Conversion Specifier for printf() and sprintf()

You have already been told about the Type specifiers for printf() and scanf(). Now here’s the complete list of conversion specifiers fo...

PHP Basics - Overview

Congrats!! You have so far covered almost each and every building block of PHP scripting language and all these topics will help you in...

PHP Basics – Part 8 :: Control Structures – Part 4

File-Inclusion Statements Efficient programmers are always thinking in terms of ensuring reusability and modularity. The most prevalent...

PHP Basics – Part 8 :: Control Structures - Part 3

The foreach Statement The foreach looping construct syntax is adept at looping through arrays , pulling each key/value pair from the a...

PHP Basics – Part 8 :: Control Structures - Part 2

Looping Statements Although varied approaches exist, looping statements are a fixture in every widespread programming language. Loopi...

PHP Basics – Part 8 :: Control Structures – Part 1

Control structures determine the flow of code within an application, defining execution characteristics such as whether and how many time...

PHP Basics–Part 7 :: String Interpolation

When you need to control which php [ more about php scripting language ] code should be parsed and which should not or you want to beauti...

PHP Basics - Part 6 :: Expressions–Part 3

  Equality Operators Equality operators (see Table below) , as the name suggest, are used to compare two values, testing for equivale...

PHP Basics - Part 6 :: Expressions – Part 2

Assignment Operators The assignment operators assign a data value to a variable . The simplest form of assignment operator just assign...

PHP Basics - Part 6 :: Expressions – Part 1

All expressions consist of at least one operand and one or more operators. A few examples follow: $a = 5; // assign integer value 5 to...

PHP Basics - Part 5 :: Constants

A constant is a value that cannot be modified throughout the execution of a program. Constants are particularly useful when working with ...

PHP Basics - Part 5 :: Variables Part 5 ::: Super Globals 2

Retrieving Information Stored Within Cookies The $_COOKIE superglobal stores information passed into the script through HTTP cookies. ...

PHP Basics - Part 5 :: Variable Part 4 ::: Super Globals 1

PHP’s Superglobal Variables PHP offers a number of useful predefined variables that are accessible from anywhere within the executing sc...