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PHP - What did I learn?

Lately I touched more PHP than felixker.com. (Notice that I blog less!) I'll keep this entry short and simple since it's 12am and I should be in bed by now. Some in-built functions I found very useful. urlencode This is a must-use function if you're going to use query strings ($_GET) to pass variable to another page! Remember to use urldecode when using the variable! Example: $string = "i have a cute & tiny dog!" header("Location: http://felixker.com/foo?bar=)); htmlentities Wonderful function to use if you've got a page with form submission. Prevents users from playing tricks! Example: $str = "A 'quote' is <b>bold</b>"; // Outputs: A 'quote' is &lt;b&gt;bold&lt;/b&gt; echo htmlentities($str); Conclusion I must end this entry. I ...

Tags: functions, php, script, vb.net

Written by Felix Ker on October 12th, 2007 with 2 comments.
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