PHP Notes

XAMP supports Unix, Linux, Windows
WAMP only for Windows
W icon change to Orange instead of Green
On clicking desktop shortcut W icon should change to Orange & finally to Green.
If it remains in Orange, Apache is not started Port 80 may be used by another
application
In Windows 10, SQL Server is using that port. To solve the problem
Type Services in Windows key (search)
Right click properties of SQL Server Agent, SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL
Server Browser, SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server VSS Writer & Disable
them.
On clicking desktop shortcut W icon should change to Orange & finally to Green.
If required click W icon -> Apache-> Service Administration->Install Service
PHP Basics
Php script should be enclosed within
<?php
?>
Statements are not case sensitive

No need to declare variables
Variable names are CASE SENSITIVE
Variables start with $
While storing alphabets value should be enclosed within double quotes. Ex: $s =
MCA
(.) is used for concatenation Ex: echo "I love " . $txt . "!";
If we want to retain value of variable use static keyword before it
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
function myTest() {
static $x = 0;
echo $x;
$x++;
}
myTest();
echo "<br>";
myTest();
echo "<br>";
myTest();
?>
</body>
</html>
Output:
0
1
2
echo statement can be used with or without parentheses: echo or echo().
Difference between echo and print
echo and print are more or less the same. They are both used to output data to the screen.
The differences are small: echo has no return value while print has a return value of 1 so it
can be used in expressions. echo can take multiple parameters (although such usage is rare)
while print can take one argument. echo is marginally faster than print.
Data Types
<?php
$a = "Hello world!";
$b = 'Hello world!';
echo $a;
echo "<br>";
echo $b;
$x = 5985;
var_dump($x);
$y = 10.365;
var_dump($y);
?>
Output:
Hello world!
Hello world!
int(5985)
float(10.365)
Arrays
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
$cars = array("Volvo","BMW","Toyota");
var_dump($cars);
?>
</body>
</html>
Output:
array(3) { [0]=> string(5) "Volvo" [1]=> string(3) "BMW" [2]=> string(6) "Toyota" }
Objects
An object is a data type which stores data and information on how to process that data.
In PHP, an object must be explicitly declared.
First we must declare a class of object. For this, we use the class keyword.
<?php
class Car {
function Car() {
$this->model = "VW";
}
}
// create an object
$herbie = new Car();
// show object properties

echo $herbie->model;
?>
Output:
VW
NULL Value
Null is a special data type which can have only one value: NULL.
A variable of data type NULL is a variable that has no value assigned to it.
Tip: If a variable is created without a value, it is automatically assigned a value of NULL.
Variables can also be emptied by setting the value to NULL:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
$x = "Hello world!";
$x = null;
var_dump($x);
?>
</body>
</html>
Output:
NULL
String Functions
<?php
echo strlen("Hello world!"); // outputs 12
echo str_word_count("Hello world!"); // outputs 2
echo strrev("Hello world!"); // outputs !dlrow olleH
echo strpos("Hello world!", "world"); // outputs 6
echo substr("Hello world",6); // outputs world
echo str_replace("world", "Dolly", "Hello world!"); // outputs Hello
Dolly!
echo strtolower("Hello WORLD!", "world"); // outputs hello world!
echo strtoupper("Hello world!", "world"); // outputs HELLO WORLD
?>
chunk_split() Function
<?php
$str = "Hello world!";
echo chunk_split($str,1,".");
?>
Output:
H.e.l.l.o. .w.o.r.l.d.!.
explode() Function
<?php
$str = "Hello world. It's a beautiful day.";
print_r (explode(" ",$str));
?>
Output:
Array ( [0] => Hello [1] => world. [2] => It's [3] => a [4] => beautiful [5] => day. )
Implode() & Join() Function Join array elements with a string

<?php
$arr = array('Hello','World!','Beautiful','Day!');
echo implode(" ",$arr);
echo join(" ",$arr);
?>
Output:
Hello World! Beautiful Day!
ltrim() Function
<?php
$str = " Hello World!";
echo "Without ltrim: " . $str;
echo "<br>";
echo "With ltrim: " . ltrim($str);
?>
Output:
Without ltrim: Hello World!

