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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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WooCommerce Hook is not firing and seem to be deprecated
I know it's 2025, and this problem seems to be all over the place, and I've been trying all the recommended solutions, but it seems it's mostly old code. But I don't really know; I'll try to sum it up ...
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Azure Table PHP Retrieve Latest Data First with Pagination
I am using this:
https://github.com/Azure/azure-storage-table-php
to insert data to azure table.
However, when I retrieve the data, I don’t get the latest entries unless I use a do...while loop, as ...
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How to install league/csv bundle with Doctrine v3.3 on Symfony?
I am having a problem today installing the league/csv bundle (v9.27) on my Symfony (v7.2) project with doctrine/orm (v3.3)! When I run command php require league/csv, I get this message:
Your ...
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does database chunk() have a memory leak?
In laravel, I have a query that searches thousands of rows in a database, and I trying to compile that into a CSV file. In attempt to reduce memory usage, I get 500 rows at a time and output the CSV.
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Retrieving values from 2 tables at the same time in CakePHP 3
I'm developing a small module on CakePHP 3 and I'm currently encountering a small problem that I can't seem to solve.
I have two tables: Events and shop_ticket.
Events table:
I store information ...
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How to change the title of the billing field?in Woocommerce
I found some old code here to change the name of my 'Deliver to different address?' title in Woocommerce. Works perfectly... but I also want to change the name of my Billing Details title, to Billing ...
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You can do this add_filter( 'gettext', 'change_billing_title', 20, 3 ); function change_billing_title( $translated, $text, $domain ) { if ( $domain === 'woocommerce' ) { if ( $text == '...
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Why does Laravel read the schema as if it had 2 primary keys? [duplicate]
Here's my laravel composer.json for its version info:
{
"name": "laravel/laravel",
"type": "project",
"description": "The skeleton ...
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The error is in $table->integer('class_level', 3); Syntax integer($column, $autoIncrement = false, $unsigned = false) You can use unsignedTinyInteger() integer() FYK. (In future, hels you debug) ...
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Deploy Laravel version 12 (PHP, Inertia, ReactJS, Tailwind) to cPanel shared with no SSH Access
I have Laravel 12 project (PHP, Inertia, ReactJS and Tailwind) project that I need to deploy to a cPanel shared server. I do not have SSH access to the server, and the service provider does not give ...
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Sorry you'll have to bear with me as I'm not a Laravel expert, but are you absolutely sure you need to run those in the live environment - you can't just deploy ready-made files and database and run ...
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`docker-php-ext-install opcache` works with PHP 8.4 but not PHP 8.5 [closed]
I can build an image with this Dockerfile that is based on a lightweight Docker image that use Alpine:
FROM php:8.4.15-cli-alpine
RUN docker-php-ext-install opcache
But I can’t build an image after ...
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As documented in the PHP 8.5 changelog, since PHP 8.5 the Opcache extension now always ships with PHP (non-optional). So you don't need to install it any longer. Opcache: Make OPcache non-optional (...
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Problem with module during dolibarr update [closed]
I tried to update dolibarr from 16.0.3 up to the current version 20.0.2. So far it succeeded, but I do have an error code when I want to use a custom module for time-tracking.
To me it seems that ...
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You have upgraded to the wrong version. The 20.0.2 release is an update for the 20.0 branch. But you are coming from the 16.0.3 version, so the 16.0 branch. Please follow the upgrade instructions for ...
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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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