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PHP FUNCTIONS, ARRAYS AND STRINGS

Objectives:

At the end of the module the student is expected to:

1. Understand the use of functions in PHP.
2. Create functions in PHP with
3. Arguments
4. Returning Values
5. Create functions that displays data
6. Use include command in integrating user defined functions
7. Define array
8. Identity the use of array in PHP
9. Create PHP code incorporating array
10. Know how to use regular expression in PHP codes
11. Know how to find text in a file using PHP codes.

PHP FUNCTIONS

PHP User Defined Functions

Besides the built-in PHP functions, we can create our own functions.A
function is a block of statements that can be used repeatedly in a program.A
function will not execute immediately when a page loads.A function will be
executed by a call to the function.

Create a User Defined Function in PHP

A user defined function declaration starts with the word "function":
Syntax:
function functionName() {
code to be executed;
}
Note: A function name can start with a letter or underscore (not a number).
Tip: Give the function a name that reflects what the function does!
Function names are NOT case-sensitive.

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 In the example below, we create a function named "writeMsg()". The
opening curly brace ( { ) indicates the beginning of the function code and the
closing curly brace ( } ) indicates the end of the function. The function outputs
"Hello world!". To call the function, just write its name:

<?php

function writeMsg() {
echo "Hello world!";
}

writeMsg(); // call the function

?>

PHP Function Arguments

Information can be passed to functions through arguments. An
argument is just like a variable.Arguments are specified after the function
name, inside the parentheses. You can add as many arguments as you want,
just separate them with a comma.The following example has a function with
one argument ($fname). When the familyName() function is called, we also
pass along a name (e.g. Jani), and the name is used inside the function, which
outputs several different first names, but an equal last name:
<?php
function familyName($fname) {
echo "$fname Cruz.<br>";
}
familyName("Juan");
familyName("Criz");
familyName("Pedro");
familyName("Jolina");
familyName("Aiza");
?>

PHP Default Argument Value

The following example shows how to use a default parameter. If we call the
function setHeight() without arguments it takes the default value as
argument:
<?php
function setHeight($minheight = 33) {
echo "The height is : $minheight <br>";
}
setHeight(12);
setHeight(); // will use the default value of 33
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setHeight(88);
setHeight(45);
?>
PHP Functions - Returning values
To let a function, return a value, use the return statement:
<?php
function sum($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);
?>

Simple function

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Using Includes

The include (or require) statement takes all the text/code/markup

that exists in the specified file and copies it into the file that uses the include
statement.

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PHP Arrays

An array stores multiple values in one single variable:

<?php
$cars = array("Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota");
echo "I like " . $cars[0] . ", " . $cars[1] . " and " . $cars[2] . ".";
?>

Output: I like Volvo, BMW and Toyota.

An array is a special variable, which can hold more than one value at a time.
If you have a list of items (a list of car names, for example), storing the cars in
single variables could look like this:
$cars1 = "Volvo";
$cars2 = "BMW";
$cars3 = "Toyota";

Create an Array in PHP

In PHP, the array() function is used to create an array: array();
In PHP, 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
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PHP Indexed Arrays

There are two ways to create indexed arrays. The index can be assigned
automatically (index always starts at 0), like this:
$cars = array("Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota");
or the index can be assigned manually:
$cars[0] = "Volvo";
$cars[1] = "BMW";
$cars[2] = "Toyota";
The count() function is used to return the length (the number of
elements) of an array:
<?php
$cars = array("Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota");
echo count($cars);
?>
Output: 3

Loop Through an Indexed Array

To loop through and print all the values of an indexed array, you could
use a for loop, like this:

<?php
$cars = array("Volvo", "BMW", "Toyota");
$arrlength = count($cars);

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

echo $cars[$x];
echo "<br>";
}
?>
Output: Volvo
BMW
Toyota

PHP Associative Arrays

Associative arrays are arrays that use named keys that you assign to
them. There are two ways to create an associative array:
$age = array("Peter"=>"35", "Ben"=>"37", "Joe"=>"43");
or:

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$age['Ben'] = "37";
$age['Joe'] = "43";

The named keys can then be used in a script:

<?php
$age = array("Peter"=>"35", "Ben"=>"37", "Joe"=>"43");
echo "Peter is " . $age['Peter'] . " years old.";
?>

Output:
Peter is 35 years old.

Loop Through an Associative Array

To loop through and print all the values of an associative array, you
could use a foreach loop, like this:
<?php
$age = array("Peter"=>"35", "Ben"=>"37", "Joe"=>"43");

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

echo "Key=" . $x . ", Value=" . $x_value;
echo "<br>";
}
?>

Output:
Key=Peter, Value=35
Key=Ben, Value=37
Key=Joe, Value=43
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Arrays

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Sorting Arrays

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Loading array from a file

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Finding Text

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Using Regular Expression

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References
Murach, J. (2014) Murach’s PHP and MYSQL (2 nd Edition)

Yank, K, PHP and MYSQL: Novice to Ninja

WEBSITE
http://php.net/

http://www.w3schools.com/php/

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/php/

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