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What is Exception Handling in PHP ?

Alok Prasad
Updated on 29-Jun-2020 12:05:32

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An exception is a problem that arised during the execution of a program. During the execution of a program when an exception occurs, code following the statement will not be executed, and PHP will attempt to find the first matching catch block. If an exception is not caught, a PHP Fatal Error will be issued with an “Uncaught Exception”.Syntax   try {       print "this is our try block";       throw new Exception();       }catch (Exception $e) {          print "something went wrong, caught yah! n";       }finally {   ... Read More

What is .htaccess in PHP?

Alok Prasad
Updated on 29-Jun-2020 11:58:23

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.htaccess is a configuration file for use on web servers running on the web apache server software. when a .htaccess file is placed in a directory which in turn loaded via the Apache web server, then the .htaccess file detected and executed by the Apache server software. .htaccess files can be utilized to modify the setup of the Apache server software to empower additional functionality and fetures that the apache web server softwatre brings to the table. We can use the .htaccess file for alteration various configuration in apache web server software. Some of them are listed below:ErrorDocumentsCreating custom error pages ... Read More

Program to find how many times a character appears in a string in PHP

Alok Prasad
Updated on 29-Jun-2020 11:59:22

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Example Live DemoOutputw appears 1 times e appears 2 times l appears 2 times c appears 1 times o appears 4 times m appears 1 times t appears 4 times u appears 1 times r appears 1 times i appears 2 times a appears 1 times s appears 1 times p appears 1 times n appears 1 times

Is there any advantage to using __construct() instead of the class's name for a constructor in PHP?

Alok Prasad
Updated on 29-Jun-2020 11:51:56

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Yes, there are several advantages to using the magic function __construct() instead of the class's name. Those are listed below −The magic function __construct is introduced in PHP 5.4. One advantage of using __construct() over ClassName() as a constructor is if you change the name of the class, you don't need to update the constructor which supports DRY(don't repeat yourself) concept.If you have a child class you can call parent::__construct()to call the parent constructor in an easy way.Example Live DemoOutputThe class "myclass" was initiated! In SubClass constructorNote"__CLASS__" is what’s called a magic constant, which, in this case, returns the name of ... Read More

How to Zip a directory in PHP?

Alok Prasad
Updated on 29-Jun-2020 11:47:35

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We can use PHP ZipArchive class in order to zipping and unzipping the folder in PHP. As of PHP 5.3, this class is inbuilt. For using in windows users need to enable php_zip.dll inside of php.ini.Example

How To Do Math With Lists in python ?

Sri
Sri
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 22:30:26

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We  not only use lists to store a collection of values, but we also use it to perform some mathematical calculations or operations to do.Example 1import math data = 21.6 print('The floor of 21.6 is:', math.floor(data))OutputThe floor of 21.6 is: 21How To Calculate the Weighted Average of a ListExample 2cost = [0.424, 0.4221, 0.4185, 0.4132, 0.413] cases = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50] cost = [23, 10, 5, 32, 41] weight= [10, 20, 30, 40, 50] for i in range(len(cost)): cost[c] = (cost[i] * weight[i] / sum(weight)) cost = sum(cost) print(cost)Output72.84444444444445Example 3import math degree = 180 radian = math.radians(degree) ... Read More

How To enable GZIP Compression in PHP?

Alok Prasad
Updated on 29-Jun-2020 11:41:43

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GZIP Compression is a simple, effective way to save bandwidth and speed up PHP application. The mechanism runs behind the GZIP compression is described below −Step1The browser/client request for a file to the server.Step2The server sends a .zip file to the browser (index.html.zip) rather than plain old index.html in response, due to which the download time and bandwidth decreases.Step3After the execution of the above step, the browser downloads the zipped file, extracts it, and then shows it to the user. This loads the webpage very quickly.In the Apache server, we have to Add the following to .htaccess file to enable ... Read More

What does double question mark (??) operator mean in PHP ?

Alok Prasad
Updated on 29-Jun-2020 11:37:56

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PHP 7 has added a new operator double question mark (??) operator. In PHP 7, the double question mark(??) operator known as Null Coalescing Operator.It returns its first operand if it exists and is not NULL; otherwise, it returns its second operand. It evaluates from left to right. Null Coalescing operator also can be used in a chain format.Let's take the below example to demonstrate the double question mark (??) operator.ExampleOutput9ExampleOutput34

How to convert an array to SimpleXML in PHP?

Alok Prasad
Updated on 29-Jun-2020 11:20:10

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We can solved the above problem using array_walk_recursive() function.array_walk_recursive()   is an inbuilt PHP function. This function converts array to XML document where keys of the array are converted into values and values of the array are converted into the element of XML.Let' demonstrate with a simple example.ExampleOutput alex account michigan NoteIf errors message display like PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Class 'SimpleXMLElement' not found in then simply install php-xml, php-simplexml packages.

How to validate an email address in PHP ?

Alok Prasad
Updated on 29-Jun-2020 11:21:32

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In this article, we will learn to validate an email with PHP regular expression. We will learn different methods to validate email address in PHP.Method1The function preg_match() checks the input matching with patterns using regular expressions.Example Live DemoOutputValid email address.In the above example PHP preg_match() function has been used to search string for a pattern and PHP ternary operator has been used to return the true or false value based on the preg_match return.Method 2We will discuss email validation using filter_var() method.Example Live DemoOutputpattrick@tutorialspoint.com is a valid email addressRead More

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