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Reading One Character from a File in PHP
How To Read One Character from a File in PHP? If you have a text file, and you want to read the file one character at a time, you can use the fgetc() function. It reads the current character, moves the file pointer to the next character, and returns the character as a string. If end of the file is r...
2016-12-02, ∼2942🔥, 0💬

Testing the Session Garbage Collection Process in PHP
How To Test the Session Garbage Collection Process in PHP? In order to test the session garbage collection process, you need to change the settings to expire session variables in 10 seconds and run the process on every request: session.gc_probability = 1 session.gc_divisor = 1 session.gc_maxlifetime...
2016-10-24, ∼2924🔥, 0💬

Order of Array Values in PHP
How the Values Are Ordered in an Array in PHP? PHP says that an array is an ordered map. But how the values are ordered in an array? The answer is simple. Values are stored in the same order as they are inserted like a queue. If you want to reorder them differently, you need to use a sort function. ...
2017-01-29, ∼2913🔥, 0💬

Passing Variables by References in PHP
How To Pass Variables By References? in PHP? You can pass a variable by reference to a function by taking the reference of the original variable, and passing that reference as the calling argument. Here is a PHP script on how to use pass variables by references: &lt;?php function swap($a, $b) { ...
2016-12-24, ∼2913🔥, 0💬

Joining Array Values into a Single String in PHP
How To Join Multiple Strings Stored in an Array into a Single String in PHP? If you multiple strings stored in an array, you can join them together into a single string with a given delimiter by using the implode() function. Here is a PHP script on how to use implode(): &lt;?php $date = array('0...
2017-01-05, ∼2900🔥, 0💬

Removing a Cookie in PHP
How To Remove a Cookie in PHP? Once a cookie is sent from the server to the browser, there is no direct way for the server to ask the browser to remove the cookie. But you can use the setcookie() function to send the same cookie to browser with a negative expiration time, which will cause the browse...
2016-11-03, ∼2896🔥, 0💬

Taking a Substring in PHP
How To Take a Substring from a Given String? If you know the position of a substring in a given string, you can take the substring out by the substr() function. Here is a PHP script on how to use substr(): &lt;?php $string = "beginning"; print("Position counted from left: ".substr($string,0,5)."...
2016-10-13, ∼2893🔥, 0💬

Number of Rows Affected by a SQL Statement in PHP
How To Get the Number of Rows Selected or Affected by a SQL Statement in PHP? There are two functions you can use the get the number of rows selected or affected by a SQL statement: mysql_num_rows($rs) - Returns the number of rows selected in a result set object returned from SELECT statement. mysql...
2016-10-20, ∼2891🔥, 0💬

Function with Undefined Number of Arguments in PHP
How To Define a Function with Any Number of Arguments? in PHP? If you want to define a function with any number of arguments, you need to: Declare the function with no argument. Call func_num_args() in the function to get the number of the arguments. Call func_get_args() in the function to get all t...
2016-12-04, ∼2886🔥, 0💬

Creating an Array in PHP
How To Create an Array in PHP? You can create an array using the array() constructor. When calling array(), you can also initialize the array with pairs of keys and values. Here is a PHP script on how to use array(): &lt;?php print("Empty array:\n"); $emptyArray = array(); print_r($emptyArray); ...
2016-10-15, ∼2870🔥, 0💬

Using Cookies to Transfer Session IDs in PHP
How To Force the PHP Engine to Use Cookies to Transfer Session IDs in PHP? If you want to force your PHP engine to use cookies to transfer session IDs instead of URL parameters, you can open the PHP configuration file, php.ini, and make the following changes: session.use_cookies = 1 session.use_only...
2016-10-25, ∼2857🔥, 0💬

Reading a Text File to an Array in PHP
How To Read a Text File into an Array in PHP? If you have a text file with multiple lines, and you want to read those lines into an array, you can use the file() function. It opens the specified file, reads all the lines, puts each line as a value in an array, and returns the array to you. Here is a...
2016-12-04, ∼2852🔥, 0💬

