Tag: php

Working with an array with periods in key values

I’m getting data from an array. For some reason the array has key values like [3.3] which I’m having trouble retrieving data from. I have this array [3.3] => First Name [3.6] => Last Name[2] => email@example.com. When I try to call $array[3.3] it returns null, but when I call $array[2] I …

Quickest Way to Read First Line from File

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What’s the quickest, easiest way to read the first line only from a file? I know you can use file, but in my case there’s no point in wasting the time loading the whole file. Preferably a one-liner.

Javascript Equivalent to PHP Explode()

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I have this string: 0000000020C90037:TEMP:data I need this string: TEMP:data. With PHP I would do this: How do I effectively explode a string in JavaScript the way it works in PHP? Answer This is a direct conversion from your PHP code:

PHP Framework vs Content Management System

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How would you explain the difference between a PHP Framework and a CMS (like WordPress) to someone who is very technically savvy, mostly on hardware/networking, but does little or no programming? As …

MySQL: dates before 1970

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I’m working on a church site which has many events before 1970, these events starts from 1001 to today, how can I store the dates in MySQL? This works fine only for dates after 1970, how can I store dates before this year? What kind of datatype should I have in MySQL? Now I’ve set my column to dat…

Delete element from multidimensional-array based on value

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I’m trying to delete elements from a multidimensional-array based on a value. In this case if a sub-array’s key ‘year’ has the value 2011 I want that sub-array out. Just for the record: i’m running PHP 5.2. My array looks like this: Answer Try this: Then you would call it like th…

How to redirect subdomain to main domain maintaining the same URL?

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My main domain(www.mysite.com) is pointing to a folder in my server (/home/user_name/htdocs/mysite.com). I have recently created a subdomain(m.mysite.com) through my hosting account. But it is pointing it to a new folder (/home/user_name/htdocs/m.mysite.com) in my server. I am not able to edit the path to whi…