OpenLampTech issue #38
PHP database connections; Yoda conditions; Check out the Symfony Station newsletter; Form validation in PHP; MySQL indexes; Thank you for making the OpenLampTech publication a success!!!
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I have curated some fantastic reads for you this week. Let’s get to them!
How to Install WordPress on a LAMP Stack in Ubuntu
By: Lwin MMT
#wordpress #lamp #linux
WordPress. Ubuntu. LAMP stack. These words (and software) all fit and belong together. This is likely one of the staple combinations of the internet.
Follow along with this easy step-by-step guide to get all the LAMP stack components installed and then WordPress.
Very well written article.
Deriving Ideal Indexes For Your SQL Database: A Guide
By: Arctype
#sql #mysql
Indexing is an art (and one I don't have).
The Arctype content is always spot-on and I'm digging this succinct passage directly from the opener in this article,
"Indexes are there to simplify our work when searching for data: they speed up SELECT queries at the expense of slowing down other kinds of queries like DELETEs, UPDATEs, and INSERTs instead."
In addition to other sage advice, this article has a nice example with explanations on a covering index.
You can't go wrong with the Arctype blogs; this one is another you can bookmark.
Symfony Station Communiqué - 29 July 2022. A look at Symfony, PHP, and Cybersecurity News!
By: Reuben Walker
#php #symfony #drupal
The Symfony Station newsletter is one of my favorites I open and read it every week. There are always great reads shared in each issue.
Plus, the original content is epic with some fantastic deep dive coverage on related topics.
While covering PHP as a whole, there is also a lot of focus on Symfony and Drupal.
How To Validate Your Forms Server-Side With PHP
By: Simon Ugorji
#php
I actually enjoy working with forms, form data, and form data validation in PHP. This post demos a PHP library (I haven't tried myself) that helps with form data validation.
You can write custom rules for form fields and use helper methods for dealing with any errors.
Looks like a solid library.
Yoda Conditions (From the office)
By: anastasionico
#php
I'm aware of it but have never once used Yoda Conditions.
And, I honestly don't know if I should or not. They seem to make sense as to why they work. But again, I make bugs and mistakes all the time in code so maybe Yoda Conditions will help me.
Luckily, I am the only one (right now) developing the small applications I work on so the only person I can confuse with readability is me. I already do that pretty well anyways. 😂
Equal or identical. How to compare variables?
By: Michał Romańczuk
#php
This is a concept I am still learning to understand and I scratch my head on it from time to time. If you want a good article with explanations and examples, here it is.
I learned more about and like these sections on comparisons within the post:
numeric value - string with a number and something extra
numeric value - string with a non-number at the beginning
numeric value - string with a big number
string - string
PHP Tutorial: Connecting to a database
By: Yassine Himite
#php #mysql #sql
One of the most vital pieces of our applications is the database connection. Else, we don't have data-driven dynamic information. Unless I'm using CodeIgniter 4, I use PDO for pretty much all of the projects I'm working on.
However, mysqli is another means of connection with PHP and databases and this article covers a nice step-by-step use of working with mysqli.
Sections include:
Connections
Connection errors
Executing queries
Processing query results
Retrieving the Last Insert ID (see this article for an example with PDO)
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