10 code snippets for PHP developers « The html blog I’ve compiled a small list of some useful code snippets which might help you when writing your PHP scripts… Email address check Checks for a valid email address using the php-email-address-validation class. Source and docs: 01.include('EmailAddressValidator.php'); 03. 04.if ($validator->check_email_address('test@example.org')) { 07.else { Random password generator PHP password generator is a complete, working random password generation function for PHP. 01.function generatePassword($length=9, $strength=0) { 02. 03. 04. if ($strength & 1) { 05. 07. if ($strength & 2) { 08. 10. if ($strength & 4) { 11. 13. if ($strength & 8) { 14. 17. 18. 19. for ($i = 0; $i < $length; $i++) { 20. if ($alt == 1) { 21. 22. 23. } else { 24. 25. 28. return $password; Get IP address Returns the real IP address of a visitor, even when connecting via a proxy. 01.function getRealIpAddr(){ 02. if (! 04. 06. elseif (! 08. 10. else{ 11. 13. return $ip; XSL transformation 01. 04. 05. 08.
15 very useful PHP code snippets for PHP developers | ViralPatel.net Following are list of 15 most useful PHP code snippets that a PHP developer will need at any point in his career. Few of the snippets are shared from my projects and few are taken from useful php websites from internet. You may also want to comment on any of the code or also you can share your code snippet through comment section if you think it may be useful for others. 1. Send Mail using mail function in PHP 2. 3. The above code will not work in case your client is behind proxy server. 4. This function will return the duration of the given time period in days, hours, minutes and seconds. e.g. secsToStr(1234567) would return “14 days, 6 hours, 56 minutes, 7 seconds” 5. 6. Required Extension: SimpleXML 7. 8. Following is the PHP code to create the JSON data format of above example using array of PHP. Following code will parse the JSON data into PHP arrays. 9. 10. This basic snippet will create a random authentication code, or just a random string. 11. Validate a date in “YYYY-MM-DD” format.
sample PHP page I'll start out by explaining some of the things I don't like about PHP. If I get this all out of the way, you can get to the useful stuff. I'll use this opportunity to say something instructive about how to use the language, based on its strengths and weaknesses, though, so it's not wasted time entirely. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. For a first "assignment" to practice your incipient PHP skills after reading this tutorial, try writing a script that generates a webpage with this text file as the displayed content, formatted so that it is recognizable, readable, and clear on-screen. Note that some of what I say here may seem incomplete to an experienced PHP programmer. ##### embedding in XHTML: PHP is easily embedded in XHTML (or HTML) via some special script tags that identify their contents as PHP code. ##### comments: Comments can be indicated by the methods common to C, C++, and shell scripting. ##### variables and values: All variable names start with a dollar sign. ##### output:
Twig - The flexible, fast, and secure template language for PHP PHP command line syntax checking Posted April 24th, 2010 in PHP The PHP CLI (command line interface) allows basic syntax checking of a PHP file. I'll show the basic usage of this in this post and then a couple of ways to check all files in a directory, and all files recursively down the directory tree as posted by a couple of people on Twitter. Syntax checking a single PHP file from the command line The syntax for checking is like this, where the -l flag is a lower case L: If the syntax in the file is correct you will see this: If there are errors then theses will be listed as in the following example output: Note that the syntax checking only checks for syntax errors - it does not report the usage of variables which have not yet been defined, functions or class which have not be declared etc. So something like this will pass: but these will not: Syntax check all PHP files in the current directory
9 Tips For Working with MySQL Databases MySQL is one of the most popular relational database management systems (RDBMS) around, with over 6 million installations. It’s a fantastic choice for any new developer, because of its open source nature, wide support and abundance of tutorials available on the subject. Here are some great tips and tools (beside phpMyAdmin) to improve your MySQL coding, and to help you save time. Installing SQL If you’re a newbie to the server side coding arena, don’t worry. Mac only PHP, SQL & Apache Installer Windows, Linux & Mac installer A windows only LAMP installer MySQL Server 5.1 If you just want MySQL server, and like using command line then this might suit you. For info on how to install and work with the MySQL server, check this NetTuts tutorial: Everything You Need to Get Started With MySQL. SQL Tips 1- Optimize your code Imagine if you have 100 records, 10 columns.Your working with a database of your clients details, and need to select their name, phone number and address. SELECT * FROM clients;
The Ternary Operator | Practical PHP Programming There are three operators that are complicated enough to get their own section, of which the first is the ternary operator. It is called the ternary operator because it takes three operands - a condition, a result for true, and a result for false. If that sounds like an if statement to you, you are right on the money - the ternary operator is a shorthand (albeit very hard to read) way of doing if statements. Here's an example: First there is a condition ($age < 16), then there is a question mark, and then a true result, a colon, and a false result. So, in essence, using the ternary operator allows you to compact five lines of code into one, at the expense of some readability. Next chapter: The scope resolution operator >> Previous chapter: Complete operator list Jump to: Home: Table of Contents
Getting Started with CRUD In PHP It has become a common necessity for website owners to collect data and manage it properly. Creating a MySQL CRUD class allows you to conveniently create, read, update and delete entries for any of your projects, indifferent of how the database is devised. CRUD allows us to generate pages to list and edit database records. So, in this tutorial I will show you how to build a simple CRUD web app, that will empower you with the basic functions of database management. In this article I will discuss following things:- • Creating the database • Creating the table • Make connection to the database • Insert records in table • Update records table • Delete records from table The tools I will be using are:- • XAMPP • Dreamweaver CS5 (you can use Notepad++ or any other IDE) Before continuing with the tutorial I would like to discuss the following definitions: • What is CRUD? What is CRUD? CRUD stands for create, read, update, delete. What is database? What is table? What is XAMPP? Code of Index.php file
Complete operator list | Practical PHP Programming As this book aims to be a complete guide to PHP, it would not be right not to list the entire selection of operators in the language, so here goes: 3.12.3.1 Arithmetic Operators If you have not used modulus since school, here's a quick refresher. 3.12.3.2 Assignment operators The difference between a standard assignment and references is explained in detail later - for now, you just need to know that a normal variable holds its own value, whereas a reference takes its value from another variable. 3.12.3.3 Bitwise operators Bitwise operators aren't used very often, and even then only by more advanced PHP programmers. The number eight, for example, is represented in eight-bit binary as 00001000. The & (bitwise and) operator compares all the bits in operand one against all the bits on operand two, then returns a result with all the joint bits set. Therefore, 52 & 28 gives 20. The reason the | (bitwise or) operator is so useful is because it allows you to combine many options together. Jump to:
Top 20+ MySQL Best Practices Database operations often tend to be the main bottleneck for most web applications today. It's not only the DBA's (database administrators) that have to worry about these performance issues. We as programmers need to do our part by structuring tables properly, writing optimized queries and better code. In this article, I'll list some MySQL optimization techniques for programmers. Before we start, be aware that you can find a ton of useful MySQL scripts and utilities on Envato Market. Most MySQL servers have query caching enabled. The main problem is, it is so easy and hidden from the programmer, most of us tend to ignore it. The reason query cache does not work in the first line is the usage of the CURDATE() function. Using the EXPLAIN keyword can give you insight on what MySQL is doing to execute your query. The results of an EXPLAIN query will show you which indexes are being utilized, how the table is being scanned and sorted etc... After adding the index to the group_id field: