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PHP Programming

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Contents Pages

Chapter One .............................................................................................................................. 4

Static vs. Dynamic Websites............................................................................................................... 4
A Static Website ............................................................................................................................................ 4
A Dynamic Website ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Open Source Technologies ............................................................................................................................ 4
What is PHP? ................................................................................................................................................. 5
PHP Features ............................................................................................................................................. 5
Install PHP ................................................................................................................................................. 6
What is MYSQL? .......................................................................................................................................... 6
What is: Apache ............................................................................................................................................. 7
What is a Web Server? ................................................................................................................................... 7

Chapter Two .............................................................................................................................. 8

PHP Fundamentals .............................................................................................................................. 8
PHP Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 8
History of PHP ............................................................................................................................................... 8
Why PHP? ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
PHP Basic .................................................................................................................................................... 10
PHP Variables ......................................................................................................................................... 11
PHP Constants ......................................................................................................................................... 12
PHP Data Types ...................................................................................................................................... 13
PHP Operators ......................................................................................................................................... 14
PHP Comments ....................................................................................................................................... 15
PHP Control Statement ............................................................................................................................ 16
PHP Functions ......................................................................................................................................... 26
PHP Arrays .............................................................................................................................................. 32
PHP Strings ............................................................................................................................................. 41

Chapter Three ......................................................................................................................... 46

PHP Math Functions ................................................................................................................................ 49
PHP Form Handling ..................................................................................................................................... 50
PHP Get Form.............................................................................................................................................. 50
PHP Post Form............................................................................................................................................. 50
PHP Include File .......................................................................................................................................... 52

PHP State Management .................................................................................................................... 53

PHP Cookie.................................................................................................................................................. 53
PHP Session ................................................................................................................................................. 55
PHP File Handling ....................................................................................................................................... 57
PHP File Upload and Download .................................................................................................................. 65
PHP Mail Reference .................................................................................................................................... 68
PHP MySQLi Database Connection ............................................................................................................ 70

Chapter Four ........................................................................................................................... 77

Object Oriented Concepts .............................................................................................................. 77
Defining PHP Classes .................................................................................................................................. 78
Creating Objects in PHP .............................................................................................................................. 79
Calling Member Functions .......................................................................................................................... 79
Constructor Functions .................................................................................................................................. 80
Destructor .................................................................................................................................................... 81

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Inheritance ................................................................................................................................................... 81
Function Overriding ..................................................................................................................................... 82
Public Members ....................................................................................................................................... 82
Private members ...................................................................................................................................... 82
Protected members .................................................................................................................................. 83
Interfaces ...................................................................................................................................................... 84
Constants...................................................................................................................................................... 84
Abstract Classes ........................................................................................................................................... 84
Static Keyword ........................................................................................................................................ 85
Final Keyword ......................................................................................................................................... 85
Calling parent constructors ...................................................................................................................... 86

Glossary ................................................................................................................................... 88
PHP 5 MySQLi Functions ................................................................................................................ 88
PHP Date and Time Functions .......................................................................................................... 91
PHP Calendar Functions ................................................................................................................... 93

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Chapter One
Static vs. Dynamic Websites
Websites that only use HTML and CSS are called static websites, and websites with scripting are
called dynamic websites. When thinking about making your website, it’s important to identify which
type of site you want. To help you decide, here’s an explanation on static vs. dynamic websites.

A Static Website
A static website is the simplest kind of website you can build. Static websites are written in HTML
and CSS only, with no scripting. The only form of interactivity on a static website is hyperlinks.

If you intend your website to be a small one (3 pages or less), then a static website might be
the easiest way to go. But if you want to share elements between pages (such as logos or
menus), you’ll have to duplicate the HTML on each page.

Static websites are easier to make than dynamic websites, because they require less coding
and technical knowledge. However, fully static websites are very uncommon these days,
since there is so much that scripting can do.

A Dynamic Website

A dynamic website is a website that not only uses HTML and CSS, but includes website
scripting as well. There are two main reasons why you’d want to use website scripting on
your site:

1. you want an interactive web app that people can use, not just read
2. You want to be able to share HTML code between your pages.

Open Source Technologies

In general, open source refers to any program whose source code is made available for use or
modification as users or other developers see fit. Open source software is usually developed
as a public collaboration and made freely available. Open Source is a certification mark
owned by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). Developers of software that is intended to be
freely shared and possibly improved and redistributed by others can use the Open Source
trademark if their distribution terms conform to the OSI's Open Source Definition. To
summarize, the Definition model of distribution terms require that:

 The software being distributed must be redistributed to anyone else without any
restriction.
 The source code must be made available (so that the receiving party will be able to
improve or modify it).
 The license can require improved versions of the software to carry a different name or
version from the original software.

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What is PHP?

PHP is a server-side scripting language designed primarily for web development but is also
used as a general-purpose programming language. Originally created by Rasmus Lerdorf in
1994, the PHP reference implementation is now produced by The PHP Development Team.
PHP is an open source, interpreted and object-oriented scripting language i.e. executed at
server side. It is used to develop web applications (an application i.e. executed at server side
and generates dynamic page).
Short........!

o PHP is a server side scripting language.

o PHP is an interpreted language, i.e. there is no need for compilation.
o PHP is an object-oriented language.
o PHP is an open-source scripting language.
o PHP is simple and easy to learn language.

PHP Features

There are given many features of PHP.

o Performance: Script written in PHP executes much faster then those scripts written in
other languages such as JSP & ASP.
o Open Source Software: PHP source code is free available on the web, you can
developed all the version of PHP according to your requirement without paying any
cost.
o Platform Independent: PHP are available for WINDOWS, MAC, LINUX & UNIX
operating system. A PHP application developed in one OS can be easily executed in
other OS also.
o Compatibility: PHP is compatible with almost all local servers used today like
Apache, IIS etc.
o Embedded: PHP code can be easily embedded within HTML tags and script.

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Install PHP

To install PHP, suggest you to install AMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP) software stack. It is available for all
operating systems. There are many AMP options available in the market that are given below:

o WAMP for Windows

o LAMP for Linux

o MAMP for Mac

o SAMP for Solaris

o FAMP for FreeBSD

o XAMPP (Cross, Apache, MySQL, PHP, Perl) for Cross Platform: It includes some other components
too such as FileZilla, OpenSSL, Webalizer, Mercury Mail etc.

What is MYSQL?

MySQL is a freely available open source Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) that
uses Structured Query Language (SQL).

SQL is the most popular language for adding, accessing and managing content in a database. It is
most noted for its quick processing, proven reliability, ease and flexibility of use. MySQL is an
essential part of almost every open source PHP application. Good examples for PHP/MySQL-based
scripts are phpBB, osCommerce and Joomla.

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What is: Apache

Apache is the most widely used web server software. Developed and maintained by Apache Software
Foundation, Apache is an open source software available for free. It runs on 67% of all web servers in
the world. It is fast, reliable, and secure. It can be highly customized to meet the needs of many
different environments by using extensions and modules. Most WordPress hosting providers use
Apache as their web server software. However, WordPress can run on other web server software as
well.

What is a Web Server?

Wondering what the heck is a web server? Well a web server is like a restaurant host. When you
arrive in a restaurant, the host greets you, checks your booking information and takes you to your
table. Similar to the restaurant host, the web server checks for the web page you have requested and
fetch it for your viewing pleasure. However, A web server is not just your host but also your server.
Once it has found the web page you requested, it also serves you the web page. A web server like
Apache, is also the Maitre D’ of the restaurant. It handles your communications with the website (the
kitchen), handles your requests, and makes sure that other staffs (modules) are ready to serve you. It is
also the bus boy, as it cleans the tables (memory, cache, modules) and clears them for new customers.

So basically a web server is the software that receives your request to access a web page. It runs a few
security checks on your HTTP request and takes you to the web page. Depending on the page you
have requested, the page may ask the server to run a few extra modules while generating the
document to serve you. It then serves you the document you requested. Pretty awesome isn’t it?

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Chapter Two
PHP Fundamentals
PHP Introduction
PHP Three letters that together constitutes the name of one of the world’s most popular programming
languages for Web development, the PHP Hypertext Pre-processor.
While you might chuckle at the greenness of the recursive acronym, statistics indicate that PHP is not
be taken lightly: the language is today in use on over twenty million Web sites and more than a third
of the world’s Web servers-no small feat, especially when you consider that the language has been
developed entirely by a worldwide community of volunteers and is freely available on the Internet at
no cost whatsoever!

Over the last few years, PHP has become the de facto choice for the development of data-driven Web
applications, notably on account of its scalability, ease of use, and widespread support for different
databases and data formats.

This first chapter will gently introduce you to the world of PHP, by taking you on a whirlwind tour of
PHP’s history and features, and then guiding you through writing and executing your first PHP
program So flip the page, and let’s get Started.

History of PHP
PHP was originally created by a developer named Rasmus Lerdorf in 1995.

Why PHP?
Unique Features
If you are familiar with other server side language like ASP.NET or JSP you might be wondering
what makes PHP so special or so different from these competing alternatives well, here are some
reasons:

1. Performance
2. Portability(Platform Independent)
3. Ease Of Use
4. Open Source
5. Third-Party Application Support
6. Community Support

Performance
Scripts written in PHP executives faster than those written in other scripting language, with
numerous independent benchmarks, putting the language ahead of competing alternatives like
JSP, ASP.NET and PERL. The PHP 5.0 engine was completely redesigned with an optimized

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memory manager to improve performance, and is noticeable faster than previous versions. In
addition, third party accelerators are available to further improve performance and response time.

Portability
PHP is available for UNIX, MICROSOFT WINDOWS, MAC OS, and OS/2.PHP Programs are
portable between platforms. As a result, a PHP application developed on, say, Windows will
typically run on UNIX without any significant issues. This ability to easily undertake cross-
platform development is a valuable one, especially when operating in a multi platform corporate
environment or when trying to address multiple market segments.

Ease of Use
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication”, Said Leonardo da Vinci, and by that measure, PHP is
an extremely sophisticated programming language. Its syntax is clear and consistent, and it comes
with exhaustive documentation for the 5000+ functions included with the core distributions. This
significantly reduces the learning curve for both novice and experienced programmers, and it’s
one of the reasons that PHP is favoured as a rapid prototyping tool for Web-based applications.

Open Source
PHP is an open source project – the language is developed by a worldwide team of volunteers
who make its source code freely available on the Web, and it may be used without payment of
licensing fees or investments in expensive hardware or software .This reduces software
development costs without affecting either flexibility or reliability The open-source nature of the
code further means that any developer, anywhere , can inspect the code tree, spit errors, and
suggest possible fixes, this produces a stable, robust product wherein bugs, once discovered, are
rapidly resolved – sometimes within a few hours of discovery !.

Third-Party Application Support

One of PHP’s Strengths has historically been its support for a wide range of different databases,
including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server. PHP 5.3 Supports more than
fifteen different database engines and it includes a common API for database access. XML
support makes it easy to read and write XML documents though they were native PHP data
structures, access XML node collections using Xpath, and transform XML into other formats
with XSLT style sheets.

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Community Support
One of the nice things about a community-supported language like PHP is the access it offers to
the creativity and imagination of hundreds of developers across the world. Within the PHP
community, the fruits of this creativity may be found in PEAR, the PHP Extension and
Application Repository and PECL, the PHP Extension Community Library, which contains
hundreds of ready-, made widgets and extensions that developers can use to painlessly and new
functionality to PHP. Using these widgets is often a more time-and cost-efficient alternative to
rolling your own code.

PHP Basic
PHP Echo

PHP echo is a language constructs not a function, so you don't need to use parenthesis with it. But if you want to
use more than one parameters, it is required to use parenthesis.

The syntax of PHP echo is given below:

void echo ( string $arg1 [, string $... ] )

PHP echo statement can be used to print string, multi line strings, escaping characters, variable, array etc.

PHP echo: printing string

File: echo1.php
<?php
echo "Hello by PHP echo";
?>

Output:

Hello by PHP echo

PHP Print

Like PHP echo, PHP print is a language construct, so you don't need to use parenthesis with the argument list.
Unlike echo, it always returns 1.

