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curl posting with header application/x-www-form-urlencoded

To make a POST request using curl and include a header of Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded, you can use the following command:

php curl api php-5.3

Declaration of Methods should be Compatible with Parent Methods in PHP

In PHP, when a class inherits from another class, it is said to be a subclass or derived class.

php methods standards-compliance

Delete particular word from string

In PHP, you can use the str_replace function to delete a particular word from a string.

php string

Deprecated: Function split() is deprecated. How to fix this statement?

The split() function is deprecated, which means it is no longer supported and should not be used in new code.

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Detecting request type in PHP (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE)

In PHP, you can use the $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] superglobal to detect the request type.

php http request

Difference between 2 dates in seconds

In PHP, you can use the built-in function strtotime() to convert a date string to a Unix timestamp, which is the number of seconds since the Unix epoch (January 1, 1970).

php date

Difference between require, include, require_once and include_once?

In PHP, require and include are two statements that are used to include a file in a PHP script.

php include require require-once

Directory index forbidden by Options directive

This error message typically appears when you are trying to access a directory on a web server that does not contain an index.html or index.php file and the web server is configured to prevent users from browsing the directory.

php apache codeigniter .htaccess

Disabling Strict Standards in PHP 5.4

To disable strict standards in PHP 5.4, you can add the following line of code to your PHP script:

php error-handling

Display an array in a readable/hierarchical format

Here is an example of how you could display an array in a readable/hierarchical format in PHP:

php sql