With ltrim: Hello World!
Parse_str() Function
Parse a query string into variables:
<?php
parse_str("name=Peter&age=43");
echo $name."<br>";
echo $age;
?>
Output:
Peter
43
<?php
parse_str("name=Peter&age=43",$myArray);
print_r($myArray);
?>
Output:
Array ( [name] => Peter [age] => 43 )
similar_text() Function
<?php
echo similar_text("Hello World","Hello Peter");
?>
Output:
<?php
similar_text("Hello World","Hello Peter",$percent);
echo $percent;
?>
Output:
63.636363636364
str_replace() Function
<?php
echo str_replace("world","Peter","Hello world!");
?>
Output:
Hello Peter!
str_split() Function
<?php
print_r(str_split("Hello"));
?>
Output:
Array ( [0] => H [1] => e [2] => l [3] => l [4] => o )
<?php
print_r(str_split("Hello",3));
?>
Output:
Array ( [0] => Hel [1] => lo )
str_repeat() Function
<?php
echo str_repeat(".",13);
?>
Output:
.............
strcmp() Function case sensitive
<?php
echo strcmp("Hello world!","Hello world!"); // outputs 0
echo strcmp("Hello world!","Hello World!"); // outputs -1
echo strcmp("Hello world!","Hello")."<br>"; // outputs 7
echo strcmp("Hello world!","Hello world! Hello!")."<br>"; // outputs -7
?>
Return Value:
This function returns:
0 - if the two strings are equal
<0 - if string1 is less than string2
>0 - if string1 is greater than string2
CONSTANTS
<?php
define("GREETING", "Welcome to W3Schools.com!");
echo GREETING;
?>
ARITHMETIC OPERATORS
+ - * / % **(exponentiation)
LOGICAL OPERATORS
&& || !
STRING OPERATORS
. concatenation
.= concatenation assignments ($txt1.=$txt2 appends $txt2 to $txt1)
If
elseif
else
switch ($n)
{
case red:
echo Red;
break;
default:
echo
}
Foreach example
<?php
$colors = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
foreach ($colors as $value) {

echo "$value <br>";
}
?>
USER DEFINED FUNCTIONS (Function names not case sensitive)
<?php
function writeMsg() {
echo "Hello world!";
}
writeMsg(); // call the function
?>
<?php
function familyName($fname) {
echo "$fname Refsnes.<br>";
}
familyName("Jani");
familyName("Hege");
familyName("Stale");
familyName("Kai Jim");
familyName("Borge");
?>
<?php
function familyName($fname, $year) {
echo "$fname Refsnes. Born in $year <br>";
}
familyName("Hege", "1975");
familyName("Stale", "1978");
familyName("Kai Jim", "1983");
?>
<?php
function setHeight($minheight = 50) {
echo "The height is : $minheight <br>";
}
setHeight(350);
setHeight(); // will use the default value of 50
setHeight(135);
setHeight(80);
?>
Returning values
<?php
function sum($x, $y) {
$z = $x + $y;
return $z;
}
echo "5 + 10 = " . sum(5, 10) . "<br>";

echo "7 + 13 = " . sum(7, 13) . "<br>";
echo "2 + 4 = " . sum(2, 4);
?>
ARRAYS
There are three types of arrays:
Indexed arrays - Arrays with a numeric index

Associative arrays - Arrays with named keys
Multidimensional arrays - Arrays containing one or more arrays
INDEXED ARRAYS
$cars = array("Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota");
(or)
$cars[0] = "Volvo";
$cars[1] = "BMW";
$cars[2] = "Toyota";
Length of Array
echo count($cars);
Loop through indexed array
<?php
$cars = array("Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota");
$arrlength = count($cars);
for($x = 0; $x < $arrlength; $x++) {

echo $cars[$x];
echo "<br>";
}
?>
ASSOCIATIVE ARRAYS
$age = array("Peter"=>"35", "Ben"=>"37", "Joe"=>"43");
(or)
$age['Peter'] = "35";
$age['Ben'] = "37";
$age['Joe'] = "43";
Loop through associative array
<?php
$age = array("Peter"=>"35", "Ben"=>"37", "Joe"=>"43");
foreach($age as $x => $x_value) {

echo "Key=" . $x . ", Value=" . $x_value;
echo "<br>";
}
?>
MULTIDIMENSIONAL ARRAYS
Two-Dimensional Array
Name Stock Sold