The syntax of PHP print is given below:

int print(string $arg)

PHP print statement can be used to print string, multi line strings, escaping characters, variable, array etc.

PHP print: printing string

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File: print1.php
<?php
print "Hello by PHP print ";
print ("Hello by PHP print()");
?>

Output:

Hello by PHP print Hello by PHP print()

PHP Variables

A variable in PHP is a name of memory location that holds data. A variable is a temporary storage that is used to
store data temporarily.

In PHP, a variable is declared using $ sign followed by variable name.

Syntax of declaring a variable in PHP is given below:

$variablename=value;

PHP Variable: Declaring string, integer and float

Let's see the example to store string, integer and float values in PHP variables.

File: variable1.php
<?php
$str="hello string";
$x=200;
$y=44.6;
echo "string is: $str <br/>";
echo "integer is: $x <br/>";
echo "float is: $y <br/>";
?>

Output:

string is: hello string

integer is: 200
float is: 44.6

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PHP Constants

PHP constants are name or identifier that can't be changed during the execution of the script. PHP constants can
be defined by 2 ways:

1. Using define() function

2. Using const keyword

PHP constants follow the same PHP variable rules. For example, it can be started with letter or underscore only.

Conventionally, PHP constants should be defined in uppercase letters.

PHP constant: define()

Let's see the syntax of define() function in PHP.

1. define(name, value, case-insensitive)

1. name: specifies the constant name

2. value: specifies the constant value

3. case-insensitive: Default value is false. It means it is case sensitive by default.

Let's see the example to define PHP constant using define().

File: constant1.php
<?php
define("MESSAGE","Hello JavaTpoint PHP");
echo MESSAGE;
?>

Output:

Hello JavaTpoint PHP

File: constant2.php
<?php
define("MESSAGE","Hello JavaTpoint PHP",true);//not case sensitive
echo MESSAGE;
echo message;
?>

Output:

Hello JavaTpoint PHPHello JavaTpoint PHP

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File: constant3.php
<?php
define("MESSAGE","Hello JavaTpoint PHP",false);//case sensitive
echo MESSAGE;
echo message;
?>

Output:

Hello JavaTpoint PHP

Notice: Use of undefined constant message - assumed 'message'
in C:\wamp\www\vconstant3.php on line 4
message

PHP Data Types

PHP data types are used to hold different types of data or values. PHP supports 8 primitive data types that can be categorized
further in 3 types:

1. Scalar Types
2. Compound Types
3. Special Types

PHP Data Types: Scalar Types

There are 4 scalar data types in PHP.

1. boolean
2. integer
3. float
4. string

PHP Data Types: Compound Types

There are 2 compound data types in PHP.

1. array
2. object

PHP Data Types: Special Types

There are 2 special data types in PHP.

1. resource
2. NULL

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PHP Operators

PHP Operator is a symbol i.e used to perform operations on operands. For example:

1. $num=10+20;//+ is the operator and 10,20 are operands

In the above example, + is the binary + operator, 10 and 20 are operands and $num is variable.

PHP Operators can be categorized in following forms:

o Arithmetic Operators
o Comparison Operators
o Bitwise Operators
o Logical Operators
o String Operators
o Incrementing/Decrementing Operators
o Array Operators
o Type Operators
o Execution Operators
o Error Control Operators
o Assignment Operators

We can also categorize operators on behalf of operands. They can be categorized in 3 forms:

o Unary Operators: works on single operands such as ++, -- etc.

o Binary Operators: works on two operands such as binary +, -, *, / etc.
o Ternary Operators: works on three operands such as "?:".

PHP Operators Precedence

Let's see the precedence of PHP operators with associativity.

Operators Additional Information Associativity

clone new clone and new non-associative

[ array() left

** arithmetic right

++ -- ~ (int) (float) (string) (array) (object) (bool) @ increment/decrement and types right

instanceof types non-associative

! logical (negation) right

*/% arithmetic left

+-. arithmetic and string concatenation left

<< >> bitwise (shift) left

< <= > >= comparison non-associative

== != === !== <> comparison non-associative

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& bitwise AND left

^ bitwise XOR left

| bitwise OR left

&& logical AND left

|| logical OR left

?: ternary left

= += -= *= **= /= .= %= &= |= ^= <<= >>= => assignment right

and logical left

xor logical left

or logical left

, many uses (comma) left

PHP Comments

PHP comments can be used to describe any line of code so that other developer can understand the code easily. It can also be
used to hide any code.

PHP supports single line and multi line comments. These comments are similar to C/C++ and Perl style (Unix shell style)
comments.

PHP Single Line Comments

There are two ways to use single line comments in PHP.

o // (C++ style single line comment)

o # (Unix Shell style single line comment)

<?php
// this is C++ style single line comment
# this is Unix Shell style single line comment
echo "Welcome to PHP single line comments";
?>

Output:

Welcome to PHP single line comments

PHP Multi Line Comments

In PHP, we can comments multiple lines also. To do so, we need to enclose all lines within /* */. Let's see a simple example
of PHP multiple line comment.

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<?php
/*
Anything placed
within comment
will not be displayed
on the browser;
*/
echo "Welcome to PHP multi line comment";
?>

Output:

Welcome to PHP multi line comment

PHP Control Statement

PHP If Else

PHP if else statement is used to test condition. There are various ways to use if statement in PHP.

o if
o if-else
o if-else-if
o nested if

PHP If Statement

PHP if statement is executed if condition is true.

Syntax
if(condition){
//code to be executed
}

Flowchart

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Example

<?php
$num=12;
if($num<100){
echo "$num is less than 100";
}
?>

Output:

12 is less than 100

PHP If-else Statement

PHP if-else statement is executed whether condition is true or false.

Syntax
if(condition){
//code to be executed if true
}else{
//code to be executed if false
}

Flowchart

Example

<?php
$num=12;
if($num%2==0){
echo "$num is even number";
}else{
echo "$num is odd number";
}
?>

Output:

12 is even number

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PHP Switch

PHP switch statement is used to execute one statement from multiple conditions. It works like PHP if-else-if statement.

Syntax
switch(expression){
case value1:
//code to be executed
break;
case value2:
//code to be executed
break;
......
default:
code to be executed if all cases are not matched;
}

Flowchart

Example

<?php
$num=20;
switch($num){
case 10:
echo("number is equals to 10");
break;
case 20:
echo("number is equal to 20");
break;
case 30:
echo("number is equal to 30");
break;
default:
echo("number is not equal to 10, 20 or 30");
}
?>

Output:

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number is equal to 20

PHP For Loop

PHP for loop can be used to traverse set of code for the specified number of times.

It should be used if number of iteration is known otherwise use while loop.

Syntax

for(initialization; condition; increment/decrement){

//code to be executed
}

Flowchart

Example

<?php
for($n=1;$n<=10;$n++){
echo "$n<br/>";
}
?>

Output:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

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PHP Nested For Loop

We can use for loop inside for loop in PHP, it is known as nested for loop.

In case of inner or nested for loop, nested for loop is executed fully for one outer for loop. If outer for loop is to be executed
for 3 times and inner for loop for 3 times, inner for loop will be executed 9 times (3 times for 1st outer loop, 3 times for 2nd
outer loop and 3 times for 3rd outer loop).

Example

<?php
for($i=1;$i<=3;$i++){
for($j=1;$j<=3;$j++){
echo "$i $j<br/>";
}
}
?>

Output:

11
12
13
21
22
23
31
32
33

PHP For Each Loop

PHP for each loop is used to traverse array elements.

Syntax

foreach( $array as $var ){

//code to be executed
}
?>

Example

<?php
$season=array("summer","winter","spring","autumn");
foreach( $season as $arr ){
echo "Season is: $arr<br />";
}
?>

Output:

Season is: summer

Season is: winter
Season is: spring
Season is: autumn

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PHP While Loop

PHP while loop can be used to traverse set of code like for loop.

It should be used if number of iteration is not known.

Syntax

while(condition){
//code to be executed
}

Alternative Syntax

while(condition):
//code to be executed

endwhile;

Flowchart

Example

<?php
$n=1;
while($n<=10){
echo "$n<br/>";
$n++;
}
?>

Output:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

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Alternative Example

<?php
$n=1;
while($n<=10):
echo "$n<br/>";
$n++;
endwhile;
?>

Output:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

PHP Nested While Loop

We can use while loop inside another while loop in PHP, it is known as nested while loop.

In case of inner or nested while loop, nested while loop is executed fully for one outer while loop. If outer while loop is to be
executed for 3 times and nested while loop for 3 times, nested while loop will be executed 9 times (3 times for 1st outer
loop, 3 times for 2nd outer loop and 3 times for 3rd outer loop).

Example

<?php
$i=1;
while($i<=3){
$j=1;
while($j<=3){
echo "$i $j<br/>";
$j++;
}
$i++;
}
?>

Output:

11
12
13
21
22
23
31
32
33

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PHP do while loop

PHP do while loop can be used to traverse set of code like php while loop. The PHP do-while loop is guaranteed to run at
least once.

It executes the code at least one time always because condition is checked after executing the code.

Syntax

do{
//code to be executed
}while(condition);

Flowchart

Example

<?php
$n=1;
do{
echo "$n<br/>";
$n++;
}while($n<=10);
?>

Output:

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

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PHP Break

PHP break statement breaks the execution of current for, while, do-while, switch and for-each loop. If you use break inside
inner loop, it breaks the execution of inner loop only.

Syntax

1. jump statement;
2. break;

Flowchart

PHP Break: inside loop

Let's see a simple example to break the execution of for loop if value of i is equal to 5.

<?php
for($i=1;$i<=10;$i++){
echo "$i <br/>";
if($i==5){
break;
}
}
?>

Output:

1
2
3
4
5

PHP Break: inside inner loop

The PHP break statement breaks the execution of inner loop only.

<?php
for($i=1;$i<=3;$i++){
for($j=1;$j<=3;$j++){
echo "$i $j<br/>";

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if($i==2 && $j==2){

break;
}
}
}
?>

Output:

11
12
13
21
22
31
32
33

PHP Break: inside switch statement

The PHP break statement breaks the flow of switch case also.

<?php
$num=200;
switch($num){
case 100:
echo("number is equals to 100");
break;
case 200:
echo("number is equal to 200");
break;
case 50:
echo("number is equal to 300");
break;
default:
echo("number is not equal to 100, 200 or 500");
}
?>

Output:

number is equal to 200

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PHP Functions
PHP function is a piece of code that can be reused many times. It can take input as argument list and return value. There are
thousands of built-in functions in PHP.

In PHP, we can define Conditional function, Function within Function and Recursive function also.

Advantage of PHP Functions

Code Reusability: PHP functions are defined only once and can be invoked many times, like in other programming
languages.

Less Code: It saves a lot of code because you don't need to write the logic many times. By the use of function, you can write
the logic only once and reuse it.

Easy to understand: PHP functions separate the programming logic. So it is easier to understand the flow of the application
because every logic is divided in the form of functions.

PHP User-defined Functions

We can declare and call user-defined functions easily. Let's see the syntax to declare user-defined functions.

Syntax
function functionname(){
//code to be executed
}

Note: Function name must be start with letter and underscore only like other labels in PHP. It can't be start
with numbers or special symbols.

Example
File: function1.php

<?php
function sayHello(){
echo "Hello PHP Function";
}
sayHello();//calling function
?>

Output:

Hello PHP Function

PHP Function Arguments

We can pass the information in PHP function through arguments which is separated by comma.

PHP supports Call by Value (default), Call by Reference, Default argument values and Variable-length argument list.

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Let's see the example to pass single argument in PHP function.

File: functionarg.php

<?php
function sayHello($name){
echo "Hello $name<br/>";
}
sayHello("Sonoo");
sayHello("Vimal");
sayHello("John");
?>

Output:

Hello Sonoo
Hello Vimal
Hello John

Let's see the example to pass two argument in PHP function.

