PHP, being a dynamically typed language, traditionally allowed flexibility in variable types, providing both advantages and challenges in code maintenance and robustness. However, with ...
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Start learning PHP — Useful resources for beginners and advanced
Start learning PHP — Useful resources for beginners and advanced!
If you're wondering where to start from learning the PHP language or needing some more knowledge to deep dive into the language, you ...
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