Volvo 22 18
BMW 15 13
Saab 5 2
Land Rover 17 15
$cars = array
(
array("Volvo",22,18),
array("BMW",15,13),
array("Saab",5,2),
array("Land Rover",17,15)
);
Now the two-dimensional $cars array contains four arrays, and it has two indices: row and
column.
To get access to the elements of the $cars array we must point to the two indices (row and
column):
<?php
echo $cars[0][0].": In stock: ".$cars[0][1].", sold:
".$cars[0][2].".<br>";
".$cars[1][2].".<br>";
".$cars[2][2].".<br>";
".$cars[3][2].".<br>";
?>
Output:
Volvo: In stock: 22, sold: 18.

BMW: In stock: 15, sold: 13.
Saab: In stock: 5, sold: 2.
Land Rover: In stock: 17, sold: 15.
Using loop print values
<?php
for ($row = 0; $row < 4; $row++) {
echo "<p><b>Row number $row</b></p>";
echo "<ul>";
for ($col = 0; $col < 3; $col++) {
echo "<li>".$cars[$row][$col]."</li>";
}
echo "</ul>";
}
?>
Output:
Row number 0
Volvo
22
18
Row number 1
BMW
15
13
Row number 2
Saab
5
2
Row number 3
Land Rover
17
15
Sort Functions For Arrays
sort() - sort arrays in ascending order

rsort() - sort arrays in descending order
asort() - sort associative arrays in ascending order, according to the value
ksort() - sort associative arrays in ascending order, according to the key
arsort() - sort associative arrays in descending order, according to the value
krsort() - sort associative arrays in descending order, according to the key
PHP GLOBAL VARIABLES - SUPERGLOBALS

Several predefined variables in PHP are "superglobals", which means that they are always
accessible, regardless of scope - and you can access them from any function, class or file
without having to do anything special.
The PHP superglobal variables are:
$GLOBALS
$_SERVER
$_REQUEST
$_POST
$_GET
$_FILES
$_ENV
$_COOKIE
$_SESSION
$_REQUEST
PHP $_REQUEST is used to collect data after submitting an HTML form
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
Name: <input type="text" name="fname">
<input type="submit">
</form>
<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
// collect value of input field
$name = $_REQUEST['fname'];
if (empty($name)) {
echo "Name is empty";
} else {
echo $name;
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>
PHP $_POST
PHP $_POST is widely used to collect form data after submitting an HTML form with
method="post". $_POST is also widely used to pass variables.
<html>
<body>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
Name: <input type="text" name="fname">
</form>
<?php
// collect value of input field
$name = $_POST['fname'];
if (empty($name)) {
echo "Name is empty";
} else {
echo $name;
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>
PHP $_GET
PHP $_GET can also be used to collect form data after submitting an HTML form with
method="get".
$_GET can also collect data sent in the URL.
Assume we have an HTML page that contains a hyperlink with parameters:
<html>
< body>
< a href="test_get.php?subject=PHP&web=W3schools.com">Test $GET</a>
< /body>
< /html>
When a user clicks on the link "Test $GET", the parameters "subject" and "web" are sent to
"test_get.php", and you can then access their values in "test_get.php" with $_GET.
The example below shows the code in "test_get.php":
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo "Study " . $_GET['subject'] . " at " . $_GET['web'];
?>
</body>
</html>
FORM HANDLING
<html>
<body>
<form action="welcome.php" method="post">

Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
</form>
</body>
</html>
When the user fills out the form above and clicks the submit button, the form data is sent for
processing to a PHP file named "welcome.php". The form data is sent with the HTTP POST
method.
To display the submitted data you could simply echo all the variables. The "welcome.php"
looks like this:
<html>
< body>
Welcome <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?><br>

Your email address is: <?php echo $_POST["email"]; ?>
< /body>
< /html>
The same result could also be achieved using the HTTP GET method
GET vs. POST
Both GET and POST create an array (e.g. array( key => value, key2 => value2, key3 =>
value3, ...)). This array holds key/value pairs, where keys are the names of the form controls
and values are the input data from the user.
Both GET and POST are treated as $_GET and $_POST. These are superglobals, which
means that they are always accessible, regardless of scope - and you can access them from
any function, class or file without having to do anything special.
$_GET is an array of variables passed to the current script via the URL parameters.
$_POST is an array of variables passed to the current script via the HTTP POST method.
When to use GET?
Information sent from a form with the GET method is visible to everyone (all variable names
and values are displayed in the URL). GET also has limits on the amount of information to
send. The limitation is about 2000 characters. However, because the variables are displayed
in the URL, it is possible to bookmark the page. This can be useful in some cases.
GET may be used for sending non-sensitive data.
Note: GET should NEVER be used for sending passwords or other sensitive information!
When to use POST?
Information sent from a form with the POST method is invisible to others (all names/values
are embedded within the body of the HTTP request) and has no limits on the amount of
information to send.
Moreover POST supports advanced functionality such as support for multi-part binary input
while uploading files to server.
However, because the variables are not displayed in the URL, it is not possible to bookmark
the page.
Developers prefer POST for sending form data.
VALIDATION
Required Field Validation
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.error {color: #FF0000;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// define variables and set to empty values
$nameErr = $emailErr = $genderErr = $websiteErr = "";
$name = $email = $gender = $comment = $website = "";
if (empty($_POST["name"])) {
$nameErr = "Name is required";
} else {
$name = test_input($_POST["name"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["email"])) {
$emailErr = "Email is required";
} else {
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["website"])) {
$website = "";
} else {
$website = test_input($_POST["website"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["comment"])) {
$comment = "";
} else {
$comment = test_input($_POST["comment"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["gender"])) {
$genderErr = "Gender is required";
} else {
$gender = test_input($_POST["gender"]);
}
}
function test_input($data) {
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
?>
<h2>PHP Form Validation Example</h2>

<p><span class="error">* required field.</span></p>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo
htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
Name: <input type="text" name="name">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $nameErr;?></span>
<br><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $emailErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Website: <input type="text" name="website">
<span class="error"><?php echo $websiteErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Comment: <textarea name="comment" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea>
<br><br>
Gender:
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="female">Female
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="male">Male
<span class="error">* <?php echo $genderErr;?></span>
<br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<?php
echo "<h2>Your Input:</h2>";
echo $name;
echo "<br>";
echo $email;
echo "<br>";
echo $website;
echo "<br>";
echo $comment;
echo "<br>";
echo $gender;
?>
</body>
</html>
Validating Name, Mail id, Website & Required Field
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.error {color: #FF0000;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// define variables and set to empty values
$nameErr = $emailErr = $genderErr = $websiteErr = "";
$name = $email = $gender = $comment = $website = "";
if (empty($_POST["name"])) {
$nameErr = "Name is required";
} else {
$name = test_input($_POST["name"]);
// check if name only contains letters and whitespace
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$name)) {
$nameErr = "Only letters and white space allowed";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["email"])) {
$emailErr = "Email is required";
} else {
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
// check if e-mail address is well-formed
if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$emailErr = "Invalid email format";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["website"])) {
$website = "";
} else {
$website = test_input($_POST["website"]);
// check if URL address syntax is valid
if (!preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-
9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i",$website)) {
$websiteErr = "Invalid URL";
}
}
if (empty($_POST["comment"])) {
$comment = "";
} else {
$comment = test_input($_POST["comment"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["gender"])) {
$genderErr = "Gender is required";
} else {
$gender = test_input($_POST["gender"]);
}
}
function test_input($data) {
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
?>
<h2>PHP Form Validation Example</h2>