File: functionarg2.php

<?php
function sayHello($name,$age){
echo "Hello $name, you are $age years old<br/>";
}
sayHello("Sonoo",27);
sayHello("Vimal",29);
sayHello("John",23);
?>

Output:

Hello Sonoo, you are 27 years old

Hello Vimal, you are 29 years old
Hello John, you are 23 years old

PHP Call By Reference

Value passed to the function doesn't modify the actual value by default (call by value). But we can do so by passing value as
a reference.

By default, value passed to the function is call by value. To pass value as a reference, you need to use ampersand (&) symbol
before the argument name.

Let's see a simple example of call by reference in PHP.

File: functionref.php

<?php
function adder(&$str2)
{
$str2 .= 'Call By Reference';
}
$str = 'Hello ';
adder($str);
echo $str;
1. ?>

Output:

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Hello Call By Reference

PHP Function: Default Argument Value

We can specify a default argument value in function. While calling PHP function if you don't specify any argument, it will
take the default argument. Let's see a simple example of using default argument value in PHP function.

File: functiondefaultarg.php

<?php
function sayHello($name="Sonoo"){
echo "Hello $name<br/>";
}
sayHello("Rajesh");
sayHello();//passing no value
sayHello("John");
?>

Output:

Hello Rajesh
Hello Sonoo
Hello John

PHP Function: Returning Value

Let's see an example of PHP function that returns value.

File: functiondefaultarg.php

<?php
function cube($n){
return $n*$n*$n;
}
echo "Cube of 3 is: ".cube(3);
?>

Output:

Cube of 3 is: 27

PHP Call By Value

PHP allows you to call function by value and reference both. In case of PHP call by value, actual value is not modified if it is
modified inside the function.

Let's understand the concept of call by value by the help of examples.

Example 1
In this example, variable $str is passed to the adder function where it is concatenated with 'Call By Value' string. But,
printing $str variable results 'Hello' only. It is because changes are done in the local variable $str2 only. It doesn't reflect to
$str variable.

<?php
function adder($str2)
{

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$str2 .= 'Call By Value';

}
$str = 'Hello ';
adder($str);
echo $str;
?>

Output:

Hello

Example 2
Let's understand PHP call by value concept through another example.

<?php
function increment($i)
{
$i++;
}
$i = 10;
increment($i);
echo $i;
?>

Output:

10

PHP Call By Reference

In case of PHP call by reference, actual value is modified if it is modified inside the function. In such case, you need to use
& (ampersand) symbol with formal arguments. The & represents reference of the variable.

Let's understand the concept of call by reference by the help of examples.

Example 1
In this example, variable $str is passed to the adder function where it is concatenated with 'Call By Reference' string. Here,
printing $str variable results 'This is Call By Reference'. It is because changes are done in the actual variable $str.

<?php
function adder(&$str2)
{
$str2 .= 'Call By Reference';
}
$str = 'This is ';
adder($str);
echo $str;
?>

Output:

This is Call By Reference

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Example 2
Let's understand PHP call by reference concept through another example.

<?php
function increment(&$i)
{
$i++;
}
$i = 10;
increment($i);
echo $i;
?>

Output:

11

PHP Default Argument Values Function

PHP allows you to define C++ style default argument values. In such case, if you don't pass any value to the function, it will
use default argument value.

Let' see the simple example of using PHP default arguments in function.

Example 1
<?php
function sayHello($name="Ram"){
echo "Hello $name<br/>";
}
sayHello("Sonoo");
sayHello();//passing no value
sayHello("Vimal");
?>

Output:

Hello Sonoo
Hello Ram
Hello Vimal

Since PHP 5, you can use the concept of default argument value with call by reference also.

Example 2
<?php
function greeting($first="Sonoo",$last="Jaiswal"){
echo "Greeting: $first $last<br/>";
}
greeting();
greeting("Rahul");
greeting("Michael","Clark");
?>

Output:

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Greeting: Sonoo Jaiswal

Greeting: Rahul Jaiswal
Greeting: Michael Clark

Example 3
<?php
function add($n1=10,$n2=10){
$n3=$n1+$n2;
echo "Addition is: $n3<br/>";
}
add();
add(20);
add(40,40);
?>

Output:

Addition is: 20
Addition is: 30
Addition is: 80

PHP Variable Length Argument Function

PHP supports variable length argument function. It means you can pass 0, 1 or n number of arguments in function. To do so,
you need to use 3 ellipses (dots) before the argument name.

The 3 dot concept is implemented for variable length argument since PHP 5.6.

Let's see a simple example of PHP variable length argument function.

1. <?php
2. function add(...$numbers) {
3. $sum = 0;
4. foreach ($numbers as $n) {
5. $sum += $n;
6. }
7. return $sum;
8. }
9.
10. echo add(1, 2, 3, 4);
11. ?>

Output:

10

PHP Recursive Function

PHP also supports recursive function call like C/C++. In such case, we call current function within function. It is also known
as recursion.

It is recommended to avoid recursive function call over 200 recursion level because it may smash the stack and may cause
the termination of script.

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Example 1: Printing number

1. <?php
2. function display($number) {
3. if($number<=5){
4. echo "$number <br/>";
5. display($number+1);
6. }
7. }
8.
9. display(1);
10. ?>

Output:

1
2
3
4
5

Example 2 : Factorial Number

1. <?php
2. function factorial($n)
3. {
4. if ($n < 0)
5. return -1; /*Wrong value*/
6. if ($n == 0)
7. return 1; /*Terminating condition*/
8. return ($n * factorial ($n -1));
9. }
10.
11. echo factorial(5);
12. ?>

Output:

120

PHP Arrays
PHP array is an ordered map (contains value on the basis of key). It is used to hold multiple values of similar type in a single
variable.

Advantage of PHP Array

Less Code: We don't need to define multiple variables.

Easy to traverse: By the help of single loop, we can traverse all the elements of an array.

Sorting: We can sort the elements of array.

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PHP Array Types

There are 3 types of array in PHP.

1. Indexed Array
2. Associative Array
3. Multidimensional Array

PHP Indexed Array

PHP index is represented by number which starts from 0. We can store number, string and object in the PHP array. All PHP
array elements are assigned to an index number by default.

There are two ways to define indexed array:

1st way:

1. $season=array("summer","winter","spring","autumn");

2nd way:

1. $season[0]="summer";
2. $season[1]="winter";
3. $season[2]="spring";
4. $season[3]="autumn";

Example
File: array1.php

1. <?php
2. $season=array("summer","winter","spring","autumn");
3. echo "Season are: $season[0], $season[1], $season[2] and $season[3]";
4. ?>

Output:

Season are: summer, winter, spring and autumn

File: array2.php

1. <?php
2. $season[0]="summer";
3. $season[1]="winter";
4. $season[2]="spring";
5. $season[3]="autumn";
6. echo "Season are: $season[0], $season[1], $season[2] and $season[3]";
7. ?>

Output:

Season are: summer, winter, spring and autumn

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PHP Associative Array

We can associate name with each array elements in PHP using => symbol.

There are two ways to define associative array:

1st way:

1. $salary=array("Sonoo"=>"350000","John"=>"450000","Kartik"=>"200000");

2nd way:

1. $salary["Sonoo"]="350000";
2. $salary["John"]="450000";
3. $salary["Kartik"]="200000";

Example
File: arrayassociative1.php

1. <?php
2. $salary=array("Sonoo"=>"350000","John"=>"450000","Kartik"=>"200000");
3. echo "Sonoo salary: ".$salary["Sonoo"]."<br/>";
4. echo "John salary: ".$salary["John"]."<br/>";
5. echo "Kartik salary: ".$salary["Kartik"]."<br/>";
6. ?>

Output:

Sonoo salary: 350000

John salary: 450000
Kartik salary: 200000
File: arrayassociative2.php

1. <?php
2. $salary["Sonoo"]="350000";
3. $salary["John"]="450000";
4. $salary["Kartik"]="200000";
5. echo "Sonoo salary: ".$salary["Sonoo"]."<br/>";
6. echo "John salary: ".$salary["John"]."<br/>";
7. echo "Kartik salary: ".$salary["Kartik"]."<br/>";
8. ?>

Output:

Sonoo salary: 350000

John salary: 450000
Kartik salary: 200000

PHP Indexed Array

PHP indexed array is an array which is represented by an index number by default. All elements of array are represented by
an index number which starts from 0.

PHP indexed array can store numbers, strings or any object. PHP indexed array is also known as numeric array.

Definition
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There are two ways to define indexed array:

1st way:

1. $size=array("Big","Medium","Short");

2nd way:

1. $size[0]="Big";
2. $size[1]="Medium";
3. $size[2]="Short";

Example
File: array1.php
1. <?php
2. $size=array("Big","Medium","Short");
3. echo "Size: $size[0], $size[1] and $size[2]";
4. ?>

Output:

Size: Big, Medium and Short

File: array2.php
1. <?php
2. $size[0]="Big";
3. $size[1]="Medium";
4. $size[2]="Short";
5. echo "Size: $size[0], $size[1] and $size[2]";
6. ?>

Output:

Size: Big, Medium and Short

Traversing PHP Indexed Array

We can easily traverse array in PHP using foreach loop. Let's see a simple example to traverse all the elements of PHP array.

File: array3.php
1. <?php
2. $size=array("Big","Medium","Short");
3. foreach( $size as $s )
4. {
5. echo "Size is: $s<br />";
6. }
7. ?>

Output:

Size is: Big

Size is: Medium
Size is: Short

Count Length of PHP Indexed Array

PHP provides count() function which returns length of an array.

1.

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2. <?php
3. $size=array("Big","Medium","Short");
4. echo count($size);
5. ?>

Output:

PHP Associative Array

PHP allows you to associate name/label with each array elements in PHP using => symbol. Such way, you can easily
remember the element because each element is represented by label than an incremented number.

Definition
There are two ways to define associative array:

1st way:

1. $salary=array("Sonoo"=>"550000","Vimal"=>"250000","Ratan"=>"200000");

2nd way:

1. $salary["Sonoo"]="550000";
2. $salary["Vimal"]="250000";
3. $salary["Ratan"]="200000";

Example
File: arrayassociative1.php
1. <?php
2. $salary=array("Sonoo"=>"550000","Vimal"=>"250000","Ratan"=>"200000");
3. echo "Sonoo salary: ".$salary["Sonoo"]."<br/>";
4. echo "Vimal salary: ".$salary["Vimal"]."<br/>";
5. echo "Ratan salary: ".$salary["Ratan"]."<br/>";
6. ?>

Output:

Sonoo salary: 550000

Vimal salary: 250000
Ratan salary: 200000
File: arrayassociative2.php
1. <?php
2. $salary["Sonoo"]="550000";
3. $salary["Vimal"]="250000";
4. $salary["Ratan"]="200000";
5. echo "Sonoo salary: ".$salary["Sonoo"]."<br/>";
6. echo "Vimal salary: ".$salary["Vimal"]."<br/>";
7. echo "Ratan salary: ".$salary["Ratan"]."<br/>";
8. ?>

Output:

Sonoo salary: 550000

Vimal salary: 250000
Ratan salary: 200000

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Traversing PHP Associative Array

By the help of PHP for each loop, we can easily traverse the elements of PHP associative array.

1. <?php
2. $salary=array("Sonoo"=>"550000","Vimal"=>"250000","Ratan"=>"200000");
3. foreach($salary as $k => $v) {
4. echo "Key: ".$k." Value: ".$v."<br/>";
5. }
6. ?>

Output:

Key: Sonoo Value: 550000

Key: Vimal Value: 250000
Key: Ratan Value: 200000

PHP Multidimensional Array

PHP multidimensional array is also known as array of arrays. It allows you to store tabular data in an array. PHP
multidimensional array can be represented in the form of matrix which is represented by row * column.

Definition
1. $emp = array
2. (
3. array(1,"sonoo",400000),
4. array(2,"john",500000),
5. array(3,"rahul",300000)
6. );

Example
Let's see a simple example of PHP multidimensional array to display following tabular data. In this example, we are
displaying 3 rows and 3 columns.

Id Name Salary

1 sonoo 400000

2 john 500000

3 rahul 300000

File: multiarray.php

1. <?php
2. $emp = array
3. (
4. array(1,"sonoo",400000),
5. array(2,"john",500000),
6. array(3,"rahul",300000)
7. );
8.
9. for ($row = 0; $row < 3; $row++) {
10. for ($col = 0; $col < 3; $col++) {

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11. echo $emp[$row][$col]." ";

12. }
13. echo "<br/>";
14. }
15. ?>

Output:

1 sonoo 400000
2 john 500000
3 rahul 300000

PHP Array Functions

PHP provides various array functions to access and manipulate the elements of array. The important PHP array functions are
given below.

1) PHP array() function

PHP array() function creates and returns an array. It allows you to create indexed, associative and multidimensional arrays.

Syntax

1. array array ([ mixed $... ] )

Example

1. <?php
2. $season=array("summer","winter","spring","autumn");
3. echo "Season are: $season[0], $season[1], $season[2] and $season[3]";
4. ?>

Output:

Season are: summer, winter, spring and autumn

2) PHP array_change_key_case() function

PHP array_change_key_case() function changes the case of all key of an array.

Note: It changes case of key only.

Syntax

1. array array_change_key_case ( array $array [, int $case = CASE_LOWER ] )

Example

1. <?php
2. $salary=array("Sonoo"=>"550000","Vimal"=>"250000","Ratan"=>"200000");
3. print_r(array_change_key_case($salary,CASE_UPPER));
4. ?>

Output:

Array ( [SONOO] => 550000 [VIMAL] => 250000 [RATAN] => 200000 )

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Example

1. <?php
2. $salary=array("Sonoo"=>"550000","Vimal"=>"250000","Ratan"=>"200000");
3. print_r(array_change_key_case($salary,CASE_LOWER));
4. ?>

Output:

Array ( [sonoo] => 550000 [vimal] => 250000 [ratan] => 200000 )

3) PHP array_chunk() function

PHP array_chunk() function splits array into chunks. By using array_chunk() method, you can divide array into many parts.

Syntax

1. array array_chunk ( array $array , int $size [, bool $preserve_keys = false ] )

Example

1. <?php
2. $salary=array("Sonoo"=>"550000","Vimal"=>"250000","Ratan"=>"200000");
3. print_r(array_chunk($salary,2));
4. ?>

Output:

Array (
[0] => Array ( [0] => 550000 [1] => 250000 )
[1] => Array ( [0] => 200000 )
)

4) PHP count() function

PHP count() function counts all elements in an array.

Syntax

1. int count ( mixed $array_or_countable [, int $mode = COUNT_NORMAL ] )

Example

1. <?php
2. $season=array("summer","winter","spring","autumn");
3. echo count($season);
4. ?>

Output:

5) PHP sort() function

PHP sort() function sorts all the elements in an array.

Syntax

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1. bool sort ( array &$array [, int $sort_flags = SORT_REGULAR ] )

Example

1. <?php
2. $season=array("summer","winter","spring","autumn");
3. sort($season);
4. foreach( $season as $s )
5. {
6. echo "$s<br />";
7. }
8. ?>

Output:

autumn
spring
summer
winter

6) PHP array_reverse() function

PHP array_reverse() function returns an array containing elements in reversed order.

Syntax

1. array array_reverse ( array $array [, bool $preserve_keys = false ] )

Example

1. <?php
2. $season=array("summer","winter","spring","autumn");
3. $reverseseason=array_reverse($season);
4. foreach( $reverseseason as $s )
5. {
6. echo "$s<br />";
7. }
8. ?>

Output:

autumn
spring
winter
summer

7) PHP array_search() function

PHP array_search() function searches the specified value in an array. It returns key if search is successful.

Syntax

1. mixed array_search ( mixed $needle , array $haystack [, bool $strict = false ] )

Example

1. <?php
2. $season=array("summer","winter","spring","autumn");
3. $key=array_search("spring",$season);

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4. echo $key;
5. ?>

Output:

8) PHP array_intersect() function

PHP array_intersect() function returns the intersection of two array. In other words, it returns the matching elements of two
array.

Syntax

1. array array_intersect ( array $array1 , array $array2 [, array $... ] )

Example

1. <?php
2. $name1=array("sonoo","john","vivek","smith");
3. $name2=array("umesh","sonoo","kartik","smith");
4. $name3=array_intersect($name1,$name2);
5. foreach( $name3 as $n )
6. {
7. echo "$n<br />";
8. }
9. ?>

Output:

sonoo
smith

PHP Strings
A PHP string is a sequence of characters i.e. used to store and manipulate text. There are 4 ways to specify string in PHP.

o single quoted
o double quoted
o heredoc syntax
o newdoc syntax (since PHP 5.3)

Single Quoted PHP String

We can create a string in PHP by enclosing text in a single quote. It is the easiest way to specify string in PHP.

1. <?php
2. $str='Hello text within single quote';
3. echo $str;
4. ?>

Output:

Hello text within single quote

We can store multiple line text, special characters and escape sequences in a single quoted PHP string.

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1. <?php
2. $str1='Hello text
3. multiple line
4. text within single quoted string';
5. $str2='Using double "quote" directly inside single quoted string';
6. $str3='Using escape sequences \n in single quoted string';
7. echo "$str1 <br/> $str2 <br/> $str3";
8. ?>

Output:

Hello text multiple line text within single quoted string

Using double "quote" directly inside single quoted string
Using escape sequences \n in single quoted string

Note: In single quoted PHP strings, most escape sequences and variables will not be interpreted. But, we can
use single quote through \' and backslash through \\ inside single quoted PHP strings.
1. <?php
2. $num1=10;
3. $str1='trying variable $num1';
4. $str2='trying backslash n and backslash t inside single quoted string \n \t';
5. $str3='Using single quote \'my quote\' and \\backslash';
6. echo "$str1 <br/> $str2 <br/> $str3";
7. ?>

Output:

trying variable $num1

trying backslash n and backslash t inside single quoted string \n \t
Using single quote 'my quote' and \backslash

Double Quoted PHP String

In PHP, we can specify string through enclosing text within double quote also. But escape sequences and variables will be
interpreted using double quote PHP strings.

1. <?php
2. $str="Hello text within double quote";
3. echo $str;
4. ?>

Output:

Hello text within double quote

Now, you can't use double quote directly inside double quoted string.

1. <?php
2. $str1="Using double "quote" directly inside double quoted string";
3. echo $str1;
4. ?>

Output:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected 'quote' (T_STRING) in C:\wamp\www\string1.php on line 2

We can store multiple line text, special characters and escape sequences in a double quoted PHP string.

1. <?php
2. $str1="Hello text

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3. multiple line
4. text within double quoted string";
5. $str2="Using double \"quote\" with backslash inside double quoted string";
6. $str3="Using escape sequences \n in double quoted string";
7. echo "$str1 <br/> $str2 <br/> $str3";
8. ?>

Output:

Hello text multiple line text within double quoted string

Using double "quote" with backslash inside double quoted string
Using escape sequences in double quoted string

In double quoted strings, variable will be interpreted.

1. <?php
2. $num1=10;
3. echo "Number is: $num1";
4. ?>

Output:

Number is: 10

PHP String Functions

PHP provides various string functions to access and manipulate strings. A list of important PHP string functions are given
below.

1) PHP strtolower() function

The strtolower() function returns string in lowercase letter.

Syntax

1. string strtolower ( string $string )

Example

1. <?php
2. $str="My name is KHAN";
3. $str=strtolower($str);
4. echo $str;
5. ?>

Output:

my name is khan

2) PHP strtoupper() function

The strtoupper() function returns string in uppercase letter.

Syntax

1. string strtoupper ( string $string )

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Example

1. <?php
2. $str="My name is KHAN";
3. $str=strtoupper($str);
4. echo $str;
5. ?>

Output:

MY NAME IS KHAN

3) PHP ucfirst() function

The ucfirst() function returns string converting first character into uppercase. It doesn't change the case of other characters.

Syntax

1. string ucfirst ( string $str )

Example

1. <?php
2. $str="my name is KHAN";
3. $str=ucfirst($str);
4. echo $str;
5. ?>

Output:

My name is KHAN

4) PHP lcfirst() function

The lcfirst() function returns string converting first character into lowercase. It doesn't change the case of other characters.

Syntax

1. string lcfirst ( string $str )

Example

1. <?php
2. $str="MY name IS KHAN";
3. $str=lcfirst($str);
4. echo $str;
5. ?>

Output:

mY name IS KHAN

5) PHP ucwords() function

The ucwords() function returns string converting first character of each word into uppercase.

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Syntax

1. string ucwords ( string $str )

Example

1. <?php
2. $str="my name is Sonoo jaiswal";
3. $str=ucwords($str);
4. echo $str;
5. ?>

Output:

My Name Is Sonoo Jaiswal

6) PHP strrev() function

The strrev() function returns reversed string.

Syntax

1. string strrev ( string $string )

Example

1. <?php
2. $str="my name is Sonoo jaiswal";
3. $str=strrev($str);
4. echo $str;
5. ?>

Output:

lawsiaj oonoS si eman ym

7) PHP strlen() function

The strlen() function returns length of the string.

Syntax

1. int strlen ( string $string )

Example

1. <?php
2. $str="my name is Sonoo jaiswal";
3. $str=strlen($str);
4. echo $str;
5. ?>

Output:

24

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Chapter Three
PHP Math Functions
PHP provides many predefined math constants and functions that can be used to perform mathematical operations.

PHP Math: abs() function

The abs() function returns absolute value of given number. It returns an integer value but if you pass floating point value, it
returns a float value.

Syntax
1. number abs ( mixed $number )
Example
1. <?php
2. echo (abs(-7)."<br/>"); // 7 (integer)
3. echo (abs(7)."<br/>"); //7 (integer)
4. echo (abs(-7.2)."<br/>"); //7.2 (float/double)
5. ?>

Output:

7
7
7.2

PHP Math: ceil() function

The ceil() function rounds fractions up.

Syntax
1. float ceil ( float $value )
Example
1. <?php
2. echo (ceil(3.3)."<br/>");// 4
3. echo (ceil(7.333)."<br/>");// 8
4. echo (ceil(-4.8)."<br/>");// -4
5. ?>

Output:

4
8
-4

PHP Math: floor() function

The floor() function rounds fractions down.

Syntax
1. float floor ( float $value )
Example

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1. <?php
2. echo (floor(3.3)."<br/>");// 3
3. echo (floor(7.333)."<br/>");// 7
4. echo (floor(-4.8)."<br/>");// -5
5. ?>

Output:

3
7
-5

PHP Math: sqrt() function

The sqrt() function returns square root of given argument.

Syntax
1. float sqrt ( float $arg )
Example
1. <?php
2. echo (sqrt(16)."<br/>");// 4
3. echo (sqrt(25)."<br/>");// 5
4. echo (sqrt(7)."<br/>");// 2.6457513110646
5. ?>

Output:

4
5
2.6457513110646

PHP Math: decbin() function

The decbin() function converts decimal number into binary. It returns binary number as a string.

Syntax
1. string decbin ( int $number )
Example
1. <?php
2. echo (decbin(2)."<br/>");// 10
3. echo (decbin(10)."<br/>");// 1010
4. echo (decbin(22)."<br/>");// 10110
5. ?>

Output:

10
1010
10110

PHP Math: dechex() function

The dechex() function converts decimal number into hexadecimal. It returns hexadecimal representation of given number as
a string.

Syntax
1. string dechex ( int $number )

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Example
1. <?php
2. echo (dechex(2)."<br/>");// 2
3. echo (dechex(10)."<br/>");// a
4. echo (dechex(22)."<br/>");// 16
5. ?>

Output:

2
a
16

PHP Math: decoct() function

The decoct() function converts decimal number into octal. It returns octal representation of given number as a string.

Syntax
1. string decoct ( int $number )
Example
1. <?php
2. echo (decoct(2)."<br/>");// 2
3. echo (decoct(10)."<br/>");// 12
4. echo (decoct(22)."<br/>");// 26
5. ?>

Output:

2
12
26

PHP Math: base_convert() function

The base_convert() function allows you to convert any base number to any base number. For example, you can convert
hexadecimal number to binary, hexadecimal to octal, binary to octal, octal to hexadecimal, binary to decimal etc.

Syntax
1. string base_convert ( string $number , int $frombase , int $tobase )
Example
1. <?php
2. $n1=10;
3. echo (base_convert($n1,10,2)."<br/>");// 1010
4. ?>

Output:

1010

PHP Math: bindec() function

The bindec() function converts binary number into decimal.

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Syntax
1. number bindec ( string $binary_string )
Example
1. <?php
2. echo (bindec(10)."<br/>");// 2
3. echo (bindec(1010)."<br/>");// 10
4. echo (bindec(1011)."<br/>");// 11
5. ?>

Output:

2
10
11

PHP Math Functions

Let's see the list of important PHP math functions.

o abs()
o acos()
o acosh()
o asin()
o asinh()
o atan()
o atan2()
o atanh()
o base_convert()
o bindec()
o ceil()
o cos()
o cosh()
o decbin()
o dechex()
o decoct()
o deg2rad()
o exp()
o expm1()
o floor()
o fmod()
o getrandmax()
o hexdec()
o hypot()
o is_finite()
o is_infinite()
o is_nan()
o lcg_value()
o log()
o log10()
o log1p()
o max()
o min()
o mt_getrandmax()
o mt_rand()
o mt_srand()
o octdec()
o pi()

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o pow()
o rad2deg()
o rand()
o round()
o sin()
o sinh()
o sqrt()
o srand()
o tan()
o tanh()

PHP Form
PHP Form Handling

We can create and use forms in PHP. To get form data, we need to use PHP superglobals $_GET and $_POST.

The form request may be get or post. To retrieve data from get request, we need to use $_GET, for post request $_POST.

PHP Get Form

Get request is the default form request. The data passed through get request is visible on the URL browser so it is not
secured. You can send limited amount of data through get request.

Let's see a simple example to receive data from get request in PHP.

File: form1.html
1. <form action="welcome.php" method="get">
2. Name: <input type="text" name="name"/>
3. <input type="submit" value="visit"/>
4. </form>
File: welcome.php
1. <?php
2. $name=$_GET["name"];//receiving name field value in $name variable
3. echo "Welcome, $name";
4. ?>

PHP Post Form

Post request is widely used to submit form that have large amount of data such as file upload, image upload, login form,
registration form etc.

The data passed through post request is not visible on the URL browser so it is secured. You can send large amount of data
through post request.

Let's see a simple example to receive data from post request in PHP.

File: form1.html
1. <form action="login.php" method="post">
2. <table>
3. <tr><td>Name:</td><td> <input type="text" name="name"/></td></tr>
4. <tr><td>Password:</td><td> <input type="password" name="password"/></td></tr>
5. <tr><td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="login"/> </td></tr>
6. </table>
7. </form>

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File: login.php
1. <?php
2. $name=$_POST["name"];//receiving name field value in $name variable
3. $password=$_POST["password"];//receiving password field value in $password variable
4.
5. echo "Welcome: $name, your password is: $password";
6. ?>

Output:

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PHP Includes
PHP Include File

PHP allows you to include file so that a page content can be reused many times. There are two ways to include file in PHP.

1. include
2. require

Advantage

Code Reusability: By the help of include and require construct, we can reuse HTML code or PHP script in many PHP
scripts.

PHP include example

PHP include is used to include file on the basis of given path. You may use relative or absolute path of the file. Let's see a
simple PHP include example.

File: menu.html

1. <a href="index.html">Home</a> |
2. <a href="php-tutorial.html">PHP</a> |
3. <a href="java-tutorial.html">Java</a> |
4. <a href="html-tutorial.html">HTML</a>
File: include1.php

1. <?php include("menu.html"); ?>

2. <h1>This is Main Page</h1>

Output:

Home | PHP | Java | HTML

This is Main Page

PHP require example

PHP require is similar to include. Let's see a simple PHP require example.

File: menu.html

1. <a href="index.html">Home</a> |
2. <a href="php-tutorial.html">PHP</a> |
3. <a href="java-tutorial.html">Java</a> |
4. <a href="html-tutorial.html">HTML</a>
File: require1.php

1. <?php require("menu.html"); ?>

2. <h1>This is Main Page</h1>

Output:

Home | PHP | Java | HTML

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This is Main Page

PHP include vs PHP require

If file is missing or inclusion fails, include allows the script to continue but require halts the script producing a fatal
E_COMPILE_ERROR level error.

PHP State Management

PHP Cookie

PHP cookie is a small piece of information which is stored at client browser. It is used to recognize the user.

Cookie is created at server side and saved to client browser. Each time when client sends request to the server, cookie is
embedded with request. Such way, cookie can be received at the server side.

In short, cookie can be created, sent and received at server end.

Note: PHP Cookie must be used before <html> tag.

PHP setcookie() function

PHP setcookie() function is used to set cookie with HTTP response. Once cookie is set, you can access it by $_COOKIE
superglobal variable.

Syntax

1. bool setcookie ( string $name [, string $value [, int $expire = 0 [, string $path
2. [, string $domain [, bool $secure = false [, bool $httponly = false ]]]]]] )

Example

1. setcookie("CookieName", "CookieValue");/* defining name and value only*/

2. setcookie("CookieName", "CookieValue", time()+1*60*60);//using expiry in 1 hour(1*60*60 seconds or 3600 seconds)
3. setcookie("CookieName", "CookieValue", time()+1*60*60, "/mypath/", "mydomain.com", 1);

PHP $_COOKIE

PHP $_COOKIE superglobal variable is used to get cookie.

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Example

1. $value=$_COOKIE["CookieName"];//returns cookie value

PHP Cookie Example
File: cookie1.php

1. <?php
2. setcookie("user", "Sonoo");
3. ?>
4. <html>
5. <body>
6. <?php
7. if(!isset($_COOKIE["user"])) {
8. echo "Sorry, cookie is not found!";
9. } else {
10. echo "<br/>Cookie Value: " . $_COOKIE["user"];
11. }
12. ?>
13. </body>
14.
15. <!-- Mirrored from www.javatpoint.com/php-
cookie by HTTrack Website Copier/3.x [XR&CO'2014], Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:52:10 GMT -->
16. </html>

Output:

Sorry, cookie is not found!

Firstly cookie is not set. But, if you refresh the page, you will see cookie is set now.

Output:

Cookie Value: Sonoo

PHP Delete Cookie

If you set the expiration date in past, cookie will be deleted.

File: cookie1.php

1. <?php
2. setcookie ("CookieName", "", time() - 3600);// set the expiration date to one hour ago
3. ?>

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PHP Session
PHP session is used to store and pass information from one page to another temporarily (until user close the website).

PHP session technique is widely used in shopping websites where we need to store and pass cart information e.g. username,
product code, product name, product price etc from one page to another.

PHP session creates unique user id for each browser to recognize the user and avoid conflict between multiple browsers.

PHP session_start() function

PHP session_start() function is used to start the session. It starts a new or resumes existing session. It returns existing session
if session is created already. If session is not available, it creates and returns new session.

Syntax

1. bool session_start ( void )

Example

1. session_start();

PHP $_SESSION

PHP $_SESSION is an associative array that contains all session variables. It is used to set and get session variable values.

Example: Store information

1. $_SESSION["user"] = "Sachin";

Example: Get information

1. echo $_SESSION["user"];

PHP Session Example

File: session1.php
1. <?php
2. session_start();
3. ?>
4. <html>

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5. <body>
6. <?php
7. $_SESSION["user"] = "Sachin";
8. echo "Session information are set successfully.<br/>";
9. ?>
10. <a href="session2.html">Visit next page</a>
11. </body>
12.
13. <!-- Mirrored from www.javatpoint.com/php-
session by HTTrack Website Copier/3.x [XR&CO'2014], Tue, 30 Jun 2015 00:52:10 GMT -->
14. </html>
File: session2.php
1. <?php
2. session_start();
3. ?>
4. <html>
5. <body>
6. <?php
7. echo "User is: ".$_SESSION["user"];
8. ?>
9. </body>
10. </html>

PHP Session Counter Example

File: sessioncounter.php
1. <?php
2. session_start();
3.
4. if (!isset($_SESSION['counter'])) {
5. $_SESSION['counter'] = 1;
6. } else {
7. $_SESSION['counter']++;
8. }
9. echo ("Page Views: ".$_SESSION['counter']);
10. ?>

PHP Destroying Session

PHP session_destroy() function is used to destroy all session variables completely.

File: session3.php
1. <?php
2. session_start();
3. session_destroy();
4. ?>

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PHP File Handling

PHP File System allows us to create file, read file line by line, read file character by character, write file, append file, delete
file and close file.

PHP Open File - fopen()

The PHP fopen() function is used to open a file.

Syntax

1. resource fopen ( string $filename , string $mode [, bool $use_include_path = false [, resource $context ]] )

Example

1. <?php
2. $handle = fopen("c:\\folder\\file.txt", "r");
3. ?>

PHP Close File - fclose()

The PHP fclose() function is used to close an open file pointer.

Syntax

1. ool fclose ( resource $handle )

Example

1. <?php
2. fclose($handle);
3. ?>
PHP Read File - fread()

The PHP fread() function is used to read the content of the file. It accepts two arguments: resource and file size.

Syntax

1. string fread ( resource $handle , int $length )

Example

1. <?php
2. $filename = "c:\\myfile.txt";
3. $handle = fopen($filename, "r");//open file in read mode
4.
5. $contents = fread($handle, filesize($filename));//read file
6.
7. echo $contents;//printing data of file
8. fclose($handle);//close file
9. ?>

Output
hello php file

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PHP Write File - fwrite()

The PHP fwrite() function is used to write content of the string into file.

Syntax

1. int fwrite ( resource $handle , string $string [, int $length ] )

Example

1. <?php
2. $fp = fopen('data.html', 'w');//open file in write mode
3. fwrite($fp, 'hello ');
4. fwrite($fp, 'php file');
5. fclose($fp);
6.
7. echo "File written successfully";
8. ?>

Output

File written successfully

PHP Delete File - unlink()

The PHP unlink() function is used to delete file.

Syntax

1. bool unlink ( string $filename [, resource $context ] )

Example

1. <?php
2. unlink('data.html');
3.
4. echo "File deleted successfully";
5. ?>

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PHP Open File

PHP fopen() function is used to open file or URL and returns resource. The fopen() function accepts two arguments:
$filename and $mode. The $filename represents the file to be opended and $mode represents the file mode for example read-
only, read-write, write-only etc.

Syntax

1. resource fopen ( string $filename , string $mode [, bool $use_include_path = false [, resource $context ]] )

PHP Open File Mode

Mode Description

r Opens file in read-only mode. It places the file pointer at the beginning of the file.

r+ Opens file in read-write mode. It places the file pointer at the beginning of the file.

w Opens file in write-only mode. It places the file pointer to the beginning of the file and truncates the file to zero length. If file is not found, it
creates a new file.

w+ Opens file in read-write mode. It places the file pointer to the beginning of the file and truncates the file to zero length. If file is not found, it
creates a new file.

a Opens file in write-only mode. It places the file pointer to the end of the file. If file is not found, it creates a new file.

a+ Opens file in read-write mode. It places the file pointer to the end of the file. If file is not found, it creates a new file.

x Creates and opens file in write-only mode. It places the file pointer at the beginning of the file. If file is found, fopen() function returns FALSE.

x+ It is same as x but it creates and opens file in read-write mode.

c Opens file in write-only mode. If the file does not exist, it is created. If it exists, it is neither truncated (as opposed to 'w'), nor the call to this
function fails (as is the case with 'x'). The file pointer is positioned on the beginning of the file

c+ It is same as c but it opens file in read-write mode.

PHP Open File Example

1. <?php
2. $handle = fopen("c:\\folder\\file.txt", "r");
3. ?>

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PHP Read File

PHP provides various functions to read data from file. There are different functions that allow you to read all file data, read
data line by line and read data character by character.

The available PHP file read functions are given below.

o fread()
o fgets()
o fgetc()

PHP Read File - fread()

The PHP fread() function is used to read data of the file. It requires two arguments: file resource and file size.

