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Start learning PHP — Useful resources for beginners and advanced
Start learning PHP — Useful resources for beginners and advanced!
If you're wondering where to start from learning the PHP language or needing some more knowledge to deep dive into the language, you ...
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Can you answer these questions?
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The render() method takes a long time to execute Yii2
I just get a form with several fields. if in the controller method before return $this->render() I do echo 'Success!';exit;, then the page loads quickly. and when $this->render() is called, the ...
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Problem with request in my react native app
I'm the newbie here and newbie in React and laravel (computer science student)
I have problem with react native app.
I have backend with api on WSL with Laravel.React native app on Windows 11.
Problem ...
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Laravel's ORM query using with() not working with paginate()
I am grabbing the related meetings with each Department, hence I would like to have a pagination for each meetings list. I currently have this in my Inertia Middleware to have it available in my ...
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Multiple API Requests with ReactPHP
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I am quite new to ReactPHP, async programming and software dev at all. I am currently working on an API that I want to make async. The API has to do massive amounts of API requests to ...
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How to Display Related Custom Post Type on WooCommerce Single Product Page Using Custom Fields?
So, here’s the situation: I’m using WordPress, and within it, there’s a query I’ve created using the Code Snippet plugin.
Plugins used:
Product: WooCommerce
Custom fields & custom posts: Secure ...
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How to check status of uploaded inventory JSON to Amazon via (selling-partner-api sdk)
I am using the following SDK to work with the SP API.
https://github.com/jlevers/selling-partner-api
I am trying to upload inventory (stock) data. I believe it's done using the JSON you see me ...
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Is there a fix for "Option "--coverage" is ambiguous." in PestPHP in Bitbucket pipelines?
Running the custom test in the following configuration results in the message
Option "--coverage" is ambiguous. followed by failure in the pipeline.
image:
name: timeglitchd/frankenphp-...
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Add key => value pair to existing index of PHP array
I have this PHP array:-
$tblData[] = array(
"Orange" => "Healthy",
"Apple" => "Good",
"Pizza" => "Bad",
);
This is the ...
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You're currently adding the new entry into the outer array. You need to add it to the inner one (situated at index 0 of the outer array). To do that, simply specify the index of the outer array you ...
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How to iterate multidimensional array data and sum some values to return a grouped array
What's the simplest way and uses less computing power to check if a multidimensional array has some equal values in the sub keys and, if is in this way, make the sum of that?
Look at the input. It's ...
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So that you don't need to keep track of the indexes of data pushed into the result array nor need to re-index the result, push reference variables into the result array to represent each group. ...
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Including a local PHP API that contains exit() statements [closed]
I have built a REST API in PHP that, in several cases, uses an exit() statement to prevent the script from continuing for various reasons.
This works well when I’ve been making calls to it using a ...
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You could treat it as an API and make a HTTP request to it using curl_exec or file_get_contents - that way you'd get basically the same experience as you do if you call it via fetch in your JS. It's a ...
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How to set a default value of 1 year from now for expire_at in Laravel migrations? [duplicate]
I am creating fields for a table in Laravel. I want to create a expire_at column using $table->timestamps() but set a default date of 1 year from now.
Currently, I am trying the following:
$table-&...
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You can use Carbon (Recommended) $table->timestamp('expire_at')->default(now()->addYear());
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Encoding issue ISO-charset vs utf-8 [duplicate]
When I input data such as : Œ, œ, Ÿ, … , €, ≤, ≥, ∞, ≈, ≠, – , — , ‐ , ‑ , ‹ ›, “ ”, ‘ ’
And then try to access data from the $_REQUEST['some_value'] I get this as my output
¼, ½, ¾, … ,...
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We call this Character encoding. When you input special characters, PHP converts them to their HTML entity representations. This happens when PHP processes form submissions or access request data. ...
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How can I prevent SQL injection in PHP?
If user input is inserted without modification into an SQL query, then the application becomes vulnerable to SQL injection, like in the following example:
$unsafe_variable = $_POST['user_input'];
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How do I check if a string contains a specific word?
Consider:
$a = 'How are you?';
if ($a contains 'are')
echo 'true';
Suppose I have the code above, what is the correct way to write the statement if ($a contains 'are')?
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Reference Guide: What does this symbol mean in PHP? (PHP Syntax)
What is this?
This is a collection of questions that come up now and then about syntax in PHP. This is also a Community Wiki, so everyone is invited to participate in maintaining this list.
This ...
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How do I get a YouTube video thumbnail from the YouTube API?
If I have a YouTube video URL, is there any way to use PHP and cURL to get the associated thumbnail from the YouTube API?
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Deleting an element from an array in PHP
Is there an easy way to delete an element from an array using PHP, such that foreach ($array) no longer includes that element?
I thought that setting it to null would do it, but apparently it does ...
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Properly removing API from Laravel project
Sometimes a development team may decide to remove all API functionality from a Laravel project for various reasons, such as:
No longer needing any API, and shifting focus to web application with ...
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Understanding Mock Objects in PHPUnit Testing
When writing unit tests, a key challenge is ensuring that your tests focus on the code under test without interference from external systems or dependencies. This is where mock objects come into play ...
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Understanding the final Keyword in PHP: Preventing Inheritance and Overriding
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When working with Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in PHP, controlling the inheritance of classes and methods is essential for maintaining stability and security in your code. PHP ...
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How to trim (or non-breaking space) in PHP?
The main problem is the way trim() function works.
One cannot reliably trim a substring using this function, because it takes its second argument as a collection of characters, each of which would be ...
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Evolution of Type Declarations in PHP
Introduction:
PHP, being a dynamically typed language, traditionally allowed flexibility in variable types, providing both advantages and challenges in code maintenance and robustness. However, with ...
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