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In the vast landscape of PHP development, one notable resource stands out for its ability to enhance functionality and extend the capabilities of PHP itself. The PHP Extension Community Library,…
This post shows how to generate CSV output from PHP code. In PHP, the fputcsv() function generates a csv file when it is provided a valid two dimensional array. Following…
This post show how to convert XML to JSON using PHP code. json_encode() function converts valid XML to JSON Following is example: In this example, we have an empty data.json…
Recently, I had to build a multilingual portal. Soon I ran into character encoding problems. Gibberish would appear in place of special characters such as umlaut, accent circonflex, etc. Naturally,…
In PHP, a function can either return a value in a way that creates a copy of it or returns a reference to it. The method of return can have…
The isset() function in PHP is often misunderstood, leading to errors and unintended outcomes in code. In this article, we will delve deeper into the workings of isset() and show…
In PHP, when using a foreach loop to iterate over an array, you may sometimes accidentally create a “dangling array reference” after the loop has been completed. This occurs when…
PHP provides four functions which enable you to insert code from other files. include() require() include_once() require_once() All four can take a local file or URL as input. None of…
SimpleXML is a SAX XML parser. It represents an XML document as a hierarchical set of objects and properties where each element is an object and each attribute is an…
strtotime() function can be used for date arithmetic. Following are some examples: Get next date Prints Get previous month Prints Go back 5 years Prints