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1. MySQL Snippets
This snippet will connect to your MySQL database:
$mysqli = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'DATABASE_USER', 'DATABASE_PASS', 'DATABASE_NAME');
Check for connection errors:
if (mysqli_connect_errno()) {
die('Failed to connect to MySQL: ' . mysqli_connect_error());
}
Select database table and display all the results:
$result = $mysqli->query('SELECT * FROM students');
while ($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo $row['name'] . '<br>';
}
Checking the number of rows:
$result->num_rows;
Insert a new record:
$mysqli->query('INSERT INTO students (name) VALUES ("David")');
Checking the number of affected rows:
$mysqli->affected_rows;
Escape special characters in a string, this should be used if you do not prepare your statements:
$mysqli->real_escape_string($user_input_text);
Prepare statement, prevents SQL injection:
$name = 'David';
$limit = 1;
$stmt = $mysqli->prepare('SELECT * FROM students WHERE name = ? LIMIT ?');
$stmt->bind_param('si', $name, $limit);
$stmt->execute();
// etc...
$result = $stmt->get_result();
Close query and close database connection:
$stmt->close();
$mysqli->close();2. Escape HTML Entities
This snippet will escape HTML entities and quotes:
htmlentities($text, ENT_QUOTES, "UTF-8");
Decoding HTML entities:
html_entity_decode($text);3. Replace Text in String
This snippet will replace text in a string:
str_replace('Apple', 'Orange', 'My favourite fruit is an Apple.');
And to replace multiple words in a string:
str_replace(array('fruit', 'Apple'), array('Vegetable', 'Carrot'), 'My favourite fruit is an Apple.');4. Check if a String Contains a Specific Word
This snippet will check if a string contains a specific word:
if (strpos('My name is David.', 'David') !== false) {
// String contains David
}5. Array Snippets
Inserting new items into an array:
$names = array();
array_push($names, 'David', 'John');
Remove item from an array:
unset($names['David']);
// or...
unset($names[0]);
Reindex the values after you have removed an item:
$names = array_values($names);
Reverse an array:
$reversed = array_reverse($names);
Merge two or more arrays:
$merged = array_merge($arr1, $arr2);
Return only the array keys:
$keys = array_keys(array('name' => 'David', 'age' => 28));
Sort an array:
sort($names);
Sort an array in reverse order:
rsort($names);
Check if item exists in an array:
if (in_array('David', $names)) {
// item exists
}
Check if key exists in an array:
if (array_key_exists('name', array('name' => 'David', 'age' => 28))) {
// key exists
}
Count the number of items in an array:
count($names);
Convert comma-separated list to array:
$array = explode(',', 'david,john,warren,tracy');6. GET and POST Requests
Get an value from the URL parameters:
// index.php?name=david
echo $_GET['name'];
Check if request variable exists:
if (isset($_GET['name'])) {
// exists
}
Send form data to PHP script, HTML file:
<form action="login.php" method="post">
Username: <input type="text" name="username"><br>
Password: <input type="password" name="password"><br>
<input type="submit">
</form>
login.php:
$user = $_POST['username'];
$pass = $_POST['password'];
echo 'Your username is ' . $user . ' and your password is ' . $pass . '.';7. Create a Password Hash
This snippet will create a password hash:
$hash = password_hash('your_password', PASSWORD_DEFAULT);
Verify your hashed passwords:
if (password_verify('your_password', $hash)) {
// hash is valid
}8. Sessions
This snippet will create a new session, sessions act as cookies but are stored on the server instead of the clients computer.
session_start();
$_SESSION['name'] = 'David';
Free all the session variables:
session_unset();
Destroy all the session variables:
session_destroy();9. Redirect URL
This snippet will redirect to a new page:
header("Location: http://example.com/newpage.php");10. Get the Clients IP Address
This snippet will get the IP address of the client:
if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'])) {
$ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'];
} elseif (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
$ip = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
} else {
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
}11. Get the Contents of a URL File
This snippet will get the contents of a file using cURL:
$url = 'http://example.com/file.json';
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
$result = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
Using PHP file_get_contents:
$result = file_get_contents('file.json');12. Determine the Date
This snippet will get the current date in string format:
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
echo $date;
Get the date from a timestamp:
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $timestamp);
echo $date;13. JSON
This snippet will get an JSON file and decode it:
$string = file_get_contents('file.json');
$json = json_decode($string, true);
// $json['name'] etc...
Encode PHP array to JSON:
$array = array('name' => 'David', 'age' => 27);
$string = json_encode($array);
echo $string; // { "name" : "David", "age" : 27 }14. Memcached
Connect to memcached server:
$memcached = new Memcached();
$memcached->addServer('127.0.0.1', 11211);
Set item:
$memcached->set('name', 'David');
Get item:
$memcached->get('name');15. Send Email
This snippet will send an email:
$to = 'nobody@example.com';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello';
$headers = 'From: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" . 'Reply-To: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" . 'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);16. Display the Scripts Execution Time
This snippet will display the scripts execution time:
$time_start = microtime(true);
// Your scripts here...
echo 'Total execution time in seconds: ' . (microtime(true) - $time_start);17. Get the Full URL
This snippet will get the full URL of your website (replace HTTP with HTTPS if your site is SSL):
$url = 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];18. Format Numbers
This snippet will format your number with a comma:
$num = number_format(1000);
echo $num; // 1,000
Format number with decimals:
$num = number_format(1000.12, 2);
echo $num; // 1,000.1219. Unzip a File
This snippet will unzip a zipped file on your server:
$zip = new ZipArchive;
$file = $zip->open('file.zip');
if ($file) {
$zip->extractTo('/extract_path/');
$zip->close();
echo 'Archive extracted!';
}20. Detect Mobile Device
This snippet will detect if the client is using a mobile device:
if (preg_match("/(android|avantgo|blackberry|bolt|boost|cricket|docomo|fone|hiptop|mini|mobi|palm|phone|pie|tablet|up\.browser|up\.link|webos|wos)/i", $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"])) {
// Is mobile...
}21. Check if File Exists
This snippet will check if a file exists:
if (file_exists('example.png')) {
// File exists
}Conclusion
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