I just can’t solve this one. I’m on Linode 1G RAM basic plan. Trying to install a package via Composer and it’s not letting me. My memory limit is set to “-1” on PHP.ini Is there anything else I can do to get this installed? Loading composer repositories with package information Updating dependencies (including require-dev) … Read more
From the isset() docs: isset() will return FALSE if testing a variable that has been set to NULL. Basically, isset() doesn’t check for whether the variable is set at all, but whether it’s set to anything but NULL. Given that, what’s the best way to actually check for the existence of a variable? I tried … Read more
I was running the following PHP code: <?php </script> ?> There were no parse errors and the output was “?>” (example). In similar cases I do get a parse error: <?php </div> ?> Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘<‘ in … Why doesn’t <?php </script> ?> give the same error? 2 Answers 2
I just figured out that I can actually store objects in the $_SESSION and I find it quite cool because when I jump to another page I still have my object. Now before I start using this approach I would like to find out if it is really such a good idea or if there … Read more
I notice that Laravel cache views are stored in ~/storage/framework/views. Over time, they get to eat up my space. How do I delete them? Is there any command that could? I tried php artisan cache:clear, but it is not clearing the views cache. With that, I have to manually delete the files in the said … Read more
I am trying to get the sum of 1 + 2 + … + 1000000000, but I’m getting funny results in PHP and Node.js. PHP $sum = 0; for($i = 0; $i <= 1000000000 ; $i++) { $sum += $i; } printf(“%s”, number_format($sum, 0, “”, “”)); // 500000000067108992 Node.js var sum = 0; for (i … Read more
I read the documentation and it seems Lumen is Laravel with less features. I must be missing something. I am looking for a comparison table of the components and features of both Laravel and Lumen. Does anyone know the differences? 8 Answers 8
Are elseif and else if completely synonymous, or is there a difference? Does Zend have an accepted “standard” on which one to use? While I personally dislike seeing elseif in the code, I just need to know if they’re synonymous and the PHP manual isn’t the easiest to search. 3 Answers 3
I would like to know how you upgrade PHP in Xampp for Windows? I tried to download the latest PHP version from the main PHP site but when I check (phpinfo) I still get that the previous version is still in use. 19 Answers 19
We’re using Doctrine, a PHP ORM. I am creating a query like this: $q = Doctrine_Query::create()->select(‘id’)->from(‘MyTable’); and then in the function I’m adding in various where clauses and things as appropriate, like this $q->where(‘normalisedname = ? OR name = ?’, array($string, $originalString)); Later on, before execute()-ing that query object, I want to print out the … Read more
