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Start learning PHP — Useful resources for beginners and advanced
Start learning PHP — Useful resources for beginners and advanced!
If you're wondering where to start from learning the PHP language or needing some more knowledge to deep dive into the language, you ...
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Best approach for handling large file uploads and ZIP generation in Laravel?
I’m building a Laravel 12 folder organizer where users may upload large folders (many files / large sizes), and I categorize files by extension and generate a ZIP for download.
Current approach:
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Partial.ly API adding application_fee to Stripe PaymentIntent when using direct API Key (not OAuth)
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I am building a custom WooCommerce plugin that integrates with the Partial.ly
API to create installment payment plans. I am following the official Partial.ly
documentation for creating a ...
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How to include a quantity per line in the export
I have a WordPress site with WooCommerce, and I use the Advanced Order Export for WooCommerce plugin to export the data.
The form I use is from WooCommerce. When someone signs up for a club, they have ...
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PHP login page protected by CSRF tokens and Google crawler
My app is built using Laravel 13, Filament PHP with Vue.
I would like to add Google adsense on some web pages that are restricted for authorised users. The fact is that these pages have no public ...
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How to capture the payment of an order using paypal checkout API on Laravel? Getting 400 Bad Request response
I'm integrating the PayPal API using its endpoint via Laravel Http requests. I've already done the Create Order function and it works:
public function RequestAjaxPayment(Request $req)
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Why does my website randomly show a server error?
I am working on a travel booking website. It is working fine most of the time, but sometimes it suddenly shows a “We had a server error” message without any clear pattern.
This issue is not constant, ...
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I just tried to reach your website and the error displayed in full was: Gateway Timeout Server error - server 164.52.200.116 is unreachable at this moment. There was also the issue that it doesn't ...
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I would like to get some advice on this sql connenction with php. We use this in our school. Can you guys help if there is a better way to do it?
So this is the connection file. This is what we are using but my classmate said its not the best and not the safest but i want to use the structure of it.
<?php
function getData($muvelet, $...
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Ideally we would be able to mark these new question types as duplicates, the same ways as standard questions, for cases like this where it's basically identical - everything that can be debated about ...
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Which services are typically required to scale a LAMP stack for high-traffic production environments?
I am designing a LAMP-based application (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) expected to handle increasing concurrent traffic (e.g., thousands of requests per minute).
From research and feedback, it seems that ...
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I first make sure my database is normalized and has the obvious indexes for single columns which I know are essential. I am conservative here. Indexes can take up a lot of resources and bad indexing ...
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New web trends for a dental system
I'm currently developing a website for a dental clinic where users can schedule and track their appointments, and the doctor will maintain all records online. The entire project is being built using ...
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Well, the backend has no impact unless it's slow, inefficient and full of bugs, or doesn't send emails or notifications properly of course....all that stuff is part of user experience - that's why UX ...
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PHP cURL returning empty response when fetching order status (Instagram followers)
I am building a custom client dashboard to track social media growth metrics. We are using fameviso.com to manage some of our campaigns, specifically for Instagram followers, and I want to pull the ...
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As an aside, that site's strapline "BUY REAL FOLLOWERS" seems like a total oxymoron. No wonder social media is such a pile of BS.
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How can I prevent SQL injection in PHP?
If user input is inserted without modification into an SQL query, then the application becomes vulnerable to SQL injection, like in the following example:
$unsafe_variable = $_POST['user_input'];
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Reference Guide: What does this symbol mean in PHP? (PHP Syntax)
What is this?
This is a collection of questions that come up now and then about syntax in PHP. This is also a Community Wiki, so everyone is invited to participate in maintaining this list.
This ...
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How do I check if a string contains a specific word?
Consider:
$a = 'How are you?';
if ($a contains 'are')
echo 'true';
Suppose I have the code above, what is the correct way to write the statement if ($a contains 'are')?
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How do I get a YouTube video thumbnail from the YouTube API?
If I have a YouTube video URL, is there any way to use PHP and cURL to get the associated thumbnail from the YouTube API?
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Deleting an element from an array in PHP
Is there an easy way to delete an element from an array using PHP, such that foreach ($array) no longer includes that element?
I thought that setting it to null would do it, but apparently it does ...
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Quick guide to Laravel package development
Contents
Introduction
Types of packages
Characteristics of a package
The Laravel package!
Components of a Laravel package
Example of a Laravel package
Creating your Laravel package
1- Package ...
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Properly removing API from Laravel project
Sometimes a development team may decide to remove all API functionality from a Laravel project for various reasons, such as:
No longer needing any API, and shifting focus to web application with ...
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How to trim (or non-breaking space) in PHP?
The main problem is the way trim() function works.
One cannot reliably trim a substring using this function, because it takes its second argument as a collection of characters, each of which would be ...
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Evolution of Type Declarations in PHP
Introduction:
PHP, being a dynamically typed language, traditionally allowed flexibility in variable types, providing both advantages and challenges in code maintenance and robustness. However, with ...
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Start learning PHP — Useful resources for beginners and advanced
Start learning PHP — Useful resources for beginners and advanced!
If you're wondering where to start from learning the PHP language or needing some more knowledge to deep dive into the language, you ...
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