Generating and creating an XML file from MySQL with PHP
Generating an XML file with data from a MySQL database using the inbuilt SimpleXMLElement class. By using this class you can avoid formatting errors and issues than if you were…
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How to POST JSON data with PHP
How to POST JSON data or a file in PHP including receiving the POST request and saving it to a file. This is done with the easy to use PHP…
How to validate a date with PHP
A simple method to validate a date or check the date is true to the Gregorian calendar in PHP by defining the month, day and year. PHP checkdate() will return…
Load and execute SQL files with PHP
How to load a SQL query from a file instead of having an inline query. This is done to help with formatting and easier understanding of the code. All that…
Doing MySQL insert from a PHP loop the right way
Effectively manage PHP MySQL inserts from a large loop using the PDO connection. The key is to avoid committing data on each loop, this is done using a transaction. Use…
How to enable GD Library with XAMPP PHP 8 on Windows
How to enable the GD image library for PHP 8 with XAMPP on Windows. All that’s needed is a simple php.ini file edit. Enable GD PHP 8 XAMPP To enable…
PHP PDO MySQL backup script with compression option
Modern PHP PDO MySQL database backup script which includes a gzip compression option. Modified from this Stack Overflow post, the script is easy to use with configurable options for the…
PHP isset() vs empty() vs is_null() comparison
A PHP isset, empty, and is null helper function comparison with a table for variables and common types. Quick rundown isset() returns true when the variable has a value, is…
Easy Chart.js Bar charts with PHP and MySQL
A shortcut method to quickly creating dynamic Chart.js bar charts using PHP and data from a MySQL database. This blog post is for a single Y-axis bar chart. Gist link….
Reading large files in PHP with SplFileObject
Efficiently load and read from large files in PHP with the built-in SplFileObject class. fopen() becomes very slow and bogged down once the file size starts getting above a couple…