Tips & Tutorials – PHP

Welcome to a tutorial on how to send and receive JSON data with PHP CURL. Need to exchange data between servers in the JSON format? To send and receive JSON data with PHP CURL, we use the respective json_encode() and json_decode() functions: $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, “http://site.com”); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt($ch, …

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Welcome to a quick tutorial and simple example of how to handle a file upload in PHP. Some beginners will probably freak out on hearing “file upload”, but it is actually a very simple process. To handle file uploads in PHP, we only need to create a simple HTML form and save the upload in …

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Welcome to a tutorial on how to upload large files in PHP. Once upon a time in the Stone Age of the Internet, file uploads were manageable without large files. But these days, we have to deal with all kinds of insanely oversized files, and the “traditional” upload mechanism just cannot handle it. In order …

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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 …

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Welcome to a quick tutorial and examples of PHP CURL – CURL is short for client URL and in basic terms, used to make server-to-server calls. The most basic PHP CURL process only involves opening and closing a connection to another server. $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, “HTTP://SITE.COM/”); curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); Yep, but that does absolutely …

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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 send an attachment with PHP mail. Looking to attach a file with the default PHP mail function? It is possible, but there is just one problem… To send an attachment with the default PHP mail function, we have to manually define and format a multi-part email. Yes, and …

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Welcome to a quick tutorial on how to send an HTML UTF-8 email in PHP. So you want to send out an HTML email in PHP? In a language that is not in English? Yes, it is possible. To send an HTML UTF8 email in PHP, we have to set the appropriate HTML and UTF-8 …

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Welcome to a tutorial on how to download files with PHP CURL. Need to fetch a file from another server with PHP CURL? Yes, it is possible. To download a file with PHP CURL, simply create a file handler with fopen() and pass it into the CURL options. $fh = fopen(“FILE”, “w”); $ch = curl_init(); …

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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, …

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