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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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AIoT device: Radius Authentication using PHP with Message-Authenticator attribute
We have some AIoT devices and want to authenticate with RADIUS using PHP.
The new RADIUS Server ask for the Message-Authenticator attribute and the build-in RADIUS functions of PHP can not do it.
How ...
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VK API Error 15 & 100 when posting photos to community wall via WordPress: "Access denied" and "No photo given" when using group token
I'm developing a WordPress plugin (lakend-crossposter.php) that automatically publishes blog posts to a VK community wall. I'm using the official PHP SDK (vkcom/vk-php-sdk). I'm facing an issue with ...
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WP Native Shortcodes Failing to Display in JetEngine Listings and Popups – Seeking Assistance =)
The problem:
I was designing an online store and needed to perform a simple mathematical calculation between meta fields of custom post types (CPTs). Since there is no clear documentation on how to do ...
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WooCommerce: How add a 'Continue Shopping' button to the existing '[Product] has been added to your Basket' message
After pressing the 'Add TO BASKET' button, a "[Product] has been added to your Basket ... View basket" message is displayed.
We need to add a 2nd button to this message saying "...
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PayPal Orders API: shipping.options not persisted / PATCH replace fails when shipping address is missing
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I’m using the PayPal Orders v2 API and trying to update shipping.options without providing shipping address data.
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When I create an order with shipping.options but without shipping....
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Contact Form 7 message not being sent with WooCommerce cart items
I have two options for checkout an order in the cart on my website:
1. The standard WooCommerce checkout.
2. Ordering through a manager using the Contact Form 7 order form.
I'm using code that creates ...
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PHP arrays or SQL query in loop?
Which code is preferred and why?
Using a query in a loop, but with id search, so it should be quick.
$pray_res = sql_query($conn, "SELECT * FROM prayer_stats ORDER BY year DESC, month DESC"...
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Put them in the same database then, or link the database. Having relational tables in separate databases is a poor design, really, and creates problems like this one that don't need to exist
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Displaying information from php arrays in html
I have an apache webserver and a browser plugin. The Plugin does check form which website something is downloaded from and checks if it is downloaded from a specific domain. If so it fetches some data ...
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It's very unclear where you're stuck. Your title is clear (but you could easily Google that to get existing examples), however your description is then long, rambling and doesn't really get to the ...
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Tracking GTM real login/registration form conversion (not button click) - same GA4 ID on prod & preprod, AJAX form, no thank-you page
I'm working on a GTM implementation to track successful login and account
registration conversions on a client's customer peprod portal.
One important constraint I discovered after joining the project:...
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I would have thought that seeing some code would really help here. Also why is this in the "best practices" category? It sounds more like a technical/troubleshooting question.
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Code for website where membership profiles are shown only to those who fit criteria
I want some advice for a website i'd like to launch, it will probably also have data saved to MySQL but i'm open to suggestions.
I want to create a website with members, kind of like a social friends ...
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Well, the page that displays lists of profiles will need an algorithm to determine who is a match and who isn't, by checking against all the criteria. A SQL query against the profile table which has ...
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How do I differentiate each device so that each one has its own unique refresh token linked to the same account?
I am designing a mobile application with a user login system.
I am going to implement refresh tokens in order to allow for users to only have to log in once every 30 days.
How do I differentiate each ...
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Tokens are often connected to certain device properties, to prevent session hijacking. I cannot judge, from what you wrote, how big a risk this is for your application. Thinking about the actual ...
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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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