This guide will show you how to the count the amount of items in array with PHP. Doing this is simple as calling a native function. There are many reasons for counting the amount of items you have in your array. As I build data sets, I will often time use the count function to … Read more
This guide will show you how to merge two arrays in PHP. This is useful when you have two arrays of data that you would like to become one. For example, you might have an array that has User 1 favorite movies and another with User 2. By merging the arrays we will know what … Read more
This guide will show you how to generate a random number in PHP using rand(). There are so many reasons we might want to generate random numbers. This could be for a random sleep, a game, or adding randomness to a script. It is important to note, that this should not be used in cases … Read more
This guide will show you how to convert a string to lowercase in PHP using strtolower() function. This is extremely helpful when you want to manipulate the string quickly to all lowercase characters. You might use this for names, addresses, or even website urls. In order to make this work we first need to establish a string … Read more
This guide will show you how to convert a string to uppercase in PHP using strtoupper() function. This is extremely helpful when you want to manipulate the string quickly to all uppercase characters. You might use this for names, addresses, or even product names. In order to make this work we first need to establish … Read more
This guide will show you how to print out the values that are stored in your array using php. This is useful when you are debugging code or you want a quick way to show the data that is stored in your array. I frequently use print_r when writing to code to see as I … Read more
In this guide I will show you how to get unique array values in PHP. The is really easy to do and can be useful for many reasons while coding. For example, if you want to identify what values are in the array, but you don’t want to look at all the data. Another example … Read more