<p><span class="error">* required field.</span></p>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo
htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
Name: <input type="text" name="name">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $nameErr;?></span>
<br><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email">
<span class="error">* <?php echo $emailErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Website: <input type="text" name="website">
<span class="error"><?php echo $websiteErr;?></span>
<br><br>
Comment: <textarea name="comment" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea>
<br><br>
Gender:
<input type="radio" name="gender" <?php if (isset($gender) &&
$gender=="female") echo "checked";?> value="female">Female
<input type="radio" name="gender" <?php if (isset($gender) &&
$gender=="male") echo "checked";?> value="male">Male
<span class="error">* <?php echo $genderErr;?></span> <br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<?php
echo "<h2>Your Input:</h2>";
echo $name;
echo "<br>";
echo $email;
echo "<br>";
echo $website;
echo "<br>";
echo $comment;
echo "<br>";
echo $gender;
?>
</body>
</html>
DATE AND TIME
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo "Today is " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>";
// outputs Today is 2016/10/20
echo "Today is " . date("Y.m.d") . "<br>";
// outputs Today is 2016.10.20
echo "Today is " . date("Y-m-d") . "<br>";
// outputs Today is 2016-10-20
echo "Today is " . date("l"); // outputs Today is Thursday
© 2010-echo date("Y"); // outputs 2010-2016
echo "The time is " . date("h:i:sa");// outputs The time is 02:51:12am
date_default_timezone_set("America/New_York");
echo "The time is " . date("h:i:sa");
// outputs The time is 02:51:12am
$d=mktime(11, 14, 54, 8, 12, 2014);

echo "Created date is " . date("Y-m-d h:i:sa", $d);
// Created date is 2014-08-12 11:14:54am
$d=strtotime("10:30pm April 15 2014");

echo "Created date is " . date("Y-m-d h:i:sa", $d);
// Created date is 2014-04-15 10:30:00pm
$d=strtotime("tomorrow");
echo date("Y-m-d h:i:sa", $d) . "<br>";
// 2016-10-21 12:00:00am
$d=strtotime("next Saturday");
// 2016-10-22 12:00:00am
$d=strtotime("+3 Months");
// 2017-01-20 03:04:42am
$startdate = strtotime("Saturday");
$enddate = strtotime("+6 weeks", $startdate);
while ($startdate < $enddate) {

echo date("M d", $startdate) . "<br>";
$startdate = strtotime("+1 week", $startdate);
}
// Oct 22
Oct 29
Nov 05
Nov 12
Nov 19
Nov 26
$d1=strtotime("July 04");
$d2=ceil(($d1-time())/60/60/24);
echo "There are " . $d2 ." days until 4th of July.";
// There are -108 days until 4th of July.
?>
</body>
</html>
INCLUDE
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div class="menu">
<?php include 'menu.php';?>
</div>
<h1>Welcome to my home page!</h1>

<p>Some text.</p>
<p>Some more text.</p>
</body>
</html>
Output
Home - HTML Tutorial - CSS Tutorial - JavaScript Tutorial - PHP Tutorial
Welcome to my home page!
Some text.
Some more text.
PHP include vs. require
The require statement is also used to include a file into the PHP code.
However, there is one big difference between include and require; when a file is included
with the include statement and PHP cannot find it, the script will continue to execute
Use require when the file is required by the application.
Use include when the file is not required and application should continue when file is not
found.
FILE UPLOAD
Configure The "php.ini" File
First, ensure that PHP is configured to allow file uploads.
In your "php.ini" file, search for the file_uploads directive, and set it to On:
file_uploads = On
HTML File
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

Select image to upload:
<input type="file" name="fileToUpload" id="fileToUpload">
<input type="submit" value="Upload Image" name="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
Some rules to follow for the HTML form above:
Make sure that the form uses method="post"