Syntax
1. string fread (resource $handle , int $length )

$handle represents file pointer that is created by fopen() function.

$length represents length of byte to be read.

Example
1. <?php
2. $filename = "c:\\file1.txt";
3. $fp = fopen($filename, "r");//open file in read mode
4.
5. $contents = fread($fp, filesize($filename));//read file
6.
7. echo "<pre>$contents</pre>";//printing data of file
8. fclose($fp);//close file
9. ?>

Output

this is first line

this is another line
this is third line

PHP Read File - fgets()

The PHP fgets() function is used to read single line from the file.

Syntax
1. string fgets ( resource $handle [, int $length ] )

Example
1. <?php
2. $fp = fopen("c:\\file1.txt", "r");//open file in read mode
3. echo fgets($fp);
4. fclose($fp);

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5. ?>

Output

this is first line

PHP Read File - fgetc()

The PHP fgetc() function is used to read single character from the file. To get all data using fgetc() function, use !feof()
function inside the while loop.

Syntax
1. string fgetc ( resource $handle )

Example
1. <?php
2. $fp = fopen("c:\\file1.txt", "r");//open file in read mode
3. while(!feof($fp)) {
4. echo fgetc($fp);
5. }
6. fclose($fp);
7. ?>

Output

this is first line this is another line this is third line

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PHP Write File

PHP fwrite() and fputs() functions are used to write data into file. To write data into file, you need to use w, r+, w+, x, x+, c
or c+ mode.

PHP Write File - fwrite()

The PHP fwrite() function is used to write content of the string into file.

Syntax

1. int fwrite ( resource $handle , string $string [, int $length ] )

Example

1. <?php
2. $fp = fopen('data.html', 'w');//opens file in write-only mode
3. fwrite($fp, 'welcome ');
4. fwrite($fp, 'to php file write');
5. fclose($fp);
6.
7. echo "File written successfully";
8. ?>

Output: data.txt

welcome to php file write

PHP Overwriting File

If you run the above code again, it will erase the previous data of the file and writes the new data. Let's see the code that
writes only new data into data.txt file.

1. <?php
2. $fp = fopen('data.html', 'w');//opens file in write-only mode
3. fwrite($fp, 'hello');
4. fclose($fp);
5.
6. echo "File written successfully";
7. ?>

Output: data.txt

hello

PHP Append to File

If you use a mode, it will not erase the data of the file. It will write the data at the end of the file. Visit the next page to see
the example of appending data into file.

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PHP Append to File

You can append data into file by using a or a+ mode in fopen() function. Let's see a simple example that appends data into
data.txt file.

Let's see the data of file first.

data.txt

welcome to php file write

PHP Append to File - fwrite()

The PHP fwrite() function is used to write and append data into file.

Example

1. <?php
2. $fp = fopen('data.html', 'a');//opens file in append mode
3. fwrite($fp, ' this is additional text ');
4. fwrite($fp, 'appending data');
5. fclose($fp);
6.
7. echo "File appended successfully";
8. ?>

Output: data.txt

welcome to php file write this is additional text appending data

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PHP Delete File

In PHP, we can delete any file using unlink() function. The unlink() function accepts one argument only: file name. It is
similar to UNIX C unlink() function.

PHP unlink() generates E_WARNING level error if file is not deleted. It returns TRUE if file is deleted successfully
otherwise FALSE.

Syntax

1. bool unlink ( string $filename [, resource $context ] )

$filename represents the name of the file to be deleted.

PHP Delete File Example

1. <?php
2. $status=unlink('data.html');
3. if($status){
4. echo "File deleted successfully";
5. }else{
6. echo "Sorry!";
7. }
8. ?>

Output

File deleted successfully

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PHP File Upload and Download

PHP File Upload

PHP allows you to upload single and multiple files through few lines of code only.

PHP file upload features allow you to upload binary and text files both. Moreover, you can have the full control over the file
to be uploaded through PHP authentication and file operation functions.

PHP $_FILES

The PHP global $_FILES contains all the information of file. By the help of $_FILES global, we can get file name, file type,
file size, temp file name and errors associated with file.

Here, we are assuming that file name is filename.

$_FILES['filename']['name']

returns file name.

$_FILES['filename']['type']

returns MIME type of the file.

$_FILES['filename']['size']

returns size of the file (in bytes).

$_FILES['filename']['tmp_name']

returns temporary file name of the file which was stored on the server.

$_FILES['filename']['error']

returns error code associated with this file.

move_uploaded_file() function

The move_uploaded_file() function moves the uploaded file to a new location. The move_uploaded_file() function checks
internally if the file is uploaded thorough the POST request. It moves the file if it is uploaded through the POST request.

Syntax

1. bool move_uploaded_file ( string $filename , string $destination )

PHP File Upload Example

File: uploadform.html

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1. <form action="http://www.javatpoint.com/uploader.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">

2. Select File:
3. <input type="file" name="fileToUpload"/>
4. <input type="submit" value="Upload Image" name="submit"/>
5. </form>
File: uploader.php

1. <?php
2. $target_path = "e:/";
3. $target_path = $target_path.basename( $_FILES['fileToUpload']['name']);
4.
5. if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['fileToUpload']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
6. echo "File uploaded successfully!";
7. } else{
8. echo "Sorry, file not uploaded, please try again!";
9. }
10. ?>

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PHP Download File

PHP enables you to download file easily using built-in readfile() function. The readfile() function reads a file and writes it to
the output buffer.

PHP readfile() function

Syntax

1. int readfile ( string $filename [, bool $use_include_path = false [, resource $context ]] )

$filename: represents the file name

$use_include_path: it is the optional parameter. It is by default false. You can set it to true to the search the file in the
included_path.

$context: represents the context stream resource.

int: it returns the number of bytes read from the file.

PHP Download File Example: Text File

File: download1.php
1. <?php
2. $file_url = 'f.txt';
3. header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
4. header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: utf-8");
5. header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . basename($file_url) . "\"");
6. readfile($file_url);
7. ?>

PHP Download File Example: Binary File

File: download2.php
1. <?php
2. $file_url = 'http://www.myremoteserver.com/file.exe';
3. header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream');
4. header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: Binary");
5. header("Content-disposition: attachment; filename=\"" . basename($file_url) . "\"");
6. readfile($file_url);
7. ?>

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PHP Mail Reference

PHP mail() function is used to send email in PHP. You can send text message, html message and attachment with message
using PHP mail() function.

PHP mail() function

Syntax

1. bool mail ( string $to , string $subject , string $message [, string $additional_headers [, string $additional_parameters ]] )

$to: specifies receiver or receivers of the mail. The receiver must be specified one of the following forms.

o [email protected]
o [email protected], [email protected]
o User <[email protected]>
o User <[email protected]>, Another User <[email protected]>

$subject: represents subject of the mail.

$message: represents message of the mail to be sent.

Note: Each line of the message should be separated with a CRLF ( \r\n ) and lines should not be larger than 70
characters.

$additional_headers (optional): specifies the additional headers such as From, CC, BCC etc. Extra additional headers
should also be separated with CRLF ( \r\n ).

PHP Mail Example

File: mailer.php

1. <?php
2. $to = "[email protected]";//change receiver address
3. $subject = "This is subject";
4. $message = "This is simple text message.";
5. $header = "From:[email protected] \r\n";
6. $result = mail ($to,$subject,$message,$header);
7.
8. if( $result == true ){
9. echo "Message sent successfully...";
10. }else{
11. echo "Sorry, unable to send mail...";
12. }
13. ?>

If you run this code on the live server, it will send an email to the specified receiver.

PHP Mail: Send HTML Message

To send HTML message, you need to mention Content-type text/html in the message header.

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1. <?php
2. $to = "[email protected]";//change receiver address
3. $subject = "This is subject";
4. $message = "<h1>This is HTML heading</h1>";
5.
6. $header = "From:[email protected] \r\n";
7. $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0 \r\n";
8. $header .= "Content-type: text/html;charset=UTF-8 \r\n";
9.
10. $result = mail ($to,$subject,$message,$header);
11.
12. if( $result == true ){
13. echo "Message sent successfully...";
14. }else{
15. echo "Sorry, unable to send mail...";
16. }
17. ?>

PHP Mail: Send Mail with Attachment

To send message with attachment, you need to mention many header information which is used in the example given below.

1. <?php
2. $to = "[email protected]";
3. $subject = "This is subject";
4. $message = "This is a text message.";
5. # Open a file
6. $file = fopen("tmp/test.html", "r" );//change your file location
7. if( $file == false )
8. {
9. echo "Error in opening file";
10. exit();
11. }
12. # Read the file into a variable
13. $size = filesize("tmp/test.html");
14. $content = fread( $file, $size);
15.
16. # encode the data for safe transit
17. # and insert \r\n after every 76 chars.
18. $encoded_content = chunk_split( base64_encode($content));
19.
20. # Get a random 32 bit number using time() as seed.
21. $num = md5( time() );
22.
23. # Define the main headers.
24. $header = "From:[email protected]\r\n";
25. $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
26. $header .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; ";
27. $header .= "boundary=$num\r\n";
28. $header .= "--$num\r\n";
29.
30. # Define the message section
31. $header .= "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n";
32. $header .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding:8bit\r\n\n";
33. $header .= "$message\r\n";
34. $header .= "--$num\r\n";
35.
36. # Define the attachment section
37. $header .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed; ";
38. $header .= "name=\"test.txt\"\r\n";
39. $header .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding:base64\r\n";
40. $header .= "Content-Disposition:attachment; ";
41. $header .= "filename=\"test.txt\"\r\n\n";
42. $header .= "$encoded_content\r\n";

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43. $header .= "--$num--";

44.
45. # Send email now
46. $result = mail ( $to, $subject, "", $header );
47. if( $result == true ){
48. echo "Message sent successfully...";
49. }else{
50. echo "Sorry, unable to send mail...";
51. }
52. ?>

PHP MySQLi Database Connection

PHP MySQL Connect

Since PHP 5.5, mysql_connect() extension is deprecated. Now it is recommended to use one of the 2 alternatives.

o mysqli_connect()
o PDO::__construct()

PHP mysqli_connect()
PHP mysqli_connect() function is used to connect with MySQL database. It returns resource if connection is established
or null.

Syntax
1. resource mysqli_connect (server, username, password)

PHP mysqli_close()
PHP mysqli_close() function is used to disconnect with MySQL database. It returns true if connection is closed or false.

Syntax
1. bool mysqli_close(resource $resource_link)

PHP MySQL Connect Example

Example
1. <?php
2. $host = 'localhost:3306';
3. $user = '';
4. $pass = '';
5. $conn = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass);
6. if(! $conn )
7. {
8. die('Could not connect: ' . mysqli_error());
9. }
10. echo 'Connected successfully';
11. mysqli_close($conn);
12. ?>

Output:

Connected successfully

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PHP MySQL Create Database

Since PHP 4.3, mysql_create_db() function is deprecated. Now it is recommended to use one of the 2 alternatives.

o mysqli_query()
o PDO::__query()

PHP MySQLi Create Database Example

Example
1. <?php
2. $host = 'localhost:3306';
3. $user = '';
4. $pass = '';
5. $conn = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass);
6. if(! $conn )
7. {
8. die('Could not connect: ' . mysqli_connect_error());
9. }
10. echo 'Connected successfully<br/>';
11.
12. $sql = 'CREATE Database mydb';
13. if(mysqli_query( $conn,$sql)){
14. echo "Database mydb created successfully.";
15. }else{
16. echo "Sorry, database creation failed ".mysqli_error($conn);
17. }
18. mysqli_close($conn);
19. ?>

Output:

Connected successfully
Database mydb created successfully.

