Tag Archives: php

Fix “Post Types Order” plugin error with HTTPS

Posted on January 12, 2012 by W

The WordPress Plugin Post Types Order by NSP CODE is helpful in as it allows you to Order Posts and Post Types Objects using a Drag and Drop Sortable javascript capability But unfortunately the plugin does not work with wordpress … Continue reading →

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PHP Auto Generate Status Header: function

Posted on August 18, 2011 by W

PHP Function to Auto Generate Status Header This is from the CodeIgnitor Common Functions Library. It is very useful: // ———————————————————————— /** * Set HTTP Status Header * * @access public * @param int the status code * @param string … Continue reading →

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Fake Sendmail for Mac (linux)

Posted on November 30, 2010 by W

When developing in PHP perhaps you need to set up a sendmail that just outputs things to text. No need to setup delivery via SMTP. Just create an executable ruby script somewhere, for example: /usr/bin/fake-sendmail.sh with following content: $ touch … Continue reading →

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Heredocs and Nowdocs in PHP

Posted on December 27, 2009 by W

A here document (also called a here-document, a heredoc, a here-string or a here-script) is a way of specifying a string literal in command line shells including all the Unix shells (sh, csh, ksh, Bash and zsh) and the Windows … Continue reading →

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The PHP Object Expands in PHP5

Posted on December 26, 2009 by W

Starting with PHP 5, the object model was rewritten to allow for better performance and more features. This was a major change from PHP 4. PHP 5 has a full object model. Among the features in PHP 5 are the … Continue reading →

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Good Practices in PHP

Posted on December 25, 2009 by W

Here are a few tips for those of you who’d like to write good code in PHP: Set up a Development Server Set up a development server or sandbox. Don’t write, test, or develop code on a production server. If … Continue reading →

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Complete list of built-in PHP functions

Posted on June 25, 2009 by W

Phar PharData PharException PharFileInfo abs acos acosh addcslashes addslashes aggregate aggregate_info aggregate_methods aggregate_methods_by_list aggregate_methods_by_regexp aggregate_properties aggregate_properties_by_list aggregate_properties_by_regexp aggregation_info apache_child_terminate apache_get_modules apache_get_version apache_getenv apache_lookup_uri apache_note apache_request_headers apache_reset_timeout apache_response_headers apache_setenv apc_add apc_cache_info apc_clear_cache apc_compile_file apc_define_constants apc_delete apc_fetch apc_load_constants apc_sma_info apc_store apd_breakpoint apd_callstack … Continue reading →

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Using json_encode() and json_decode() in PHP4

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Clipmarks

I use json_encode() a lot for AJAX calls. Teamed with jQuery’s $.getJSON(), it’s too convenient not to use. Unfortunately, json_encode() doesn’t come standard until PHP 5.2. To add insult to injury, many current *nix distros don’t include PHP 5.2 in … Continue reading →

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