Running a SQL Statement in PHP
How To Run a SQL Statement in PHP? You can run any types of SQL statements through the mysql_query() function. It takes the SQL statement as a string and returns different types of data depending on the SQL statement type and execution status: Returning FALSE, if the execution failed. Returning a re...
2016-10-20, ∼2849🔥, 0💬

Supporting Multiple Submit Buttons in PHP
How To Support Multiple Submit Buttons in PHP? Sometimes, you may need to give visitors multiple submit buttons on a single form to allow them to submit the form for different purposes. For example, when you show your customer a purchase order in a Web form, you may give your customer 3 submit butto...
2016-11-08, ∼2843🔥, 0💬

Verifying PHP Installation
How To Verify Your PHP Installation? PHP provides two execution interfaces: Command Line Interface (CLI) and Common Gateway Interface (CGI). If PHP is installed in the \php directory on your system, you can try this to check your installation: Run "\php\php -v" command to check the Command Line Inte...
2016-10-13, ∼2840🔥, 0💬

Ways to Include Variables in Double-Quoted Strings in PHP
How Many Ways to Include Variables in Double-Quoted Strings? There are 3 formats to include variables in double-quoted strings: "part 1 $variable part 2" - This is the simplest format to include a variable in a string. The variable name starts with the dollar sign and ends at the first character tha...
2016-10-13, ∼2838🔥, 0💬

Comparing Two Strings in PHP
How To Compare Two Strings with Comparison Operators? PHP supports 3 string comparison operators, &lt;, ==, and &gt;, that generates Boolean values. Those operators use ASCII values of characters from both strings to determine the comparison results. Here is a PHP script on how to use compar...
2016-10-13, ∼2835🔥, 0💬

Global Variables in Main Script in PHP
What Is the Scope of a Variable Defined outside a Function? in PHP? A variable defined outside any functions in main script body is called global variable. However, a global variable is not really accessible globally any in the script. The scope of global variable is limited to all statements outsid...
2016-12-08, ∼2833🔥, 0💬

Opening a File for Writing in PHP
How To Open a File for Writing in PHP? If you want to open a new file and write date to the file, you can use the fopen($fileName, "w") function. It creates the specified file, and returns a file handle. The second argument "w" tells PHP to open the file for writing. Once the file is open, you can u...
2016-12-02, ∼2826🔥, 0💬

What Is an Array in PHP
What Is an Array in PHP? An array in PHP is really an ordered map of pairs of keys and values. Comparing with Perl, an array in PHP is not like a normal array in Perl. An array in PHP is like an associate array in Perl. But an array in PHP can work like a normal array in Perl. Comparing with Java, a...
2016-10-15, ∼2820🔥, 0💬

Testing Cookies on a Web Server in PHP
How To Test Cookies on a Web Server in PHP? If you want to test cookies with a browser, you need to run a Web server locally, or have access to a Web server remotely. Then you can copy the following PHP cookie test page, setting_receiving_cookies.php, to the Web server: &lt;?php setcookie("Login...
2016-11-04, ∼2817🔥, 0💬

PHP Configuration Setting File
Where Are PHP Configuration Settings Stored? PHP stores configuration settings in a file called php.ini in PHP home directory. You can open it with any text editor to your settings.     ⇒ Running a PHP Script ⇐ Verifying PHP Installation ⇑ Downloading and Installing PHP ⇑⇑ PHP Tutorials
2016-10-13, ∼2816🔥, 0💬

Defining an Argument as a Reference in PHP
Can You Define an Argument as a Reference Type? in PHP? You can define an argument as a reference type in the function definition. This will automatically convert the calling arguments into references. Here is a PHP script on how to define an argument as a reference type: &lt;?php function ref_s...
2016-12-24, ∼2813🔥, 0💬

Defining a User Function in PHP
How To Define a User Function? in PHP? You can define a user function anywhere in a PHP script using the function statement like this: "function name() {...}". Here is a PHP script example on how to define a user function: &lt;?php function msg() { print("Hello world!\n"); } msg(); ?&gt; Thi...
2016-12-28, ∼2811🔥, 0💬

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