This is probably a very well known tip, but for those new to PHP it’s handy. When needing to replace something try & use str_replace instead of preg_replace. Always remember that REGEX is costly & should only be used when it is really needed. If you need to do a case insensitive replace then use str_ireplace.
Read moreAnother useful command that all PHP coders should know is the header() function. You can use it to send a HTTP header to the server.
Read moreIMPORTANT: As of June 2013, Zazzle announced that HTML will no longer be allowed within the description area of our store home pages. You’ve just opened an account with Zazzle. You’ve created a few products, uploaded a spiffy header, added a few product lines and wrote a nice little paragraph welcoming people to your gallery… but you yearn for something […]
Read moreSo that website Confused.com has a new feature that they have coined the highlighter, very original. It is quite impressive though. It allows you to highlight all the rows that match a certain criteria. Seeing as confused.com is a insurance comparison website it would allow you to highlight the insurers that will give you no claims discount or other such […]
Read moreI kinda touched on Type Casting in the second PHP tip about is_numeric(). The basic idea is that you can force a variable’s value to another type. For instance, changing a string to an integer.
Read moreYou’ve probably seen them before, generally done by imagehosters. Yep, that’s them. The little thumbnails with the resolution & file size written in them. Well I’m going to show you how to make them using ImageMagick & PHP. If you don’t have ImageMagick you can find out how to install it in my previous tutorial here. Just ignore the part […]
Read moreThis is probably one of my favorite PHP features. It can be a little complicated to get used to at first, but it really saves a lot of time & can be extremely useful.
Read moreThe second in my series of PHP tips is to do with the extremely handy is_numeric(). When allowing user input it’s extremely important to check the input for attacks. The most common piece of information handed to MySQL is an ID, but novice coders can get confused with how to check the input. The main problem is that you only […]
Read moreThis is the first in a series of posts I’m doing on small tips which help when coding with PHP. The first is a one most devs probably know, but novice or new coders may not know and probably should.
Read moreA few days ago, before the hacking malarky, I needed a script that I could run via Cron to delete the contents of a folder that were older than a week from a certain day. For example; Let’s say it’s Saturday, I want the script to delete all files older than Saturday… Get what I mean. Right. Let’s continue.
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