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PHP Syntax For Beginners Cheat Sheet: by Via

This document provides a cheat sheet summary of PHP syntax and functions for beginners. It covers connecting to and querying MySQL databases, common PHP functions, control flow structures like if/else and loops, arrays, regular expressions and more. The cheat sheet is intended to be a quick reference guide for PHP syntax and functions.

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PHP Syntax for beginners Cheat Sheet

by guslong via cheatography.com/1345/cs/451/


connection to mysql database
Connect to the database
$dbc = mysqli_connect(HOST, USER,
PW, DB);
Query the database
$result = mysqli_query($dbc, $query);
Close the connection
mysqli_close($dbc);
PHP functions
isset() test for variable
exists
empty() test for empty
variable
mail($to, $subject,
$msg, From: .
$email)
mail function
mysqli_fetch_arra-
y($result)
fetch each row of a
query (in $result)
header() send a header from
the server
is_numeric() test to see if a
value is number
exit() causes script to
stop immediately
trim($string) trims leading and
trailing spaces
mysqli_real_escap-
e_string($string)
escapes special
characters
str_replace(a, b,
$string)
replace a with b in
a string
explode(, ,
$string)
make string into
array
implode(, "
$string)
make array into
string
substr ($string,
start, len)
grabs a substring
preg_match(regex,
$string)
matches regular
expressions
preg_replace(rege-
x, $replace,
$string)
replaces characters
in a string by regex
IF syntax
if (condition) {
... }
elseif (condition) {
... }
else {
... }
Loops
FOR
loop
for (initialize; condition;
update) { ... }
WHILE
loop
while (condition) { ... }
FORE-
ACH
loop
foreach ($array as $value) { ...
}
DO
WHILE
do { ... ;} while (condition)
FOR (loop until a condition is met)
WHILE (loop through query results)
FOREACH (loop through an array)
CONTINUE
for ($i = 0; $i < 5; ++$i) {
if ($i == 2)
continue;
print "$i , ";
}
produces the following output:
0 , 1 , 3 , 4
SWITCH syntax
SWITCH ($s) {
case 1:
...
break;
case 2:
...
break;
default:
...
}
can be used with numbers, or strings
Regular Expressions
^ start of string
\d number from 0 to 9
\s whitespace
. any letter or digit or
whitespace
\w any alphanumeric
[0-9A-Za-z]
$ end of string
( ) group
[ ] character class
{x} {x,}
{x,y}
x of | x or more of | x to y
of
| or
* none or more
? none or one
+ one or more
\ escape
Arrays
Create $myArray = array();
Push into $myArray[] =
"Something";
Push to
associative
$myArray[key] =
"Value";
Create numeric $myArray =
array(value, value2);
Create
associative
$a =
array(key=>val);
Print from
numeric
echo $myArray[0];
Print from
associative
echo $myArray[key];
Associative
arrays
Keys are strings
Numeric arrays Keys are numbers:
0,1,2,3,4
Cheatographer
guslong
cheatography.com/guslong
Cheat Sheet
Published 20th July, 2012.
Updated 13th August, 2012.
Page 1 of 1.
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