The form also needs the following attribute: enctype="multipart/form-data". It
specifies which content-type to use when submitting the form
Without the requirements above, the file upload will not work.
Other things to notice:
The type="file" attribute of the <input> tag shows the input field as a file-select
control, with a "Browse" button next to the input control
The form above sends data to a file called "upload.php", which we will create next.
Upload.php
<?php
$target_dir = "uploads/";
$target_file = $target_dir . basename($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]);
$uploadOk = 1;
$imageFileType = pathinfo($target_file,PATHINFO_EXTENSION);
// Check if image file is a actual image or fake image
if(isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$check = getimagesize($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"]);
if($check !== false) {
echo "File is an image - " . $check["mime"] . ".";
$uploadOk = 1;
} else {
echo "File is not an image.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
}
// Check if file already exists
if (file_exists($target_file)) {
echo "Sorry, file already exists.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
// Check file size
if ($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["size"] > 500000) {
echo "Sorry, your file is too large.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
// Allow certain file formats
if($imageFileType != "jpg" && $imageFileType != "png" && $imageFileType !=
"jpeg"
&& $imageFileType != "gif" ) {
echo "Sorry, only JPG, JPEG, PNG & GIF files are allowed.";
$uploadOk = 0;
}
// Check if $uploadOk is set to 0 by an error
if ($uploadOk == 0) {
echo "Sorry, your file was not uploaded.";
// if everything is ok, try to upload file
} else {
if (move_uploaded_file($_FILES["fileToUpload"]["tmp_name"],
$target_file)) {
echo "The file ". basename( $_FILES["fileToUpload"]["name"]). "
has been uploaded.";
} else {
echo "Sorry, there was an error uploading your file.";
}
}
?>
PHP script explained:
$target_dir = "uploads/" - specifies the directory where the file is going to be placed
$target_file specifies the path of the file to be uploaded
$uploadOk=1 is not used yet (will be used later)
$imageFileType holds the file extension of the file
Next, check if the image file is an actual image or a fake image
Note: You will need to create a new directory called "uploads" in the directory where
"upload.php" file resides. The uploaded files will be saved there.
COOKIE
<?php
$cookie_name = "user";
$cookie_value = "John Doe";
setcookie($cookie_name, $cookie_value, time() + (86400 * 30), "/"); //
86400 = 1 day
?>
<html>
<body>
<?php
if(!isset($_COOKIE[$cookie_name])) {
echo "Cookie named '" . $cookie_name . "' is not set!";
} else {
echo "Cookie '" . $cookie_name . "' is set!<br>";
echo "Value is: " . $_COOKIE[$cookie_name];
}
?>
</body>
</html>
SESSION
<?php
// Start the session
session_start();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
// Set session variables
$_SESSION["favcolor"] = "green";
$_SESSION["favanimal"] = "cat";
echo "Session variables are set.";
?>
</body>
</html>
Another Method
<?php
session_start();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
print_r($_SESSION);
?>
</body>
</html>
Modify Session
<?php
session_start();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
// to change a session variable, just overwrite it
$_SESSION["favcolor"] = "yellow";
print_r($_SESSION);
?>
</body>
</html>
Destroy Session
<?php
session_start();
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
// remove all session variables
session_unset();
// destroy the session

session_destroy();
?>
</body>
</html>
MYSQL
Insert date in format yyyy-mm-dd
auto_increment used for autoincrement
CONNECTING PHP TO MYSQL
MySQLi Object-Oriented
<?php
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
echo "Connected successfully";
?>
Note: on the object-oriented example above: $connect_error was broken until PHP 5.2.9 and
5.3.0. If you need to ensure compatibility with PHP versions prior to 5.2.9 and 5.3.0, use the
following code instead:
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_error()) {
die("Database connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
MySQLi Procedural
<?php
$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password);
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
die("Connection failed: " . mysqli_connect_error());
}
?>
PDO
<?php
try {
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=myDB", $username, $password);
// set the PDO error mode to exception
$conn->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
}
catch(PDOException $e)
{
echo "Connection failed: " . $e->getMessage();
}
?>
CLOSE THE CONNECTION
The connection will be closed automatically when the script ends. To close the connection
before, use the following:
MySQLi Object-Oriented
$conn->close();
MySQLi Procedural
mysqli_close($conn);
PDO
$conn = null;
INSERTING MULTIPLE RECORDS
<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
}
$sql = "INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email)

