PHP is a widely-used, general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development.
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Manual sorting of database output
I have a small (few elements) list of primary keys, sorted by hand. It come from user input. For example
$ids = [15, 75, 54, 13];
The SQL command is simple.
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Which one is the best practice for DRY?
I always prefer to minimize the code, but sometimes I got int conflict with others people by the DRY concept.
In this simple example, which one would be a good choice?
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Having critical section for PHP using redis
Currently, I'm using redis to implement critical section for PHP code, to ensure there isn't more than one process/thread to execute the enclosed code block. I was wondering, is there any edge cases ...
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I'm having problem in image inserting in database based upon gender [on hold]
if user select male then male.png should be inserted into database if he select female at register page female.png should be inserted into database... i have this code but not working for me
Im ...
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Ranking and storing scores to a database
I am developing a small website with PHP and am trying to receive user exam scores from the database. I rank it based on the highest score and then store the ranking to the database based on the ...
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PHP Redirect not working after site hosted [on hold]
I have created a redirect in PHP which redirects to another page depending on if the user is an admin or not. This code worked in WAMP and XAMPP but now I have hosted it online (GoDaddy Hosting) it no ...
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PHP POST for HTML Select using another POST [on hold]
Original Post
This ain't something not working but just I'm confusing about how to do it, I want to fetch the values from my DB based on users' preferences that been chosen earlier.
These are the ...
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Trouble with mod_rewrite in PHP [on hold]
I am developing a small website with PHP which has a backend for admin and i want to use mod_rewrite to change the links
from
localhost/site/adminpanel/index.php?page=sample
to
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Basic Container class and KeyParser class
I have written a basic Container class, which is able to hold data by key-value-pairs. The keys can be notated as an array (e. g. ['database', 'host']) or a string, ...
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Storing option value
I currently have a design that is used to store user/selected options in a database, but I am not sure what I am doing is good or not. I need some opinion, suggestion and criticise on the design.
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Add user and image upload script
This is my Codeigniter Controller and Model for user image and data upload.
I have some questions here:
Is this good way of writing this script?
Can this code be put to production if its need is ...
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SQLite3 class in PHP not working [on hold]
I'm trying to connect to an SQLite3 database through PHP however all the code that I have tried has failed and now I'm starting to think that I may have set up my system incorrectly.
I am running ...
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Counting duplicate tags in a string of many tags
I have a photo list page where each photo has multiple tags (as spaced words). I'm trying to display most of the tags on the page after:
Removing duplicate tags
Sorting tags by having most occurring ...
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Simple web form in PHP
This is a simple web form handler in PHP that sends a completely filled web form to a email.
I see lots of repeating code. What is the best way to reduce repetition?
Is my way of checking for fields ...
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Making change using the smallest possible number of coins
I have written code based on the Greedy Algorithm. The example can be found here.
Problem: Make a change of a given amount using the smallest possible number of coins.
Coins available are:
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Setting Class Properties
I am adding classes to some legacy code and wondering if there is a more appropriate way to be setting the properties. I am also trying to understand the trade offs, if there is another way to do ...
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PHP Event library using Mediator+Observer pattern with best OOP practices [closed]
I'm working on developing this PHP event library for one of my other projects to use. The code is fairly complete, but I have this nagging feeling that some parts of it could be structured better, and ...
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Multiple file upload class
I've written this a few days back, which is not too big. Do you see anywhere I can improve my logic?
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Laravel API design
I've been designing and coding my Laravel API boilerplate for couple days now, and I'd like to hear some advice/improvement hints!
I'm pretty satisfied with the result, but I'm also aware, there ...
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Secure array encryption and decryption
I have written the below class which encrypts and decrypts a PHP array. The encrypted data and the hash are sent over an insecure connection and I would appreciate if you could check the code for any ...
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Generating tables of numbers in PHP
I have this code and this works fine but I think it's too lengthy. I want to know if there can be a less lengthy code. I've heard from people that lengthy code is often not considered good.
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PHP class to represent types of refrigerants
I'm relatively experienced with Java and C++ so picking up PHP wasn't too difficult. I wanted to get some feedback on my first PHP class. There's nothing extremely complicated as of now, but its nice ...
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PHP to Powershell - Transport Function
I had previously made a script for an Active directory password changer but i wanted to compress the main component into a function by itself to keep it small.
