A brief Introduction to PHP 5.4

PHP 5.4 is a major milestone release after 5.3 comes with many improvements, how PHP 5.4 differs from its predecessor we will try to discuss in this post. Read more

Security lapse pushed Wordpress further behind Drupal at least for enterprises

Recent hacking of tens of thousands sites running Wordpress content management system casts doubt over Wordpress suitability for enterprise web deployments.

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Apache 2.4: enhanced MPMs and cache handling; a bid to halt Nginx gains

After over half a decade Apache Software Foundation comes to realize that its reign as world’s number one web server is now threatened by a smart competitor, the Nginx.

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PHP: Store dynamic pages to static file for speed alias caching

Enhance page serving speed using built-in ob_start and ob_end_flush functions Read more

PHP: EAN-8 and EAN-13 Encoding Numbers

encode_ean performs required encoding for barcode printing Read more

PHP: EAN-8 and EAN-13 Produce PNG Image from Encoded Numbers

print_png_barcode produces exact EAN barcodes in PNG format Read more

PHP: EAN8 and EAN13 Check Digit calculation

ean_checkdigit function returns correct check digit for ean-13 and ean-8 barcode standards Read more

PHP: Convert array into unique comma separated string

arraytostr enhance php buit-in implode function Read more

PHP: Getting part of string from left or right

strleft and strright functions return left or right part of string according to length specified Read more

PHP: Convert string to array and make it unique

strtoarray produces array of string and remove duplicates if required Read more

PHP: Sorting multidimensional arrays with single function

sortarray can sort multidimensional and unidimensional array easily Read more

PHP: Send Unicode emails with sender name and bcc

sendnow makes email sending a charm Read more

PHP: Loop through string, convert string into array and loop through array

Looping through string and looping through array explained Read more

PHP: Determine script run time or code execution time

Simple implementation to calculate code execution time Read more

PHP: Retrieving content from external website using cURL

get_content function allows us to grab content from external server Read more

PHP: Getting external text data after basic HTTP authentication

A simple function that can retrieve external file into local variable after basic HTTP authentication Read more

PHP: Cutting string from left and right

Two string functions that make your code more readable later Read more