php Programming Glossary: purposes

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1182584/secure-random-number-generation-in-php

need some pseudorandom bits for security or cryptographic purposes e.g.g. random IV for block cipher random salt for password hash..

Use global variables in a class

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11923272/use-global-variables-in-a-class

to another database class or even a mocked one for testing purposes. Besides the benefit of testing only one unit you don't have..

How does RecursiveIteratorIterator work in PHP?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12077177/how-does-recursiveiteratoriterator-work-in-php

glance it might seem too verbose but for demonstration purposes and to make the difference with RecursiveIteratorIterator more..

How can I store my users' passwords safely?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1581610/how-can-i-store-my-users-passwords-safely

nice hashing algorithm but considered broken for security purposes . Currently using crypt with CRYPT_BLOWFISH is the best practice...

What is the most accurate way to retrieve a user's correct IP address in PHP?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1634782/what-is-the-most-accurate-way-to-retrieve-a-users-correct-ip-address-in-php

of a client sitting behind a proxy. For your general purposes you might consider using this in combination with the IP returned..

What is the canonical way to determine commandline vs. http execution of a PHP script?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/173851/what-is-the-canonical-way-to-determine-commandline-vs-http-execution-of-a-php-s

command line or via HTTP primarily for output formatting purposes. What's the canonical way of doing this I had thought it was..

Elegant way to search for UTF-8 files with BOM?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/204765/elegant-way-to-search-for-utf-8-files-with-bom

way to search for UTF 8 files with BOM For debugging purposes I need to recursively search a directory for all files which..

Getting raw SQL query string from PDO prepared statements

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/210564/getting-raw-sql-query-string-from-pdo-prepared-statements

PDOStatement execute on a prepared statement For debugging purposes this would be extremely useful. php sql mysql pdo pdostatement..

declare property as object?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2202995/declare-property-as-object

using other terms such as attributes or fields but for the purposes of this reference we will use properties . They are defined..

Escaping MySQL wild cards

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3683746/escaping-mysql-wild-cards

in MySQL in general and should not be escaped for the purposes of putting them into normal string literals. mysql_real_escape_string..

Php - Debugging Curl

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3757071/php-debugging-curl

fields in the request are before I send it. For debugging purposes . The php library class I'm using is already made not by me..

Secure hash and salt for PHP passwords

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/401656/secure-hash-and-salt-for-php-passwords

too long etc. No password is truly good enough for our purposes so we must protect them as though they were in Fort Knox. Best..

How do you use bcrypt for hashing passwords in PHP?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4795385/how-do-you-use-bcrypt-for-hashing-passwords-in-php

library . This alternative is provided only for historical purposes. class Bcrypt private rounds public function __construct rounds..

How should a model be structured in MVC?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5863870/how-should-a-model-be-structured-in-mvc

but it also might be just a mock object for testing purposes. P.S. This would also be the part where caching is introduced...

How to calculate the difference between two dates using PHP?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/676824/how-to-calculate-the-difference-between-two-dates-using-php

is only an approximation. I still believe that for most purposes that's fine since the usage of a range is more to provide a..

Debug a DOMDocument Object in PHP

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/684227/debug-a-domdocument-object-in-php

make it easily accessible within your code for debugging purposes. Probably a function called xmltree_dump dom new DOMDocument.. xmltree_dump so it can be easily called for debugging purposes function xmltree_dump DOMNode node iterator new DOMRecursiveIterator..

PHP - exec() vs system() vs passthru()

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/732832/php-exec-vs-system-vs-passthru

share improve this question They have slightly different purposes. exec is for calling a system command and perhaps dealing with..

Preferred method to store PHP arrays (json_encode vs serialize)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/804045/preferred-method-to-store-php-arrays-json-encode-vs-serialize

associative array of data in a flat file for caching purposes. I might occasionally come across the need to convert it to..

Memcached vs APC which one should I choose?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/815041/memcached-vs-apc-which-one-should-i-choose

Diagnosing Memory Leaks - Allowed memory size of # bytes exhausted

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/849549/diagnosing-memory-leaks-allowed-memory-size-of-bytes-exhausted

print memory_get_usage true increases over time For the purposes of this question let's assume the worst spaghetti code imaginable..