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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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Laravel Handle multiple collumns that have a relationship with a model
So I have two models, A CharacterAppearance model (what a user is wearing) and a Item model (things user can wear)
The items table's schema is this:
Schema::create('items', function (Blueprint $table) ...
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PHP dependency injection and PSR LoggerInterface
I am missing some kind of best practice for implementation of PHP dependency injection and the PSR LoggerInterface.
Currently (without dependency injection) I have created my own LoggerFactory with ...
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Get latest entries/posts from categories on many to many relationship Laravel
I have a small laravel project with posts and categories and a many to many relationship
public function post_categories(): BelongsToMany
{
return $this->belongsToMany(PostCategory::...
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fopen and stream_select not working after PHP 8 upgrade
I upgraded a PHP 7 application to PHP 8. The following code was working before, but no longer:
$options = [
'http' => [
'method' => 'POST',
'header' => "Content-Type: ...
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Create a valid JSON file with Monolog JsonFormatter
I'm using the JsonFormatter of Monolog with this code:
$formatter = new \Monolog\Formatter\JsonFormatter();
$formatter->includeStacktraces();
$streamer = new StreamHandler("json_log.log")...
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Example .gitlab-ci.yml for Laravel 12 with MariaDB that seeds database before running php artisan test
I'm setting up a GitLab Runner for a Laravel 12 project and I want my CI pipeline to do the following:
Spin up a MariaDB service for the tests
Run php artisan migrate:fresh --seed to seed the ...
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When you execute the end-to-end test integrating your code with the database migrations and database handling, you need to set-up (provision) the whole test-system first. By default examples the ...
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My own OAuth server for authentication on my client application with the ROPC flow
Is it relevant to develop my own OAuth server for authentication on my client application with the ROPC flow? In this scenario, where I manage user login information in both cases, is the ROPC flow ...
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Not sure on what your motivations are to develop your own OAuth2 server capable of an ROPC flow. If you own the server as well as the client application does your OAuth2 server implementation need ...
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Changes to the XAMPP httpd main server config file to alter home path for PHP files
I'm not sure if this is possible or not, but I would like to use the same files locally in XAMPP that I use for a shared hosting account without changing the local files themselves. I have it working ...
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Provide ad-hoc configuration and use the production defaults in case of not set: https://www.php.net/get_cfg_var
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MySQL Eloquent ORM - where clause: value could be null
I'm a bit unsure about how to proceed with Eloquent ORM (Laravel 12) queries when a value COULD be NULL.
Normally, you would check for a NULL value with:
->whereNull("column")
But if you ...
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You could always do if ($value === null) { $query->whereNull('column'); } else { $query->where('column', $value); } (as Gemini suggests), but then you're doing what the Framework is already ...
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How to change the title of the billing field?in Woocommerce
I found some old code here to change the name of my 'Deliver to different address?' title in Woocommerce. Works perfectly... but I also want to change the name of my Billing Details title, to Billing ...
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You can do this add_filter( 'gettext', 'change_billing_title', 20, 3 ); function change_billing_title( $translated, $text, $domain ) { if ( $domain === 'woocommerce' ) { if ( $text == '...
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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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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 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 ($a contains 'are')?
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How do I get a YouTube video thumbnail from the YouTube API?
If I have a YouTube video URL, is there any way to use PHP and cURL to get the associated thumbnail from the YouTube API?
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Deleting an element from an array in PHP
Is there an easy way to delete an element from an array using PHP, such that foreach ($array) no longer includes that element?
I thought that setting it to null would do it, but apparently it does ...
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Quick guide to Laravel package development
Contents
Introduction
Types of packages
Characteristics of a package
The Laravel package!
Components of a Laravel package
Example of a Laravel package
Creating your Laravel package
1- Package ...
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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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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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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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