VALUES ('John', 'Doe', 'john@example.com');";
$sql .= "INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email)
VALUES ('Mary', 'Moe', 'mary@example.com');";
$sql .= "INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email)
VALUES ('Julie', 'Dooley', 'julie@example.com')";
if ($conn->multi_query($sql) === TRUE) {

echo "New records created successfully";
} else {
echo "Error: " . $sql . "<br>" . $conn->error;
}
$conn->close();
?>
PREPARED STATEMENTS
Prepared statements are very useful against SQL injections.
<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
// Check connection
}
// prepare and bind

$stmt = $conn->prepare("INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email) VALUES (?, ?,
?)");
$stmt->bind_param("sss", $firstname, $lastname, $email);
// set parameters and execute

$firstname = "John";
$lastname = "Doe";
$email = "john@example.com";
$stmt->execute();
$firstname = "Mary";
$lastname = "Moe";
$email = "mary@example.com";
$stmt->execute();
$firstname = "Julie";
$lastname = "Dooley";
$email = "julie@example.com";
$stmt->execute();
$stmt->close();
$conn->close();
?>
PDO with Prepared Statements

<?php
$dbname = "myDBPDO";
try {
$conn = new PDO("mysql:host=$servername;dbname=$dbname", $username, $password);
// prepare sql and bind parameters

$stmt = $conn->prepare("INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email)
VALUES (:firstname, :lastname, :email)");
$stmt->bindParam(':firstname', $firstname);
$stmt->bindParam(':lastname', $lastname);
$stmt->bindParam(':email', $email);
// insert a row
$firstname = "John";
$lastname = "Doe";
$email = "john@example.com";
$stmt->execute();
// insert another row

$firstname = "Mary";
$lastname = "Moe";
$email = "mary@example.com";
$stmt->execute();
// insert another row

$firstname = "Julie";
$lastname = "Dooley";
$email = "julie@example.com";
$stmt->execute();

}
{
echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
}
$conn = null;
?>
SELECT DATA FROM MYSQL
MySQLi Object-oriented
<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
// Check connection
}
$sql = "SELECT id, firstname, lastname FROM MyGuests";
$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
// output data of each row
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "id: " . $row["id"]. " - Name: " . $row["firstname"]. " " . $row["lastname"]. "<br>";
}
} else {
echo "0 results";
}
$conn->close();
?>
MySQLi Procedural
<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
}

$result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
if (mysqli_num_rows($result) > 0) {
while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
echo "id: " . $row["id"]. " - Name: " . $row["firstname"]. " " . $row["lastname"]. "<br>";
}
} else {
echo "0 results";
}
?>
MySQLi Object-oriented
<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
// Check connection
}

$result = $conn->query($sql);
if ($result->num_rows > 0) {
echo "<table><tr><th>ID</th><th>Name</th></tr>";
while($row = $result->fetch_assoc()) {
echo "<tr><td>".$row["id"]."</td><td>".$row["firstname"]."
".$row["lastname"]."</td></tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
} else {
echo "0 results";
}
$conn->close();
?>
Example (PDO)
<?php
echo "<table style='border: solid 1px black;'>";
echo "<tr><th>Id</th><th>Firstname</th><th>Lastname</th></tr>";
class TableRows extends RecursiveIteratorIterator {

function __construct($it) {
parent::__construct($it, self::LEAVES_ONLY);
}
function current() {
return "<td style='width:150px;border:1px solid black;'>" . parent::current(). "</td>";
}
function beginChildren() {
echo "<tr>";
}
function endChildren() {
echo "</tr>" . "\n";
}
}
try {
$stmt = $conn->prepare("SELECT id, firstname, lastname FROM MyGuests");
$stmt->execute();
// set the resulting array to associative