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URL image validation
I'm trying to write a method to validate an image from a URL. The method will accept an array of image URL. The image should be validated by its type, size and dimensions. Right now, I'm able to ...
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Get similar posts with manyToMany relationship
I have a table post with a many-to-many relationship with the tag and product tables.
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JWT with Firebase php-jwt
So my web app requires JWT authentication and I decided to make a mockup wrapper class for php-jwt before implementing it into my web app:
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Repository pattern in laravel 5.1
I am currently working on an ecommerce project in Laravel 5.1.
I have implemented Repository Pattern by learning from this site only for 1 model, namely, ...
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Printing a huge document
I have a web page containing n pages of paged data, showing 20 records at a time. The front end has a link to another page that opens the same data, but without the paging and calls ...
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Base class that records its GUID and creation time
Due to the lack of support for initialized default object values for class properties, I am experimenting with a self factory.
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Silex - Guzzle call to external API
I'm at the point where I am happy with the functionality of my code but I dislike how its written. It seems like I can be more modular with it but I can't seem to figure out how to improve on it ...
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A form builder component
I would love my component to be reviewed. I am looking forward to responses mainly answering the questions:
Is my code violating the SOLID principals? If so, where and how?
Does my component contain ...
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Util method for generating an INSERT sql dynamically
I'm currently building software that:
'talks' to Google Analytics API,
fetches data,
persists the data to a MySql db.
Insertion of data into the db needs to happen automatically - based on the ...
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1answer
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Insert and attach tag to the post in same time
I created a form with title, body and tag input and there are 3 tables: posts, tags and post_tag.
Now I use this function to add new tags and attach them to the post
postcontroller.php
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How to make a switch statement smaller
I have a very long switch statement with more than 18 cases. I want to make it more comfortable and easier for the maintenance, but I have no idea how ...
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Selecting random results within Doctrine
I'm new to Doctrine and had a hard time deciding how to get random rows within it without creating custom DQL functions or using a native query.
The solution I have come up with is below, this is ...
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Hashing passwords in PHP
When hashing a password, I understand it is best not to use functions such as SHA1 or MD5.
This function is working fine and I want to know if it can be improved to increase site security.
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Clean regex matches with named matches
I have a regex pattern that will match some elements from a string and give them a particular name. For example, #^(?<foo>.*)^# will match the whole string ...
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Reorganizing a PHP array structure (arrays within arrays)
I have this array within array which contains a lot of values:
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Using cookies in PHP
I was wondering if there was a better way to do this. Would that mean there would need to be no client-side refreshing to show the cookies when they are created?
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Laravel API class design
I am building my first Laravel web app and I have created a class to handle API requests for a model called Quote. In what ways can the code be improved or reduced?
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PDO lastInsertId
In my shop system I'm using the PDO lastInsertId to assign the order_id to the products that belongs to it like this:
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CRUD operation using Object relational model and Data Mapper pattern for a Matrimonial website
Database.php
As the name says, it create connection and execute query. Although I think I should make it static/singleton class.
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Login Authentication & Sign Up
This is a Login Authentication / Sign-up Models for my class project in PHP. I would really appreciate criticisms and any suggestions to improve security, code quality, etc.
Hashing.php
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Sanitising contact form input for PHPMailer
I would like some insight on this function for sanitising user submitted data into a contact form. No HTML content or anything, just plain text.
Are there any vulnerabilities here that I'm missing? ...
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Converting uploaded video and saving preview images
I'm coding a basic video upload system for a client. The uploaded videos will live on the page using the HTML5 video element.
Essentially what I've done is call the following PHP script ...
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Updating fields in a MySQL database
I had to update the question ID of an answer table according to some condition. I have written the following script but it takes more than 700 seconds to execute because the data is huge.
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PDO Insert function using PHP
This code inserts data into the database successfully. I was concerned about whether it is a considered good practise to go about inserting data into the database in this way. Is there something I am ...
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Enumerate all items to find those that match a complex condition
Currently, I have a big for..loop with many if..else inside the loop. I just wonder is there any design pattern or other ...
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Codeigniter form flow for model and controller
I'm working with Codeigniter most of the time (about one and a half year now) and I came across many form validation code flows. Here are my best two selected shots which I created for a client ...
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Cron job that sends an email
The following is a sample cron job I've written that sends an email with some conditions. I haven't run it yet but I'm using another cron job (and will rewrite very soon) that does the same thing but ...