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PHP MySQL Create Table

PHP mysql_query() function is used to create table. Since PHP 5.5, mysql_query() function is deprecated. Now it is
recommended to use one of the 2 alternatives.

o mysqli_query()
o PDO::__query()

PHP MySQLi Create Table Example

Example
1. <?php
2. $host = 'localhost:3306';
3. $user = '';
4. $pass = '';
5. $dbname = 'test';
6.
7. $conn = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass,$dbname);
8. if(!$conn){
9. die('Could not connect: '.mysqli_connect_error());
10. }
11. echo 'Connected successfully<br/>';
12.
13. $sql = "create table emp5(id INT AUTO_INCREMENT,name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
14. emp_salary INT NOT NULL,primary key (id))";
15. if(mysqli_query($conn, $sql)){
16. echo "Table emp5 created successfully";
17. }else{
18. echo "Could not create table: ". mysqli_error($conn);
19. }
20.
21. mysqli_close($conn);
22. ?>

Output:

Connected successfully
Table emp5 created successfully

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PHP MySQL Update Record

PHP mysql_query() function is used to update record in a table. Since PHP 5.5, mysql_query() function is deprecated. Now
it is recommended to use one of the 2 alternatives.

o mysqli_query()
o PDO::__query()

PHP MySQLi Update Record Example

Example
1. <?php
2. $host = 'localhost:3306';
3. $user = '';
4. $pass = '';
5. $dbname = 'test';
6.
7. $conn = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass,$dbname);
8. if(!$conn){
9. die('Could not connect: '.mysqli_connect_error());
10. }
11. echo 'Connected successfully<br/>';
12.
13. $id=2;
14. $name="Rahul";
15. $salary=80000;
16. $sql = "update emp4 set name=\"$name\", salary=$salary where id=$id";
17. if(mysqli_query($conn, $sql)){
18. echo "Record updated successfully";
19. }else{
20. echo "Could not update record: ". mysqli_error($conn);
21. }
22.
23. mysqli_close($conn);
24. ?>

Output:

Connected successfully
Record updated successfully

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PHP MySQL Delete Record

PHP mysql_query() function is used to delete record in a table. Since PHP 5.5, mysql_query() function is deprecated. Now
it is recommended to use one of the 2 alternatives.

o mysqli_query()
o PDO::__query()

PHP MySQLi Delete Record Example

Example
1. <?php
2. $host = 'localhost:3306';
3. $user = '';
4. $pass = '';
5. $dbname = 'test';
6.
7. $conn = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass,$dbname);
8. if(!$conn){
9. die('Could not connect: '.mysqli_connect_error());
10. }
11. echo 'Connected successfully<br/>';
12.
13. $id=2;
14. $sql = "delete from emp4 where id=$id";
15. if(mysqli_query($conn, $sql)){
16. echo "Record deleted successfully";
17. }else{
18. echo "Could not deleted record: ". mysqli_error($conn);
19. }
20.
21. mysqli_close($conn);
22. ?>

Output:

Connected successfully
Record deleted successfully

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PHP MySQL Order By

PHP mysql_query() function is used to execute select query with order by clause. Since PHP 5.5, mysql_query() function
is deprecated. Now it is recommended to use one of the 2 alternatives.

o mysqli_query()
o PDO::__query()

The order by clause is used to fetch data in ascending order or descending order on the basis of column.

Let's see the query to select data from emp4 table in ascending order on the basis of name column.

1. SELECT * FROM emp4 order by name

Let's see the query to select data from emp4 table in descending order on the basis of name column.

1. SELECT * FROM emp4 order by name desc

PHP MySQLi Order by Example

Example
1. <?php
2. $host = 'localhost:3306';
3. $user = '';
4. $pass = '';
5. $dbname = 'test';
6. $conn = mysqli_connect($host, $user, $pass,$dbname);
7. if(!$conn){
8. die('Could not connect: '.mysqli_connect_error());
9. }
10. echo 'Connected successfully<br/>';
11.
12. $sql = 'SELECT * FROM emp4 order by name';
13. $retval=mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
14.
15. if(mysqli_num_rows($retval) > 0){
16. while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($retval)){
17. echo "EMP ID :{$row['id']} <br> ".
18. "EMP NAME : {$row['name']} <br> ".
19. "EMP SALARY : {$row['salary']} <br> ".
20. "--------------------------------<br>";
21. } //end of while
22. }else{
23. echo "0 results";
24. }
25. mysqli_close($conn);
26. ?>

Output:

Connected successfully
EMP ID :3
EMP NAME : jai
EMP SALARY : 90000
--------------------------------
EMP ID :2
EMP NAME : karan
EMP SALARY : 40000
--------------------------------
EMP ID :1

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EMP NAME : ratan

EMP SALARY : 9000
--------------------------------
We can imagine our universe made of different objects like sun, earth, moon etc. Similarly we can
imagine our car made of different objects like wheel, steering, gear etc. Same way there is object
oriented programming concepts which assume everything as an object and implement a software
using different objects.

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Chapter Four
Object Oriented Concepts
Before we go in detail, lets define important terms related to Object Oriented Programming.

 Class − This is a programmer-defined data type, which includes local functions as well as local data. You
can think of a class as a template for making many instances of the same kind (or class) of object.

 Object − An individual instance of the data structure defined by a class. You define a class once and then
make many objects that belong to it. Objects are also known as instance.

 Member Variable − These are the variables defined inside a class. This data will be invisible to the outside
of the class and can be accessed via member functions. These variables are called attribute of the object
once an object is created.

 Member function − These are the function defined inside a class and are used to access object data.

 Inheritance − When a class is defined by inheriting existing function of a parent class then it is called
inheritance. Here child class will inherit all or few member functions and variables of a parent class.

 Parent class − A class that is inherited from by another class. This is also called a base class or super class.

 Child Class − A class that inherits from another class. This is also called a subclass or derived class.

 Polymorphism − This is an object oriented concept where same function can be used for different
purposes. For example function name will remain same but it make take different number of arguments and
can do different task.

 Overloading − a type of polymorphism in which some or all of operators have different implementations
depending on the types of their arguments. Similarly functions can also be overloaded with different
implementation.

 Data Abstraction − Any representation of data in which the implementation details are hidden (abstracted).

 Encapsulation − refers to a concept where we encapsulate all the data and member functions together to
form an object.

 Constructor − refers to a special type of function which will be called automatically whenever there is an
object formation from a class.

 Destructor − refers to a special type of function which will be called automatically whenever an object is
deleted or goes out of scope.

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Defining PHP Classes

The general form for defining a new class in PHP is as follows −

<?php
class phpClass {
var $var1;
var $var2 = "constant string";

function myfunc ($arg1, $arg2) {

[..]
}
[..]
}
?>

Here is the description of each line −

 The special form class, followed by the name of the class that you want to define.

 A set of braces enclosing any number of variable declarations and function definitions.

 Variable declarations start with the special form var, which is followed by a conventional $ variable name;
they may also have an initial assignment to a constant value.

 Function definitions look much like standalone PHP functions but are local to the class and will be used to
set and access object data.

Example
Here is an example which defines a class of Books type −

<?php
class Books {
/* Member variables */
var $price;
var $title;

/* Member functions */
function setPrice($par){
$this->price = $par;
}

function getPrice(){
echo $this->price ."<br/>";

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function setTitle($par){
$this->title = $par;
}

function getTitle(){
echo $this->title ." <br/>";
}
}
?>

The variable $this is a special variable and it refers to the same object ie. itself.

Creating Objects in PHP

Once you defined your class, then you can create as many objects as you like of that class
type. Following is an example of how to create object using newoperator.

$physics = new Books;

$maths = new Books;
$chemistry = new Books;

Here we have created three objects and these objects are independent of each other and they
will have their existence separately. Next we will see how to access member function and
process member variables.

Calling Member Functions

After creating your objects, you will be able to call member functions related to that object.
One member function will be able to process member variable of related object only.

Following example shows how to set title and prices for the three books by calling member
functions.

$physics->setTitle( "Physics for High School" );

$chemistry->setTitle( "Advanced Chemistry" );
$maths->setTitle( "Algebra" );

$physics->setPrice( 10 );
$chemistry->setPrice( 15 );
$maths->setPrice( 7 );

Now you call another member functions to get the values set by in above example −

$physics->getTitle();
$chemistry->getTitle();

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$maths->getTitle();
$physics->getPrice();
$chemistry->getPrice();
$maths->getPrice();

This will produce the following result −

Physics for High School

Advanced Chemistry
Algebra
10
15
7

Constructor Functions
Constructor Functions are special type of functions which are called automatically whenever
an object is created. So we take full advantage of this behaviour, by initializing many things
through constructor functions.

PHP provides a special function called __construct() to define a constructor. You can pass
as many as arguments you like into the constructor function.

Following example will create one constructor for Books class and it will initialize price and
title for the book at the time of object creation.

function __construct( $par1, $par2 ) {

$this->title = $par1;
$this->price = $par2;
}

Now we don't need to call set function separately to set price and title. We can initialize
these two member variables at the time of object creation only. Check following example
below −

$physics = new Books( "Physics for High School", 10 );

$maths = new Books ( "Advanced Chemistry", 15 );
$chemistry = new Books ("Algebra", 7 );

/* Get those set values */

$physics->getTitle();
$chemistry->getTitle();
$maths->getTitle();

$physics->getPrice();
$chemistry->getPrice();
$maths->getPrice();

This will produce the following result −

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Physics for High School

Advanced Chemistry
Algebra
10
15
7

Destructor
Like a constructor function you can define a destructor function using function __destruct().
You can release all the resources with-in a destructor.

Inheritance
PHP class definitions can optionally inherit from a parent class definition by using the
extends clause. The syntax is as follows −

class Child extends Parent {

<definition body>
}

The effect of inheritance is that the child class (or subclass or derived class) has the
following characteristics −

 Automatically has all the member variable declarations of the parent class.

 Automatically has all the same member functions as the parent, which (by default) will work the same way
as those functions do in the parent.

Following example inherit Books class and adds more functionality based on the
requirement.

class Novel extends Books {

var $publisher;

function setPublisher($par){
$this->publisher = $par;
}

function getPublisher(){
echo $this->publisher. "<br />";
}
}

Now apart from inherited functions, class Novel keeps two additional member functions.

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Function Overriding
Function definitions in child classes override definitions with the same name in parent
classes. In a child class, we can modify the definition of a function inherited from parent
class.

In the following example getPrice and getTitle functions are overridden to return some
values.

function getPrice() {
echo $this->price . "<br/>";
return $this->price;
}

function getTitle(){
echo $this->title . "<br/>";
return $this->title;
}

Public Members
Unless you specify otherwise, properties and methods of a class are public. That is to say,
they may be accessed in three possible situations −

 From outside the class in which it is declared

 From within the class in which it is declared

 From within another class that implements the class in which it is declared

Till now we have seen all members as public members. If you wish to limit the accessibility
of the members of a class then you define class members as private or protected.

Private members
By designating a member private, you limit its accessibility to the class in which it is
declared. The private member cannot be referred to from classes that inherit the class in
which it is declared and cannot be accessed from outside the class.

A class member can be made private by using private keyword infront of the member.

class MyClass {
private $car = "skoda";
$driver = "SRK";

function __construct($par) {
// Statements here run every time

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// an instance of the class

// is created.
}

function myPublicFunction() {
return("I'm visible!");
}

private function myPrivateFunction() {

return("I'm not visible outside!");
}
}

When MyClass class is inherited by another class using extends, myPublicFunction() will be
visible, as will $driver. The extending class will not have any awareness of or access to
myPrivateFunction and $car, because they are declared private.

Protected members
A protected property or method is accessible in the class in which it is declared, as well as in
classes that extend that class. Protected members are not available outside of those two kinds
of classes. A class member can be made protected by using protected keyword in front of
the member.

Here is different version of MyClass −

class MyClass {
protected $car = "skoda";
$driver = "SRK";

function __construct($par) {
// Statements here run every time
// an instance of the class
// is created.
}

function myPublicFunction() {
return("I'm visible!");
}

protected function myPrivateFunction() {

return("I'm visible in child class!");

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}
}

Interfaces
Interfaces are defined to provide a common function names to the implementers. Different
implementors can implement those interfaces according to their requirements. You can say,
interfaces are skeletons which are implemented by developers.

