Welcome to a quick tutorial on how to read zip files in PHP. So the old zip functions are deprecated in PHP 8, how do we read files using Zip Archive then? This has caused some confusion, but it is actually very straightforward. To read zip files in PHP, we can use statIndex() to get …
Welcome to a quick tutorial on absolute and relative paths in PHP. So you have set a verified file path, but PHP is still complaining about “missing” files and folders? Yes, it is easy to get lost with absolute and relative paths in PHP. An absolute path refers to defining the full exact file path, for …
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Welcome to a tutorial on how to embed images in PHP mail. Trying to add images to the email message with the default PHP mail function? Yes, it is possible with a couple of small touches. There are 2 common ways to add images in PHP mail: Host the image on your server, then set …
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Welcome to a tutorial on how to do multiple asynchronous CURL requests in PHP. Need to grab data from various websites all at once? Or send data to different servers in parallel? To run multiple PHP asynchronous CURL requests in parallel: Initialize the CURL requests and set the options. $chA = curl_init(); $chB = curl_init(); …
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Welcome to a tutorial on how to do PHP CURL calls with cookies. Need to do a server-to-server call that involves cookies? Well yes, CURL is fully capable of handling that with a few small tweaks. To do a PHP CURL call with cookies, we use CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR to specify where to save the cookie after …
Welcome to a quick tutorial on how to create a pretty URL system with PHP and htaccess. Yes, having file extensions in the URL is ugly and it looks totally unprofessional. If you are looking to create clean, human-friendly URLs, it actually isn’t that difficult to achieve. A simplified WordPress inspired pretty URL system with …
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Welcome to a tutorial and example of an MVC application with PHP and MySQL. You have probably heard of MVC everywhere in different flavors – Framework, design pattern, concept, architecture, and much more. So just what is it? What does it do and what does it mean? How do we build a PHP application based …
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Welcome to a tutorial on how to do a PHP CURL call with HTTP basic authentication. Need to secure a server-to-server call without all the crazy encryption, verification, and login stuff? HTTP basic authentication is a good option. To perform a PHP CURL call with HTTP basic authentication, we have to set the user and …
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Welcome to a quick tutorial on how to upload a file with PHP CURL. Need to do a server-to-server file transfer with PHP? Yes, it is definitely possible. To do a file upload with PHP CURL, simply set CURL to do a POST and attach the file. $cf = new CURLFile(“FILE-TO-UPLOAD.EXT”); $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, …
Welcome to a tutorial on how to create a Live Scoreboard with PHP and MySQL. So you want to go big, and display the scores of a game live on a website? A simple live scoreboard consists of 4 essential components: A database table to store the game scores. Core PHP library to update and …
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