Key concepts of OOP in PHP

In the previous post on Benefits of Object-Oriented Programming I focused three of OOP’s foundational concepts: encapsulation, inheritan...

Benefits of Object-Oriented Programming

Although PHP did not start out as an object-oriented language , over the years a great deal of effort has been put into adding many of th...

Other Useful Array Functions

This article introduces a number of array ( what is an array ) functions ( more about functions in php ) that perhaps don’t easily fall ...

Splicing and Dissecting Arrays

Splicing an Array The array_splice() function removes all elements of an array ( what is an array ) found within a specified range, retu...

Usefull Links

 Here are some usefull links, you might need. Keep it handy. Official Sites http://www.php.net/ http://www.zend.com/ Documentat...

Merging And Slicing Arrays

This section introduces a number of functions ( more about functions in PHP ) that are capable of performing somewhat more complex array-...

Sorting Arrays :: continued

Sorting an Array Naturally The natsort() function is intended to offer a sorting mechanism comparable to the mechanisms that people nor...

Sorting Arrays

To be sure, data sorting is a central topic of computer science. Anybody who’s taken an entry-level programming class is well aware of so...

Determining Array Size and Uniqueness

A few functions ( more about functions in PHP ) are available in PHP for determining the number of total and unique array ( what is an ar...

Traversing Arrays

The need to travel across an array  ( what is an array ) and retrieve various keys, values, or both is common, so it’s not a surprise th...

Locating array elements

The ability to efficiently sift through data is absolutely crucial in today’s information-driven society. This article introduces severa...

Adding and Removing Array Elements

PHP provides a number of functions for both growing and shrinking an array ( what is an array? ) . Some of these functions are provided...

Outputting Arrays

Now that you know what is an array ? and how to create an array ?, it is the time to learn how to output arrays . The most common way to ...