Questions tagged [php]
PHP is a widely-used, general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development.
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Condition not correct? [closed]
I am using Joomla 5. In Joomla you can create articles and also show a summary of an article on a category page.
For SEO reasons I want to use an alternative title sometimes on the category page. I ...
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PHP implementing Dependency Injection
I'm trying to implement Dependency Injection in one of my projects. It's a project that when I started I didn't had much experience with sotware development, but now I feel like it's time to do a bit ...
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Laravel seed optimize
This is my laravel seed for two table. I need an efficient and optimized way for this seeder. How can i make it efficient and standard. Give me some tips.
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Querying for vendors and categories
I'm looking for pointers on the best way to optimize my code below. The query is designed to pull for a vendor database in a separate SQL server table that I built a connection to in my wordpress site....
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Algorithm to create optimized regex alternations
This code creates optimized regex alternations from an input array using a trie:
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PHP CSV Parser: Separation of concerns and SOLID principles
I implemented a CSV Parser with Separation of concerns and SOLID principles in mind.
Does that code match the principles?
Here a sample data (CSV):
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Force free shipping for WooCommerce Subscription recurring orders only
I'm using WooCommerce Subscriptions and here's what I want to do:
Use free shipping for all recurring orders even if the minimum isn’t met.
Get rid of any other free shipping choices (like free ...
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WordPress Plugin for WebP/AVIF Image Conversion
I'm looking for feedback on a WordPress plugin I developed for automatically converting images to WebP and AVIF formats. The goal is to optimize image loading performance.
The plugin has the following ...
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Four functions to measure and compare months of duration from one or two dates
I decided to write a few related examples of code, and honestly I don't know if I am overthinking, or just trying to find what is that right way to write functions and how to use them, so that ...
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PHP login codes suggestions
Now i have a fully functional PHP codes for login and registeration i was wondering if anyone could offer improvements to the code
The code:
Config.php:
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Follow up to Validation Script in PHP
So I've implemented the suggestions in Original question
And now my code looks like this:
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PHP Validation script
The code below is modified slightly from the code in this previous post.
I believe the code below could be improved and more secured but i don't know how so someone please show me how an improved ...
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Parsing gateway ip from `/proc/net/route` in a docker container
In try to replicate the outcome of the following command sequence using php:
netstat -rn | grep "^0.0.0.0 " | cut -d " " -f10
I did this using ...
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SQL & PHP login method
My code is working however it seems to be using old outdated php version so less secure and I'm still new to programming so I'd be more than thankful if someone shows me how an improved updated and ...
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Validating an input in a chatbot
Is this a good approach for validating user input in a chatbot? I am writing an autoposter telegram bot in PHP using the php-telegram-bot library (by Longman). I have a Task class that stores ...
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Best Practices for PHP PDO Pagination with Search Functionality
I'm working on implementing a pagination system with search functionality using PHP and PDO. The code I've written seems to work, but I want to ensure that I'm following best practices and avoiding ...
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Count unique visitor using IP address and make sure that 24 hours has passed before incrementing the counter
I've created a unique page counter using a PHP script. Pages could be videos, images, publications, etc.
Every time a new user views a page, I record the entry and increment the view counter.
I cannot ...
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Implentation of Data Access Object Pattern
I'm tried to implement the Data Access Object Pattern. I have a base abstract class that is then extended for a specific table. I tried following some guides, but couldn't find a lot of info on this ...
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List of URLs to "convert" to other URLs
I have certain URLs which I want to convert to another, for example,
anything that starts with /some/url/:
/some/url/a/b/, ...
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How can I make my image upload more secure?
I gathered a lot of information in order to try to make my code as secure as possible, and I would like to know what I can do to improve more its security. (Sorry for my english if it's bad)
What did ...
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Is overloading a database object a bad practice?
I created the below class as a convenient way to create instances of PDO that I then inject into the classes that need access to my database. Instead of doing ...
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Woocommerce send unique pdf
I have developed a code to send tickets (PDF files) of a specific product in the order confirmation. I place the PDFs in a folder (i.e. Tickets) on the server after the purchase is completed. The code ...
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jQuery + PHP Form Submit and Refresh
Code below successfully processes and submits data to database. Is there anything else that needs to be included / considered?
PHP (note-process.php):
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PHP MySQLi Wrapper Class For API
I've never had my code reviewed before, so I am taking this opportunity to see what can be improved with my coding style. I am still somewhat "new" to PHP, in the sense that I'm an old dog ...
