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Enumeration in PHP
An enumeration is a set of constant values, each of which is given a descriptive name.
Each value in an enumeration corresponds to a preset integer. In your code, however, you can refer to an enumerated value by name, which allows you to create more readable code and also simplify your coding experience.
Enumerations provide an alternative to the #define preprocessor directive with the advantages that the values can be generated for you and obey normal scoping rules.
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Illustrator Tutorial: How to create a WordPress logo?
The challenge of this tutorial is to use various design techniques to replicate the WordPess logo. This tutorial is a good exercise for a lot of beginners to learn and discover how the pathfinder palette can be such an important tool in combining and making more complex objects more quickly and efficiently than what they may otherwise do.
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PHP Basics: DataTypes
In PHP, a variable’s datatype determines the values it may contain, plus the operations that may be performed upon it. for instance, It will make perfect sense to add variables whose values are numbers (2 + 3), but adding variables whose values are characters (x + y) wont make much sense.
PHP supports many different datatypes, but they are generally broken into three categories:
scalar, composite, and special.
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PHP Basic: Operators
If you have had previous programming experience in PHP or in any other programming language for that matter, you should be very familiar with the concept of operators. Operators allow you to manipulate data objects called operands in a number of ways. For instance you can use them to compare, assign, multiply, add, subtract, concatenate or do any mathematic functions.
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PHP Basics: Variables
What’s a Variable?
A variable is a symbolic representation of a value such as integer, string, or function result. But as its name suggest, it can change over time or vary so that it can be used many times within a script.
Variables in PHP
In PHP, variable names are going to start with a “$” sign, then they are going to be followed by a letter or an underscore “_”. A variable name is case-sensitive and can contain letters, numbers, underscores, or dashes (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _, or -), but no spaces otherwise PHP will think that it is a new entity.
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PHP Basics: Syntax
About PHP:
PHP is a server side scripting language that does something in response to events unlike a programming language that can do things even when it’s not responding to events. JavaScript is an example of another popular scripting language but unlike JavaScript, PHP is going to run on the server side (Web Server) not on the client side (User Browser).
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How to Install Apache, PHP, MySQL & phpMyAdmin for Vista
There is no doubt that PHP is one of the most popular web programming language, at least in the sense of being heavily used. The fact that it is so easy to code and deploy besides the natural attitude of its programmers who tend to be more open and pragmatic contributed a lot in its propagation unlike other programming languages witch have been (and continue to be) massively marketed.
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Preparing for the Zend Certification
I’ve been thinking about preparing for the Zend Certification since last year but never took it very seriously until yesterday when I decided that it’s time for me to make room for it. It seems like I’m having less and less time every single new day and If I don’t commit myself to it, It will never happen. Blogging about this experience is much better. I believe that when you share you goals & objectives with somebody, you’re more likely to accomplish them. if not I will be, may be, helping others doing it. that’s why I’m inviting everybody to share their knowledge, experiences and advices.
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“Firefox is already running, but is not responding” Bug
When trying to open Firefox, I often get a pretty alarming sounding error message titled “Close Firefox”. The full error message is: “Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process or restart your system”.
I can’t find any Firefox process running in order to close it. What’s going on?
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