Questions tagged [php]
Questions about PHP, a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development.
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PHP: What code should be removed to its own helper class and where should such classes be located in the filesystem?
The following is an example requesting an explanation for one specific file in one specific filesystem, not helper classes generally.
I have configured a LEPP stack on a CentOS server. The server ...
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Interconnected technique for web, mobile and desktop
I am planning to do the university project with the Desktop application + web application + mobile application, I have planned to use languages for these 3 as below:
Desktop application: Java SE
Web ...
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Better option for this nested if condition [duplicate]
I am working on one module where three Condition is available and each option contains three options.
Enable : Yes/No
Who can see : All / Login /Guest
Which Product : All / InStock / ...
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Is it common practice to validate responses from 3rd party APIs?
I'm working on a PHP web application that depends on a few 3rd-party services. These services are well documented and provided by fairly large organisations.
I feel paranoid when working with ...
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How to increase number of http queries ran by php queue workers?
I'm building uptime monitoring service, which consists of many nodes which are sending http requests to different hosts.
As a framework use Laravel and its queues. Like, at first I dispatch jobs into ...
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Live video from android app and send to php website for viewers to see
So basically i want to build a online study portal.
There will a android app for tutors. Students (id,password will be given to login) will go to a webpage in which they will view the live video ...
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Proper way to organize Small Functions in PHP
I have a bunch of small utility PHP functions that I made to solve different scripting problems. Functions like UUID() and trackUserActivity() etc. There are tons of these functions and increasing ...
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Best practices for creating structured data from “flat” SQL query results
Recently I've been working on a project to teach myself PHP and SQL, and as the project has gotten more complex I've been wondering what the idiomatic approaches are for creating the backend models ...
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How could I optimize an AJAX-based site by avoiding unnecessary/duplicate file-reads for each AJAX call?
I'm an IT guy (read: not a professional programmer) and have made an internal monitoring webtool which allows users to search for printers on our print servers. Based on the filtering criteria given, ...
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How to update HTML/JS client from PHP server without refresh intervals?
I am building a simple client-side web page that can be updated from an admin page. I am using PHP for server-side manipulation of the client targeted page.
The setup feels like an overkill to me:
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Long running REST API in PHP, async?
I have a RESTful API built with PHP. In POST request saving to DB is triggered. The problem is that now I have to support long running tasks. For example a user triggers POST request that is going to ...
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RuntimeException or DomainException or LogicException in loader function?
Assume I have module of classes:
EntityLoader loads some entity by id.
EntityValidator checks preconditions, input data before saving changes.
EntityUpdater saves changes.
EntityLoader has method ...
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How to deal with package management when having a monolith broken down in packages?
At our company we have a monolith PHP application which has been broken down into multiple (self developed) packages around the (self developed) framework package.
This application isn’t a SAAS ...
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Getting rid of dollar signs in PHP in a best way
I hate PHP dollar signs. With that in mind I tried and found a way to access variables and function parameters without using them.
First, to get value of a variable I used get_defined_vars:
// echo $...
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Could this be considered a valid State GoF Pattern implementation?
For teaching purpose, I would like to create a simple implementation of State Pattern using PHP 7.4.
So, I've tried to create a simple "document state machine" starting with Draft, sending to review ...
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Ideas For Sending Messages from Contact Us Page in Website as a Notification Email to an Administrator
What is the best way to send messages from a Contact Us page in a website as a notification email to an administrator ?
So far, this is what I did but I feel like this is not really the proper way.
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DDD Value Objects and Entity Without ORM Mapping in PHP
First, as I know, Entity in DDD is almost same with Value Object except Entity has identity. Every article I have read say same thing that entity id has ORM mapping with any ORM tool. But I don’t want ...
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What are some of the best ways to create single page websites with dynamic content?
I'm expirementing with creating a website as a IT Ticketing system. This website has a top nav and a side nav. I want the content area to change depending on the link clicked. I've managed to get the ...
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Is this form generator a valid Composite GoF?
Searching for a good PHP real world example, I've found this example of "composite" using:
FormElement as Component
Fieldset and Form as Containers
Input as Leaf
(this is my UML from the code):
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Which Software Architecture am I using? XAMPP, Apache, MySQL, PHP Android
I use XAMPP to host an Apache web server and a MySQL database. Most of the data processing is done on the user's mobile phone. After a certain activity, information of the user is sent to the web ...
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Can Value Objects create their own value?
Let's say you have a username value object which has formatting rules e.g.,
class Username
{
private $username;
public function __construct(string $username)
{
// thrown an ...
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Memory Usage for Website
I have been working on a project and Im hoping to get a gauge on possible performance issues before I put it in any production environment. Currently on my local machine Chrome's task manager says I ...
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Composer Update — Need to Push?
I have a private PHP library that is working well for the most part. Let's call it "private library". I can move into the "private library" and edit, git add, git commit and git push -- all as you ...
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Builder Pattern: Is it acceptable to use “passing-by-reference” on Director methods?
For teaching purposes, I am trying to create a PHP implementation of a conceptual example of Builder Pattern:
First of all, some products:
class Product1 {
private string $attribute1;
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Architecture Design of Command&Control application center for displays
I am facing dilemma on how to best design the following functionality. What design patterns and OOD principles should I use.
For simplicity sake following are basic requirements:
displays type ...
