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How-to articles, tricks, and solutions about PHP

How to Use the StartsWith() and EndsWith() Functions in PHP

Sometimes, the work with PHP requires to check whether a string starts or ends with a particular string. Learn how to do it with the help of our tutorial.

php string startswith endswith

How to Validate an Email with PHP

This tutorial explains how to validate an email using the PHP arsenal. Check out the examples of how to do that with the help of a PHP function and regex.

php validation email regex function

How to Validate URL with PHP

In this snippet, we provide guidelines on one of the most common issues in PHP. Here, we show the most straightforward way on how to validate URL with PHP.

php link validation regex url

Post Requests with cURL

cURL is applied for making requests with different protocols. A post request can send user collected data to a server. Find out how to do that accurately.

php http url curl post

What is the PHP Equivalent of .NET/Java's toString()?

Here is a short tutorial representing to you the most accurate PHP equivalent of .Net/Java’s to string. Read it carefully and check out the examples.

php tostring type casting

When to Use self and $this in PHP

This snippet is dedicated to the the main ways of using self and $this keywords in PHP. Here, you will learn how to use them and their main differences.

php variable self $this

Where can php.ini be Found

This tutorial is dedicated to an issue that any developer may come across. It’s where to find the php.ini file. Choose among the three methods provided.

php php.ini

Where Does PHP Store Error Log

In this short tutorial, we are going to represent to you how to find where the PHP error log is located.

php error error log