The fifth version of the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) scripting language. It features the Zend Engine 2, better object model support, and many other improvements over PHP 4.
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Create an object when you need it! in PHP
Well Iam trying to learn OOP for a while now, My idea here is to create a simple CMS kind of thing.And I did something like this:
App Class:
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Implementation of a Custom Database Class
Following Database Class is what I'm using as a wrapper to connect with MySqli in a application, and below the class is how i'm implementing it currently I'm not sure if this is the right way to ...
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Correctly display the count() for an empty json_decode object result
The objective of this piece of code is to get a message from a cryptocurrency daemon through RPC and extract the transactions object to pass it to the view. Is there a simpler / less ugly way of doing ...
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PHP Function Style
I've written a small to medium size LAMP application and I'm in the process of refactoring the code.
I started with subsystems in separate files, and used includes to use them. I've move all those ...
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PHP handle array when query database with one-to-many relationship
Well, I am writing a web service using PHP to return data from a DB in JSON format. I need to query 3 tables, which have a one-to-many relationship, like shown below:
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Doctrine/Symfony WHERE clause for reports
I'm trying to generate a report from two doctrine entities.
The fields to filter the report are optional. This is the code I've got now and it looks really bad to me. How can I improve this?
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Searching a CSV with PHP
Given a string, I've done the below to search a CSV for a keyword and display the row if it's found
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Nested file_get_contents / json_decode
I have this code but it takes over a minute to run. I'm looking at around 400 entries being brought back for the first loop. Any ideas on how it could be improved for speed?
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Merge sort in PHP - my first algorithmic exposure to PHP 5
I have this small program in PHP implementing merge sort. I used one rather simple run time optimisation via using one additional array which allows faster merge operations:
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Array wrapper concept with method chaining that provides a fluent interface
I've been working on a class(2 actually) that wraps around the array data structure of PHP. It doesn't bring anything new to the table, it simple makes the function ...
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Cookie wrapper made for fun
This was mostly made for fun, so I don't see it having any real world purpose any time soon.
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Combining json responses of recursive web service calls with PHP and curl
I'm implementing the Hotel Price List API from Skyscanner. This requires a first call to the service to implement a session followed by 1 or more calls to the service to get the actual results. I've ...
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Split words that are too big
I need to optimize the below code, as much as possible in:
using less resources as possible
being as fast as possible
What the code does is simple, it splits the string by words and only if a word ...
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Create multi-dim array from cursor
I'm executing a cursor. I have cut off the code how the procedure is called and executed. This part is efficient. At last I have a small cursor. I'm calling the procedure, which returns this cursor ...
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Finding a word with the most occurrences of a character
I am new to PHP development. So Kindly, review my code and guide me make it better/optimize. Currently, it works well with inputs that I have tried.
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PHP program which extracts attribute lists from custom tag
PHP program which extracts attribute list from the custom tag. It also strips out the single and double quote if it exists around attribute value.
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Lookup class to get descriptions of values
Following yesterday's advice on my Customer class, I have now created a new class which is for looking up descriptions from a MySQL database. I have a Lookup table which contains type, name, value, ...
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Simple customer SQL query using a class and function
I have been writing PHP for a number of years but in a procedural style. I have always shied away from object oriented PHP because I just didn't understand it. However now I'm back for another go.
I ...
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PHP Class code that allow developers to register taxonomies in a CMS
Building complex applications can sometimes be a pain when extending or editing later on; I read online about the S.O.L.I.D principles of OOD, I want to understand if I am following a good approach ...
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PHP class which preserves line break by splitting the line into as many line break as it have
Can anyone here please review my PHP code which preserves line break by splitting the line into as many line break as it have?
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How to use PHP Visibility method?
At my new job, with new young developers, we are seriously discussing improving code structure and performance. (They keep more than 80 lines of code in a method). However I've read more tutorials, ...
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A Search Engine Class
I've built a Search Engine class for a website that permits to search companies in base of their locations and their categories (companies pay a plan to be found in the places that they will).
In the ...
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Authorizing users for POST requests
I've to authorize some users to do POST requests from their CMSs in order to create a new resource on my database. I've to send a JSON response containing the status of the response (successful or not)...
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Forum project using OOP PHP
I've been developing a forum as my first OOP project, I've successfully built a login/registration and other functionality typical in forums.
I'm looking for some guidance in terms of where to take ...
