Questions tagged [php]
PHP is a widely-used, general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development.
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Class for reducing development time
There are many PHP PDO classes out there, agreed. However I find they do not allow for flexibility. So I created one that helps reduce development time as little as it may be but it does the job (...
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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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Parser written in PHP is 5.6x faster than the same C++ program in a similar test (g++ 4.8.5)
I'm absolutely dumbfounded by this. I was trying to demonstrate to myself how much faster C++ is than even modern PHP. I ran a simple CSV parsing program in both that have the same output. The CSV ...
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OOP-style FizzBuzz program in PHP
I've tried to write a configurable OOP-style FizzBuzz program in PHP for learning purposes. I hope everything is quite easy to understand.
What do you think of the overall architecture?
Are OOP ...
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PHP MySQLi Connection File
I have recently adjusted the way I create my mysqli connections. Initially I would include the connection file and use ...
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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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Critique sanitized user email PHP Script
So, I have a basic 'contact us' form that i have built, and I do some jQuery checking first (that a phone number is only numbers, email address doesn't contain unneeded characters, etc), but I also ...
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Critique Request: PHP Request-Method Class
I'm working on a general Requestmethod class which sanitizes and recasts the input of users in an automatic fashion. I've also tried to do array-access in cookies.
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Yii exception usage
I've never used a framework before, so I wanted to see if this fairly simple scenario was done correctly or could be improved:
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contact.php file
This is my contact.php file which has only 2 functionalities:
Response with the default page if it is requested by the get method
Process the message posted by the ...
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My included in every script file
Right now I'm finishing my very first web application, and I will buy my first domain name in my life shortly. My project is about a personal website that I'm going to upload every application I ...
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MVC structured REST API in PHP
This approach might be wrong or right, if you have something to add please correct me since i want to learn!
The past few weeks I'v been trying to build a MVC structure REST API in PHP.And this is my ...
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Are there any open vulnerabilities in this mailer script?
I made a PHP mailer script does the basic validation of fields, return errors, else submit if all is good. But it also has a honeypot field that is not required to be filled in (I'm assuming by hiding ...
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PHP dynamic insert - mysql. Is there a better way than this?
I have a dynamic form that users can add extra fields too. The group of fields are added and the input name stays the same but gets a incremental number attached to it. So for my insert php file I ...
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How can I make this code safer against XSS attacks?
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I run the code using a Web Vulnerability software and I get a lot of XSS attacks against the code. Is there something I could do better?
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My included in every script file - follow-up -1
In this particular question, I need the reviewers help to judge my understanding to MVC and OOP as it was my biggest problem in my original question a month ago. I included in the question the contact ...
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Securing PHP shopping cart
I've managed to create a working shopping cart and my next concern is security, mostly about the architecture and session security.
Should I make sessions somehow secure, if there's no authenticated ...
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Security of a “contact us” form
I have a form, which uses AJAX to send POST data to the following controller method:
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Creating an array that loops out on the frontend - Don't Repeat Yourself?
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Don't repeat yourself
I know of the "Don't repeat yourself". Still it's getting messy in some places. The code below contains three blocks of code.
They are similar in some ways ...
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Printing results in XML
I have been writing PHP programs in the MVC pattern for quite some time. But I am not sure if I am doing it right.
For instance, I have this PHP file that prints results in XML, and I put this file ...
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Doing $_POST the right way
I am not sure if I am correctly handling $_POST data in MVC pattern:
Dummy $_POST data
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What would be a better way of adding the functionality to “add” a student?
I have the following Student class:
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Basic user registration code
My first attempt at a user registration code.
Login.php defines database log in variables (e.g. Database name, Table name, etc)
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Small PHP MVC Template
The following is a new question based on answers from here: Small PHP Viewer/Controller template
I have written a small MVC template library that I would like some critiques on.
The library is ...
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Setting properties inside of a class
Instead of using multiple setter functions within a class like
public function setAction()
public function setMethod()
etc
I've been using a method from a base ...
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Database connection in constructor and destructor
I am playing with different ways to do database interaction in PHP, and one of the ideas I have been playing with is connecting to the DB in the constructor and disconnecting in the destructor. This ...