As of PHP5, it is possible to define an interface, like this −

interface Mail {
public function sendMail();
}

Then, if another class implemented that interface, like this −

class Report implements Mail {

// sendMail() Definition goes here
}

Constants
A constant is somewhat like a variable, in that it holds a value, but is really more like a
function because a constant is immutable. Once you declare a constant, it does not change.

Declaring one constant is easy, as is done in this version of MyClass −

class MyClass {
const requiredMargin = 1.7;

function __construct($incomingValue) {
// Statements here run every time
// an instance of the class
// is created.
}
}

In this class, requiredMargin is a constant. It is declared with the keyword const, and under
no circumstances can it be changed to anything other than 1.7. Note that the constant's name
does not have a leading $, as variable names do.

Abstract Classes
An abstract class is one that cannot be instantiated, only inherited. You declare an abstract
class with the keyword abstract, like this −

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When inheriting from an abstract class, all methods marked abstract in the parent's class
declaration must be defined by the child; additionally, these methods must be defined with
the same visibility.

abstract class MyAbstractClass {

abstract function myAbstractFunction() {
}
}

Note that function definitions inside an abstract class must also be preceded by the keyword
abstract. It is not legal to have abstract function definitions inside a non-abstract class.

Static Keyword
Declaring class members or methods as static makes them accessible without needing an
instantiation of the class. A member declared as static can not be accessed with an
instantiated class object (though a static method can).

Try out following example −

<?php
class Foo {
public static $my_static = 'foo';

public function staticValue() {

return self::$my_static;
}
}

print Foo::$my_static . "\n";

$foo = new Foo();

print $foo->staticValue() . "\n";

?>

Final Keyword
PHP 5 introduces the final keyword, which prevents child classes from overriding a method
by prefixing the definition with final. If the class itself is being defined final then it cannot
be extended.

Following example results in Fatal error: Cannot override final method

BaseClass::moreTesting()

<?php

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class BaseClass {
public function test() {
echo "BaseClass::test() called<br>";
}

final public function moreTesting() {

echo "BaseClass::moreTesting() called<br>";
}
}

class ChildClass extends BaseClass {

public function moreTesting() {
echo "ChildClass::moreTesting() called<br>";
}
}
?>

Calling parent constructors

Instead of writing an entirely new constructor for the subclass, let's write it by calling the
parent's constructor explicitly and then doing whatever is necessary in addition for
instantiation of the subclass. Here's a simple example −

class Name {
var $_firstName;
var $_lastName;

function Name($first_name, $last_name) {

$this->_firstName = $first_name;
$this->_lastName = $last_name;
}

function toString() {
return($this->_lastName .", " .$this->_firstName);
}
}
class NameSub1 extends Name {
var $_middleInitial;

function NameSub1($first_name, $middle_initial, $last_name) {

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Name::Name($first_name, $last_name);
$this->_middleInitial = $middle_initial;
}

function toString() {
return(Name::toString() . " " . $this->_middleInitial);
}
}

In this example, we have a parent class (Name), which has a two-argument constructor, and
a subclass (NameSub1), which has a three-argument constructor. The constructor of
NameSub1 functions by calling its parent constructor explicitly using the :: syntax (passing
two of its arguments along) and then setting an additional field. Similarly, NameSub1
defines its non constructor toString() function in terms of the parent function that it
overrides.

NOTE − A constructor can be defined with the same name as the name of a class. It is
defined in above example.

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Glossary
PHP 5 MySQLi Functions
The mysqli functions are designed to communicate with MySQL 4.1 or later.
Using the mysqli functions you can take advantage of all the latest and advanced features of MySQL, which you may not be
able to do with the earlier MySQL functions. However the MySQLi functions are available only with PHP 5 or later.
Function Description

mysqli_affected_rows() Returns the number of affected rows in the previous

MySQL operation
mysqli_autocommit() Turns on or off auto-committing database
modifications
mysqli_change_user() Changes the user of the specified database connection
mysqli_character_set_name() Returns the default character set for the database
connection
mysqli_close() Closes a previously opened database connection
mysqli_commit() Commits the current transaction
mysqli_connect_errno() Returns the error code from the last connect call
mysqli_connect_error() Returns the error description from the last connection
error
mysqli_connect() Opens a new connection to the MySQL server
mysqli_data_seek() Adjusts the result pointer to an arbitrary row in the
result-set
mysqli_debug() Performs debugging operations
mysqli_dump_debug_info() Dump debugging information into the log
mysqli_errno() Returns the error code for the most recent function call
mysqli_error_list() Returns a array of errors for the most recent MySQLi
function call
mysqli_error() Returns the last error message for the most recent
MySQLi function call
mysqli_fetch_all() Fetches all result rows as an associative array, a
numeric array, or both
mysqli_fetch_array() Fetches a result row as an associative, a numeric array,
or both
mysqli_fetch_assoc() Fetches a result row as an associative array
mysqli_fetch_field_direct() Fetch meta-data for a single field as an object
mysqli_fetch_field() Returns the next field in the result set, as an object

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Function Description

mysqli_fetch_fields() Returns an array of objects representing the fields in a

result set
mysqli_fetch_lengths() Returns the lengths of the columns of the current row
in the result set
mysqli_fetch_object() Returns the current row of a result set as an object
mysqli_fetch_row() Fetches one row of data from the result set and returns
it as an enumerated array
mysqli_field_count() Returns the number of columns for the most recent
query
mysqli_field_seek() Sets the result pointer to a specified field offset
mysqli_field_tell() Returns the position of the field cursor used for the
last mysqli_fetch_field() call
mysqli_free_result() Frees the memory associated with a result
mysqli_get_charset() Returns a character set object
mysqli_get_client_info() Returns the MySQL client version as a string
mysqli_get_client_stats() Returns client per-process statistics.
mysqli_get_client_version() Returns the MySQL client version as an integer
mysqli_get_connection_stats() Returns client connection statistics.
mysqli_get_host_info() Returns a string representing the type of connection
used including the MySQL server hostname
mysqli_get_proto_info() Returns the version of the MySQL protocol used
mysqli_get_server_info() Returns the version of the MySQL server
mysqli_get_server_version() Returns the version of the MySQL server as an integer
mysqli_info() Returns information about the last query executed
mysqli_init() Initializes MySQLi and returns a resource for use
with mysqli_real_connect()
mysqli_insert_id() Returns the auto-generated id used in the last query
mysqli_kill() Asks the server to kill a MySQL thread
mysqli_more_results() Check if there are any more query results from a multi
query
mysqli_multi_query() Performs one or multiple queries on the database
mysqli_next_result() Prepares the next result set from mysqli_multi_query()
mysqli_num_fields() Returns the number of fields in a result set
mysqli_num_rows() Returns the number of rows in a result set

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Function Description

mysqli_options() Sets extra connect options and affect behavior for a

connection
mysqli_ping() Pings a server connection, or tries to reconnect if the
connection has gone down
mysqli_prepare() Prepares an SQL statement for execution
mysqli_query() Performs a query on the database
mysqli_real_connect() Opens a connection to a mysql server
mysqli_real_escape_string() Escapes special characters in a string for use in an SQL
statement
mysqli_real_query() Executes an SQL query
mysqli_refresh() Refreshes tables or caches, or resets the replication
server information
mysqli_rollback() Rollbacks the current transaction for the database
mysqli_select_db() Selects the default database for database queries
mysqli_set_charset() Sets the default client character set
mysqli_set_local_infile_default() Unsets user defined handler for load local infile
command
mysqli_set_local_infile_handler() Set callback function for LOAD DATA LOCAL
INFILE command
mysqli_sqlstate() Returns the SQLSTATE error code from the previous
MySQL operation
mysqli_ssl_set() Used to establish secure connections using SSL
mysqli_stat() Returns the current system status
mysqli_stmt_init() Initializes a statement and returns an object for use
with mysqli_stmt_prepare()
mysqli_store_result() Transfers a result set from the last query
mysqli_thread_id() Returns the thread ID for the current connection
mysqli_thread_safe() Returns whether the client library is compiled as
thread-safe
mysqli_use_result() Initiates the retrieval of a result set from the last query
executed using the mysqli_real_query()
mysqli_warning_count() Returns the number of warnings from the last query in
the connection

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PHP Date and Time Functions

The following date and time functions are the part of the PHP core so you can use these functions within your script without
any further installation.
Function Description

checkdate() Validates a Gregorian date

date_add() Adds an amount of days, months, years, hours, minutes
and seconds to a date
date_create_from_format() Returns a new DateTime object formatted according to
the specified format
date_create() Returns new DateTime object
date_date_set() Sets a new date
date_default_timezone_get() Returns the default timezone used by all date/time
functions in a script
date_default_timezone_set() Sets the default timezone used by all date/time
functions in a script
date_diff() Returns the difference between two dates
date_format() Returns a date formatted according to a specified
format
date_get_last_errors() Returns the warnings and errors found while parsing a
date/time string
date_interval_create_from_date_string() Sets up a DateInterval from the relative parts of the
string
date_interval_format() Formats the interval
date_isodate_set() Set a date according to the ISO 8601 standard
date_modify() Modifies the timestamp
date_offset_get() Returns the timezone offset
date_parse_from_format() Returns an associative array with detailed info about
given date formatted according to the specified format
date_parse() Returns associative array with detailed info about a
specified date
date_sub() Subtracts an amount of days, months, years, hours,
minutes and seconds from a date
date_sun_info() Returns an array with information about sunset/sunrise
and twilight begin/end for a specified day and location

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Function Description

date_sunrise() Returns time of sunrise for a given day and location

date_sunset() Returns time of sunset for a given day and location
date_time_set() Sets the time
date_timestamp_get() Returns the Unix timestamp representing the date
date_timestamp_set() Sets the date and time based on an Unix timestamp
date_timezone_get() Return time zone relative to given DateTime
date_timezone_set() Sets the time zone for the DateTime object
date() Formats a local date and time
getdate() Returns date/time information of the timestamp or the
current local date/time
gettimeofday() Returns the current time
gmdate() Formats a GMT/UTC date and time
gmmktime() Get Unix timestamp for a GMT date
gmstrftime() Formats a GMT/UTC date and time according to locale
settings
idate() Formats a local time/date as integer
localtime() Returns the local time
microtime() Return the current Unix timestamp with microseconds
mktime() Returns the Unix timestamp for a date
strftime() Formats a local time/date according to locale settings
strptime() Parses a time/date generated with strftime()
strtotime() Parses an English textual datetime into a Unix
timestamp
time() Returns the current time as a Unix timestamp
timezone_abbreviations_list() Returns associative array containing dst, offset and the
timezone name
timezone_identifiers_list() Returns an indexed array containing all defined
timezone identifiers
timezone_location_get() Returns the location information for a specified
timezone
timezone_name_from_abbr() Returns the timezone name from abbreviation
timezone_name_get() Returns the name of the timezone
timezone_offset_get() Returns the timezone offset from GMT

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Function Description

timezone_open() Creates new DateTimeZone object

timezone_transitions_get() Returns all transitions for the timezone
timezone_version_get() Returns the current version of the timezonedb

PHP Calendar Functions

The following calendar functions are the part of the PHP core so you can use these functions within your script without any
further installation.
Function Description

cal_days_in_month() Returns the number of days in a month for a specified year and
calendar
cal_from_jd() Converts a Julian Day Count into a date of the specified calendar
cal_info() Returns information about a specified calendar
cal_to_jd() Converts a date in a specified calendar to Julian Day Count
easter_date() Returns the Unix timestamp for midnight on Easter of the given year
easter_days() Returns the number of days after March 21 on which Easter falls for a
given year
frenchtojd() Converts a date from the French Republican Calendar to a Julian Day
Count
gregoriantojd() Converts a Gregorian date to a Julian Day Count
jddayofweek() Returns the day of the week
jdmonthname() Returns a month name
jdtofrench() Converts a Julian Day Count to a French Republican date
jdtogregorian() Converts Julian Day Count to Gregorian date
jdtojewish() Converts a Julian day count to a Jewish calendar date
jdtojulian() Converts a Julian Day Count to a Julian Calendar Date
jdtounix() Convert Julian Day to Unix timestamp
jewishtojd() Converts a date in the Jewish Calendar to Julian Day Count

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