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Why does the PHP community always rely on file-based logging instead of a combination with in-memory logging?
This is an initial thought I'm having on logging. Clearly, am missing something about the whole picture because I don't think someone didn't think of this before.
PHP runs on one request. That means ...
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Naming my classes and class folders in PHP project
I am working on an (PHP) application where users have so called workspaces. A workspace is a folder with a specific structure and bunch of specific files - user information and some workspace metadata ...
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What is the difference between simple factory and factory method?
I am a little bit confused about simple factory and factory method. My main difficult is the abrut difference between the examples code on the internet, even on wikipedia, where have lots of them, ...
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No confident about pre/post conditions on LSP
I have some doubts about the practical way of violate or to not the pre and post conditions based on Liskov Substitution Principle.
In the beginning, I have create the examples where first child ...
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Why does php not allow to decrease visibility of class properties and methods in the inheriting class?
Please consider the following code:
class baseclass {
public $hideme;
public function getit() { return $this->hideme; }
public function setit($value) { $this->hideme = $value; }
}
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Recursive speculative display list engine - computing text length across stack boundaries
Well, I've been hammering away on this for about a week now with no practical progress because I can't find mental fluidity with the concepts I'm trying to wrangle. I'm Officially Stumped, and would ...
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PHP preg_replace() vs filter_var()
I have seen numerous posts on this subject but none really answered my questions.
I have some user input that is inserted into my DB and displayed back to the user later. Before inserting it into the ...
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Loan Amortization Schedule - Precision and rounding
I have been playing around making amortization schedules in PHP. My php.ini currently has the precision set to 14. I understand going into this that there will be rounding errors however I am hoping ...
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If not used in a declared transaction but used in a try…catch will rollback do anything at all?
My questions are regarding the use of mysqli::rollback.
If not used in a declared transaction but used in a try...catch will rollback do anything at all? (autocommit on)
If it does work without a ...
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What domain objects might I need to represent a user and users profile in a forum web application
I’ve been trying to get a firm understanding of the MVC design pattern so that I can write my own framework for implementing the back-end of a forum web application using Slim 3. In particular, after ...
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Testing Queries Themselves with Test data is a Unit test or an Integration test?
In a php project that I maintain I have a database structure without migrations, hence no way to reproduce it or make on the fly a test database.
And the queries used to be performed on them are ...
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Securely allow access to a secure area of a website with PHP
I am making a website that requires a secure area for the website owner to easily upload new content to. Because this is a relatively simple website there is no account system. I just have a URL for ...
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What is the harm in ignoring “PHP Warning: Creating default object from empty value?”
It was recommended I ask this question here as it keeps getting downvoted on Stack overflow.
I am wondering What is the harm in ignoring PHP Warning: Creating default object from empty value?
I don'...
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Hidden Input Fields for POST - Security
I have seen some posts on the subject of hidden input fields for use with postbut none were able to answer my question.
I have a delete button tied to a user in a table. The delete button uses a ...
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What's the alternative to dictating possible methods to implement for a class instead of Interfaces in PHP?
I'm doing something wrong and I can't tell what, but I can concretely say that my problem is the fact that I'm looking at things wrongly and I reached a point you should never reach.
I have a factory ...
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PHP MySQL Secure Connection - Same Server
I have some php scripts that use mysqli() to connect to MySQL which is located on the same server. I currently have the connection stored outside of my sites root and I am using include() to make the ...
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How can I deal with objects that might or might not implement some interfaces in PHP?
I have a collection of view objects. Each one of these objects must 100% implement the following interface:
/**
* Interface that each base ViewBlock object must implement.
*/
interface ...
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Altering Database Tables on the Fly, why is this a Bad Idea?
I recently saw a comment on StackOverflow that basically said it is a bad idea to alter tables on the fly.
In my case I have a json file that is storing some information about some "products". One of ...
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Implement multiple file upload with Dropzone.js , Lambda and S3
This is more a general question about this project I have on. We need to implement some UI for our costumers to upload multiple files (2000+) every month, so we can send them by email to another ...
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PHP - Enforce classes to have method with parameter/return value of `self`
SCENARIO
I am implementing "command pattern"-like classes. Since they are so similar to each other in so many sense (e.g. functionally, their relation in domain problem, etc.), it is desirable to ...
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What kind of factory method abstract singleton design pattern is this?
I made a code that seems to mix Singleton design pattern, and Fatory method. But my factory method is in an abstract class inherited by my Singleton ... what the hell have I created ? Does it have a ...
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Elegant way to relate two php scripts
I have been writing some code in PHP for a bit of time, but I am still pretty new on it.
I have a script with all functions I need for my webapp. The script looks like this?
function foo(bar){...}
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What is the easiest and most flexible to scale method for handling recurring tasks that don't have an end date and will dynamically change?
Problem:
I'm writing a service in Laravel 6.2 that will send out a push notification to different users at specified times down to the minute. Users select how many times a month, week, or day and at ...
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Import many data using dto between multiple modules
I am working on a symfony application where i have complex user data coming through an external json feed. This data is usually a 100MB json feed from which i have to read user data (with all its more ...
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PHP : authentication with a temporary link
in my system users register with their email address and receive a temporary link to log in.
hostname/login/OYkwIJt6be1V5kMg10G
The token must be generated from the email adress of user and valid ...