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Validation of uploading images and adding records to the database
I am doing a php project with the codeigniter framework. In my controller, I have a function that does the following.
Uploads an image to the server
Add a row to the database. The data would be ...
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PHP/MySQLi code for registration/login form
The following code works, I just want to know if there are any suggestions as to how I can make it better or more secure. Thanks.
config.php:
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Bulk customer creation
Here is my script which takes 50k records from a CSV and does CRUD operation with them. Unfortunately there are a lot of issues with the performance.
CSV fields are: msisdn, resellerid, product
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Using PHP's password_hash and password_verify for a login function
This is my first time using password_hash and password_verify in PHP. Would this be the correct usage of ...
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Inserting a role using PDO
My question has to do with :
(a) Can this be made more secure?
(b) Are there best practices in relation to setting timezone?
(c) What best approach should be taken defining use of utf8?
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Get number from N
I'm trying to find the shortest and best way to achieve the following:
Given input integer $N, get the following output:
n = 0, output = 0
n = 1, output = 0
n = 2, output = 10
n = 3, output = 100 ...
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Scrape HTML into separate files for each chapter
I have written a program to read HTML file, find particular text, write text from that particular text to next particular text in a newly opened file. I am interested in code review. I am very new PHP....
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Mapping a product its corresponding image file
I'm writing this method that elaborates an image name..
I think my logic is not being the best one here but I'm not very savvy in programming yet.
Right now it looks like this:
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PHP form validation for name, email, and Twitter handle
Given the following input values from a form, create a method or
methods to validate the input based on their requirements. Throw an
exception if any data is invalid.
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Multilanguage class that detects and sets language
I have been learning object oriented programming for quite a while. I understand many concepts about it but I quickly realized that I made a big mistake just reading theory and not doing any actual ...
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Nesting a flat array in on itself
I have an extremely large function for turning my database output of menu links into a multidimensional array that nests each of the links in a menu fashion. I'm wondering if anyone sees a way this ...
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OPP Sign In/Out procedure in PHP
As a self-taught student of Web-Development and Web Technologies, I created a simple sign in/out form in PHP, just for practice purposes and some fun!
I read the O'reilly's book about PHP and I found ...
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Simple Notification class that models database
I'm updating a website I made awhile ago from a functional design to an OOP design. There are still a lot of functions below this class that I haven't implemented yet but I'm getting to it (such as <...
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Updating register_globals code for importing $_GET and $_POST data
I'm updating a bunch of PHP code that relies on register_globals and uses request data globally. In the process of fixing/updating I spend a lot of time writing ...
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Calculating a quality score of something based on attributes
I'm willing to have a way to calculate a quality score of an object; in this case an addressbook contact.
I believe there are way better approaches to do this and I'd like to hear your references.
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Class that generates records after performing business logic
I wrote a small class that does a database lookup and it generates a collection/Array. The Collection is resorted based on values returned from the database. Finally, the records can be retrieved ...
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Classes, one responsibility principle and magic methods
I am currently building a small application that allows users to create a slideshow, each slideshow consisting of slides that are either videos or images. Although this will be relatively small at ...
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PHP page pagination
I think my code is sloppy can anyone give me advice to do it better?
This is a page pagination that get rows from mysql db and calculate the number of pages.
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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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Regular Expression for parsing PHP annotations containing multiple lines and markup
I am writing a regular expression for parsing PHP annotations in a flexible way.
I'd like to accomplish all the goals listed above with one single expression. So I would appreciate any suggestions ...
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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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Reorganizing a PHP array structure (arrays within arrays)
I have this array within array which contains a lot of values:
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Reading XML files from RSS of different websites in PHP
I've created a working XML RSS reader. I wanted to know if it's a good one or not and if it's efficient for the server or not. I run this code every 12 hours or something give or take the amount of ...
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Nginx rewrite optimization for PHP execution
I've posted an excerpt from my Nginx configuration with the hope that someone can give me advice on anything I've done wrong or could do better. Please note that the below config works, but has been ...
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OOP Web scraper using regex to grab tag contents
I'm about learning about implementing the solid principle in PHP.
I want to create simple content crawler/grabber from some websites. This crawler will grab the content from the website url. Since we ...
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Database connection wrapper class
I am trying to create a PHP / MySQLi wrapper class that uses prepared statements, the goal of the class is to create a connection to the Database, then INSERT / <...
