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Heredocs and Nowdocs in PHP

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Will

A here document (also called a here-document, a heredoc, a here-string or a here-script) is a way of specifying a string literal in command line shells including all the Unix shells (sh, csh, ksh, Bash and zsh) and the Windows … Continue reading →

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The PHP Object Expands in PHP5

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Will

Starting with PHP 5, the object model was rewritten to allow for better performance and more features. This was a major change from PHP 4. PHP 5 has a full object model. Among the features in PHP 5 are the … Continue reading →

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Good Practices in PHP

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Will

Here are a few tips for those of you who’d like to write good code in PHP: Set up a Development Server Set up a development server or sandbox. Don’t write, test, or develop code on a production server. If … Continue reading →

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Complete list of built-in PHP functions

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Will

Phar PharData PharException PharFileInfo abs acos acosh addcslashes addslashes aggregate aggregate_info aggregate_methods aggregate_methods_by_list aggregate_methods_by_regexp aggregate_properties aggregate_properties_by_list aggregate_properties_by_regexp aggregation_info apache_child_terminate apache_get_modules apache_get_version apache_getenv apache_lookup_uri apache_note apache_request_headers apache_reset_timeout apache_response_headers apache_setenv apc_add apc_cache_info apc_clear_cache apc_compile_file apc_define_constants apc_delete apc_fetch apc_load_constants apc_sma_info apc_store apd_breakpoint apd_callstack … Continue reading →

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Using json_encode() and json_decode() in PHP4

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Clipmarks

clipped from abeautifulsite.net , additions by me I use json_encode() a lot for AJAX calls. Teamed with jQuery’s $.getJSON(), it’s too convenient not to use. Unfortunately, json_encode() doesn’t come standard until PHP 5.2. To add insult to injury, most current … Continue reading →

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