$result = $stmt->setFetchMode(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
foreach(new TableRows(new RecursiveArrayIterator($stmt->fetchAll())) as $k=>$v) {
echo $v;
}
}
catch(PDOException $e) {
echo "Error: " . $e->getMessage();
}
$conn = null;
echo "</table>";
?>
DELETE FROM TABLE
Example (MySQLi Object-oriented)

<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
// Check connection
}
// sql to delete a record

$sql = "DELETE FROM MyGuests WHERE id=3";
if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {

echo "Record deleted successfully";
} else {
echo "Error deleting record: " . $conn->error;
}
$conn->close();
?>
Example (MySQLi Procedural)

<?php
$dbname = "myDB";
$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if (!$conn) {
}

if (mysqli_query($conn, $sql)) {
} else {
echo "Error deleting record: " . mysqli_error($conn);
}
?>
Example (PDO)
<?php
try {

// use exec() because no results are returned

$conn->exec($sql);
}
{
echo $sql . "<br>" . $e->getMessage();
}
$conn = null;
?>

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XAMP supports Unix, Linux, Windows

WAMP only for Windows

W icon change to Orange instead of Green

Php script should be enclosed within

Statements are not case sensitive

Difference between echo and print

// show object properties

Tip: If a variable is created without a value, it is automatically assigned a value of NULL.

Variables can also be emptied by setting the value to NULL:

Implode() & Join() Function Join array elements with a string

Hello World! Beautiful Day!

Without ltrim: Hello World!

Parse a query string into variables:

Array ( [name] => Peter [age] => 43 )

Array ( [0] => Hel [1] => lo )

strcmp() Function case sensitive

This function returns:

0 - if the two strings are equal

<0 - if string1 is less than string2

>0 - if string1 is greater than string2

.= concatenation assignments ($txt1.=$txt2 appends $txt2 to $txt1)

foreach ($colors as $value) {

echo "5 + 10 = " . sum(5, 10) . "<br>";

There are three types of arrays:

Indexed arrays - Arrays with a numeric index

$cars = array("Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota");

Loop through indexed array

for($x = 0; $x < $arrlength; $x++) {

$age = array("Peter"=>"35", "Ben"=>"37", "Joe"=>"43");

Loop through associative array

foreach($age as $x => $x_value) {

Name Stock Sold

Volvo: In stock: 22, sold: 18.

Using loop print values

Sort Functions For Arrays

sort() - sort arrays in ascending order

PHP GLOBAL VARIABLES - SUPERGLOBALS

The PHP superglobal variables are:

$_GET can also collect data sent in the URL.

Assume we have an HTML page that contains a hyperlink with parameters:

< a href="test_get.php?subject=PHP&web=W3schools.com">Test $GET</a>

The example below shows the code in "test_get.php":

<form action="welcome.php" method="post">

Welcome <?php echo $_POST["name"]; ?><br>

GET vs. POST

GET may be used for sending non-sensitive data.

When to use POST?

Developers prefer POST for sending form data.

Required Field Validation

<h2>PHP Form Validation Example</h2>

<h2>PHP Form Validation Example</h2>

DATE AND TIME

$d=mktime(11, 14, 54, 8, 12, 2014);

$d=strtotime("10:30pm April 15 2014");

while ($startdate < $enddate) {

// There are -108 days until 4th of July.

<h1>Welcome to my home page!</h1>

Home - HTML Tutorial - CSS Tutorial - JavaScript Tutorial - PHP Tutorial

Welcome to my home page!

Some more text.

PHP include vs. require

Use require when the file is required by the application.

Configure The "php.ini" File

First, ensure that PHP is configured to allow file uploads.

<form action="upload.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

Some rules to follow for the HTML form above:

Make sure that the form uses method="post"

Other things to notice:

PHP script explained:

// destroy the session

Insert date in format yyyy-mm-dd

auto_increment used for autoincrement

CONNECTING PHP TO MYSQL

CLOSE THE CONNECTION

$sql = "INSERT INTO MyGuests (firstname, lastname, email)

if ($conn->multi_query($sql) === TRUE) {