PHP provides a function beginning from 5.3.0 to parse the ‘$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']’ variable into a locale −Example$locale = Locale::acceptFromHttp($_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']); echo $locale;The ‘$_SERVER['HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE']’ function helps detect the locale by taking the current locale’s language as the parameter.OutputThis will produce the following output −en_USMost browsers submit an Accept-Language HTTP header that specifies en-us ... Read More

To display a list of records in a specific order, you need to set conditions and use ORDER BY. For this, use ORDER BY CASE statement. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable2039    -> (    -> Name varchar(20)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows ... Read More

To return TRUE for positive values and FALSE for negative, use MySQL IF(). Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable2038    -> (    -> Id int NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,    -> Value int    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.87 sec)Insert some ... Read More

Microsoft strongly advises not to use the automation of Office documents via COM objects. It quotes the following −“Microsoft does not currently recommend or support the Automation of Microsoft Office applications from any unattended, non-interactive client application or component (including ASP, ASP.NET, DCOM, and NT Services), because Office may exhibit ... Read More

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URL decoding can be done using the built-in 'urldecode' function. This returns the encoded data.Syntax of urldecode functionstring urldecode($input)It takes a single parameter ($input) which is the URL that is to be decoded. Returns the decoded string provided the decoding was successful −Example Live Demo In the above lines of the code, the ... Read More

If we know that the current encoding is ASCII, the 'iconv' function can be used to convert ASCII to UTF-8. The original string can be passed as a parameter to the iconv function to encode it to UTF-8.Example Live DemoA string with special characters is assigned to ‘str’ variable. This is ... Read More

For this, use the concept of LEFT() function. Let us first create a table −mysql> create table DemoTable2036    -> (    -> FirstLetter varchar(20),    -> Title varchar(20)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (1.01 sec)Insert some records in the table using insert command −mysql> insert into ... Read More

Using Ajax to download files is not considered to be a good idea. Instead, window.location = or document.location should be used.The 'window.location' has the following characteristics −JavaScript enabling is requiredIt doesn't need PHP.It helps show the content of the site, and redirects the user after a few seconds.Redirect can be ... Read More

Let us create a custom function to validate date in MySQL −mysql> set global log_bin_trust_function_creators=1; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec) mysql> delimiter // mysql> create function isValidDate(actualDate varchar(255)) returns int    -> begin    -> declare flag int;    -> if (select length(date(actualDate)) IS NOT NULL ) then ... Read More