7 little known but super useful PHP functions

PHP have lots of built-in functions, and most developers know many of them. But a few functions are not very well known, but are super useful. This is an article from catswhocode.com explaining some of those functions that you can make use of.

PHP Tutorials (PART 2)

We have already started PHP tutorials. If you missed it, here’s the link to Part 1. So far we covered the basics of PHP, how to run your programs, strings and variables. Today I’ll talk about operators.

An operator, as you certainly know from when you studied maths, is a symbol representing a certain operation. Programming languages, however, how many different types of operators, not only the arithmetic ones, and below I’ll talk about the basic ones.

PHP Basics (Part 1)

In this tutorial, I'm going to briefly describe what PHP is and also the programming basics which will help if you are a beginner. 

What’s PHP, and why should I care?

PHP is a programming language that was developed to to produce dynamic web pages. Technically speaking it’s a server-side scripting language. Server-side means that it works on the server, as opposed to stuff that runs on the client (i.e., the browser), like JavaScript or Java applets. Scripting means that PHP is an interpreted language used mostly to create dynamic web pages, as opposed to a compiled language like C or C++ which are used to create complete applications. Other scripting languages popular in web development are Perl, Python and Ruby

Speaking of which, why should you learn PHP and not one of those other scripting languages I mentioned? There are three main reasons:

7 Super-Handy PHP Functions for Beginners

Have you ever taken a look at the list of functions available in PHP? I just counted 5025 on the PHP quick reference page. Granted, it depends on what extensions you have enabled, but still: that’s one heap of functions! While I can’t show you every one of them, if you’re new to the language, I’ll introduce you to seven really handy ones in this quick tip!
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The Mission Statement

 If you’ve been meaning to learn, but haven’t gotten around to it yet, now is the time! On the flip side, for those of you who are PHP ninjas, I respectfully request that you get involved and offer advice to the rest of us. If you’ve benefited from the dozens of tutorials on this site, take a few moments to give back, via the comments section. This will be your one-stop resource for everything PHP. . The key here is that I’m a beginner just like everyone else, relatively speaking. We can motivate one another to learn as quickly, and efficiently as possible.

So, why would you learn from a beginner? Try not to think of it as me teaching you. Think of these articles as a community effort where we all help each other. I’ll be learning from many of you in the same way that you learn from me.