Posts Tagged ‘PHP’
PHP’s Very Useful “HEREDOC” Syntax
Strings can be stored three different ways in PHP. I talked about two of them in a previous post. Now I’ll discuss the most powerful, yet underused, of the bunch.
Ordinarily I use single quotes when storing strings in PHP. But sometimes I have to use double-quotes as the two methods of quoting have tradeoffs. A third possibility, known as
PHP’s Identity Comparison To The Rescue
Here’s a PHP gotcha that stumped me for awhile not too long ago. It reminded me to pay attention to how comparisons are actually made.
Sorting Multi-dimensional Arrays in PHP
Most programming languages have some sort (pun intended
) of sort functionality built-in for sorting the elements of an array. But what if you need to sort multiple pieces of related data? A multi-dimensional array? PHP’s array_multisort to the rescue!
Display WordPress Shortcode without Executing It
Shortcodes are a powerful feature of WordPress. Used in many plugins, they are written as square bracket-delimited strings. But if you’re trying to document the usage of a shortcode in a post, without actually having it executed, you might have a little problem.
PHP Quotable Quotes: Single Or Double – What’s The Difference?
Strings, strings and more strings. What would programming be without them? It seems every language treats them just a little bit differently. At least enough so to cause confusion for a first-timer. PHP uses two primary (not the only) methods to write strings. I’ll discuss bookending strings in PHP today.
