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Using MySQL Command Line Interface in PHP
How To Use MySQL Command Line Interface in PHP? MySQL server comes with a command line interface, which will allow you to operate with the server with SQL statements and other commands. To start the command line interface, you can run the \mysql\bin\mysql program. The tutorial exercise below shows y...
2016-10-22, ∼3067🔥, 0💬

Number of Cookies Supported in PHP
How Many Cookies Can You Set in PHP? How many cookies can you set in your PHP page? The answer is depending what is the Web browser your visitor is using. Each browser has its own limit: Internet Explorer (IE): 20 Mozilla Firefox: 50 If you want to test this limit, copy this sample script, how_many_...
2016-10-30, ∼3055🔥, 0💬

Finding a Given Value in an Array in PHP
How To Find a Specific Value in an Array in PHP? There are two functions can be used to test if a value is defined in an array or not: array_search($value, $array) - Returns the first key of the matching value in the array, if found. Otherwise, it returns false. in_array($value, $array) - Returns tr...
2017-01-21, ∼3046🔥, 0💬

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, ∼3031🔥, 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, ∼3028🔥, 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, ∼3018🔥, 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, ∼3017🔥, 0💬

Reading Directory Entries in PHP
How To Read a Directory One Entry at a Time in PHP? If you want to read a directory one entry at a time, you can use opendir() to open the specified directory to create a directory handle, then use readdir() to read the directory contents through the directory handle one entry at a time. readdir() r...
2016-11-20, ∼3008🔥, 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, ∼3007🔥, 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, ∼3006🔥, 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, ∼3006🔥, 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, ∼3006🔥, 0💬

Converting Leading Characters to Upper Case in PHP
How To Convert Leading Characters to Upper Case? If you are processing an article, you may want to capitalize the first character of a sentence by using the ucfirst() function. You may also want to capitalize the first character of every words for the article title by using the ucwords() function. H...
2016-10-13, ∼3005🔥, 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, ∼2998🔥, 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, ∼2997🔥, 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, ∼2983🔥, 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, ∼2981🔥, 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, ∼2969🔥, 0💬

What Is a Session in PHP
What Is a Session in PHP? A session is a logical object created by the PHP engine to allow you to preserve data across subsequent HTTP requests. There is only one session object available to your PHP scripts at any time. Data saved to the session by a script can be retrieved by the same script or an...
2016-10-29, ∼2964🔥, 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, ∼2964🔥, 0💬

Converting Strings to Upper/Lower Case in PHP
How To Convert Strings to Upper or Lower Cases? Converting strings to upper or lower cases are easy. Just use strtoupper() or strtolower() functions. Here is a PHP script on how to use them: &lt;?php $string = "PHP string functions are easy to use."; $lower = strtolower($string); $upper = strtou...
2016-10-13, ∼2963🔥, 0💬

Understanding and Using Sessions in PHP
Where to find tutorials on how to use Sessions in PHP? A collection of tutorials to answer many frequently asked questions on how to use Sessions in PHP. Clear explanations and tutorial exercises are provided on starting and closing sessions, saving and retrieving values in sessions, deciding how se...
2016-10-29, ∼2962🔥, 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, ∼2951🔥, 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, ∼2943🔥, 0💬

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