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HTML tag encoder
library.php
My own HTML tag encoder that will print HTML codes according to the input.
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In-memory data cache architecture for data transfer
I am writing a cron job to manipulate and transfer remote data.
I need to cache data from a table, process it, merge with previous table, iterate the process, and eventually send the result data to ...
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Router to match URL to Controller Method
I wrote a router class which accepts a URL and calls the appropriate controller method based on it.
I'm a little worried about the amount of dependencies it has (eg ...
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Extendable PDO Wrapper Class
I've created a PDO wrapper. I understand PDO could be used on it's own, and I'm reinventing the wheel as there are solutions like Laravel's Eloquent that would do a better job.
I'd like advice on ...
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Minimalistic mysql db class
I am really just looking to make sure I am not making any weird mistakes that could hurt me in the long run or if something seems odd in the way I imagine it to work. This code does work for the way I ...
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Building a model-view-controller application in PHP
I've seen at least two recent PHP questions that would do well from a Model-View-Controller ('MVC' from here-on-out in this question) setup. Now, me, being the horrible person I am, I wanted to build ...
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Critique request: PHP cookie library
I've written a fairly small library that abstracts cookie functionality in a way that mimics working with a database model. The repository is on bitbucket and the code is small enough to embed here:
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Am I using PHP Mcrypt the right way?
I have written a small wrapper class for using PHP Mcrypt for encrypting and decrypting text data. This class generates a salt for hashing the key and encrypts the given data with the generated key ...
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Passing $_POST from view to model in MVC
I am building my own MVC structured project to learn the concepts of MVC and I need to pass $_POST variables from my view (which is a login form) to the model. Down below is my approach but I wonder ...
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Validator refactored to be OO
Based on my previous post I completely re-factored my code to make it object oriented.
Anything I could improve when it comes to:
Object oriented code;
Efficiency;
Readability.
Any other ...
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Email Controller
I'm developing a Social Engineering Awareness Training Application. This is the focus of my thesis for my undergraduate degree. This will be a multi-part review request, however, if you want to see ...
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I have a huge function filled with nested blocks
Could someone help me on how to eliminate some nested blocks or improve this code? I am concerned this will slow down my site dramatically.
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“fake” covariance in PHP type-hinting
Here's the situation: I've got several distinct objects, each with their own responsability and (therefore) each their own dependencies. As this is code that will be implemented in 2 existing ...
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User class, taking on login and registration capabilities
Based on the Single Responsibility Principle, I have been looking at my User class, trying to figure out how I can break out more functionality into separate classes.
But it seems like all the ...
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Structure of API wrapper
I'm building an API wrapper for a bookkeeping SOAP API.
I have some questions regarding bast practice for structure of the wrapper and for error handling.
For now i've structured it like this:
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Phishing Project Error Logging
Moving on to the next steps! Previous review was here. The idea here was to implement suggestions made by @hd/@Pimgd and then implement an effective way of tracking and logging results when an ...
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Contact form with spam-prevention
Idea
After a handfull of small javascript-projects, I also wanted to work a bit with php now. I decided to create a simple contact-form. Of course, I wanted it to be as spam-save as possible, so I ...
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Object-oriented PDO wrapper
So, I've recently started learning OOP in PHP and learned $this keyword. I know it's a reference to the current object. So I wrote a class and couple of functions ...
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Connect to database, handling errors
I try to handle or catch possible errors with PHP/MySQL for security reasons and would like to know if I'm doing it right.
The first case, connection: I use it as a function and call it always when ...
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Should I add the “fetch_group” method to my user class or should I create a separate class for group
I have a table of users, where each user has a group (or multiple groups) he/she is part of.
Currently I'm handling the users group via a Users class:
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Php how to properly connect functions with pagination
Am I doing this right? I do not know how to properly connect functions with pagination. To make everything work, I have to duplicate this variables. When I add variables to the function and to the ...
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Derpifying Images
Just wondering if there was someone out there that could offer help in optimizing my script which "derpifies" images.
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