Get methods of an object PHP
Posted on September 22nd, 2019 in PhP by George
Easy way to inspect the available methods of an object in PHP by using get_class and get_class_methods built-in functions.
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Reflection api example, inheritance and how to inspect private methods
Posted on October 21st, 2018 in PhP by George
Here is an example of PHP Reflection api and class inheritance. This example will cover a lot of things like getDocComment() method of reflection api and insanceof plus other things. In order to make sense of the code read the comments. Caveats: getDocComment will return only comments declared on the global scope of the namesapce/document in case. The comment must start in this form with double asterix /** and end */;
Singleton class in PhP? The 'why' and 'how'.
Posted on October 2nd, 2018 in PhP by George
PHP Singleton example, the structure and practical example. Useful in order to restrict the number of instances. Estabilishing a connection with a database it is time consuming. Here Singleton can help by providing the same open connection when required instean of instantiating a new one.
How many data types has PHP? PhP vs Javascript primitive data types.
Posted on September 28th, 2018 in PhP by George
You can not be a programmer without properly understandig the data types of the program language you are using. Today we going to talk about data types in PhP and Javascript, enumerate all of them and add a short description/comment for each.
PHP casting and JavaScript coercion
Posted on September 28th, 2018 in PhP, JavaScript by George
PHP and JavaScript do not require explicit type definiton whenever you are creating a variable.The variable type is going to be defined by the context in wich the variable is assigned.Converting a data type using an explicit method it is called casting while converting a data type using an implicit (forced way) it called coercion. But what is PHP casting and what is JavaScript coercion? Are they alike? or are they different ? Read the article to find out what casting and coercion are and the syntax for each of the two languages.