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Boolean Value Object
Purpose:
I want to accept the value of a checkbox or database field and make a Value Object out of it. The input could be any of y, Y, n, N, Yes, No, yes, no, 1, 0, true, false, or NULL.
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PHP Class to render HTML div styled tables v2 [reviewed by me]
After my previous question I made several changes and came up with this. Remember: I wrote this for PHP 7.0.33. I'm aware I should upgrade, save the advice :)
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PHP pagination function
After reviewing my previous question I came up with this pagination function. On my first approach I wrote a class thinking about IDE's code assist and the review wasn't positive. In this function I ...
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PHP Class to render HTML div styled tables v1
This class aims to render an HTML compliant div styled table. I added a help() method that provides usage and styling in a more user-friendly way. Besides the ...
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php tmpdir() alternative to tmpfile()
tmpfile() creates a temporary file which is automatically deleted when php exit. I wanted the same for directories, came up with:
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HTML form Class
After my previous question I revised the code to the code below. I am using PHP 7.0.33 and tried to accomplish PSR-12 as much as I could. In "condensed usage" in the docblock you can find a ...
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Use API data to ensure current product prices in database data then sort by price
Because I've waited until now to bother learning the magical JSON functions that modern MYSQL affords, I wonder if my code is optimally written and if there are cautions/limitations to be aware of.
My ...
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PHP HTML form Class - so far so good?
I am writing this class to render HTML forms. It is working as expected, so far. There are many things to be done yet (including testing). Is it ok to keep this way?
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Recursive function for creating a cookies string
I've created the following function that creates a cookie string for passing to cURL. It can take a nested array or object of key-value pairs. It can either create nested cookie values as JSON, or ...
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Is there any sugestions how to make this script faster if its possible?
I wrote a script that uses an uploaded excel file to import data to the database. It checks for the image first if it can be downloaded without any error then insert the rest of the data. With ten or ...
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PHP Pagination class (Clase para paginar resultados)
This is my first question in Code Review. I apologize in advance for using Spanish (my native language). I thought there was a spanish version of Code Review.
This class is meant for pagination. It ...
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Creating multiple conditions in objects preventing nesting
My class is a factory-method that allows to instantiate it only when the parameter $type (string) is "regular or premium" and when parameter $months (integer) is lower than 6.
If $months is ...
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php flock with timeout (for LOCK_SH / LOCK_EX )
i want a flock with timeout, unfortunately i haven't found a good way to implement it (like a signaled timeout on an actual blocking request?), so i'm just trying and sleeping until success or timeout,...
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Calculate cost of standard or express delivery
I've got the following code, which calculates net delivery cost to 4 decimal places. Delivery can be either standard or express shipping. It is intended to return a string in 4 decimal places of the ...
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GPG class for AJAX calls
I want to know if this GPG class in PHP is up to snuff as a professional-level class. I did my best to include everything and make it easy to use. I'm calling the object by invoke(). If anyone can ...
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Update specific model attributes from a request
Background
This is for an API and I'd like to use this Upsert action to take data from a request and only update the requested fields. I.e. These are partial updates and I will not update every field ...
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PHP Fisher-Yates shuffle with random_int
The PHP manual states that the regular shuffle() function isn't cryptographically secure, but that random_int() is. I thought, ...
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Github API based backend using Laravel
I just created a Github API based backend, this api retrieves and stores information from the github users api
app/Http/Controllers/GitController.php ,I am using Requests, Actions and services
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Three way Eloquent relationship definition and saving in Laravel
I'm building a Laravel app (with Vue3 and InertiaJS), and I'm attempting to create relationships between three models:
User
Area
WorkHours
where WorkHours is the ...
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Laravel Event Filtering Controller
So I am currently writing a function in laravel that handles URL parameter filters.
How the code works: So we have the following two URL parameters:
timeframe and <...
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Laravel Eager Loading tickets from DB
So I have the following relationship in my Model:
Events Model:
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Sorting an array by given hierarchy
I have a known hierarchy of the organization units, by descending order:
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Select product variations using buttons/swatches instead of a dropdown
In WooCommerce, by default interface, selecting product variations is possible through a dropdown. But, I am developing a site where I wanted buttons/swatches instead of the dropdown.
I achieved that ...
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Theme picker for Laravel 8 blogging application
I am working on a blogging application in Laravel 8.
The application supports themes. In a nutshell, theme support works like this:
In the views directory, I have ...
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Multi step form onboarding with sessions and cookies using PHP
My goal is to create a really seamless multi step form for onboarding with only PHP. It stores in sessions and cookies, and retrieves the session data from the cookie if it is stored.
This is what I ...
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