Remembering syntax patterns through context

February 7, 2008 – 11:37 pm

Speaking of array functions in PHP, ExpressionEngine developer Derek Jones shares a trick for remembering which order to send your arguments in when using various php search functions. All array-related functions use needle, haystack and all string-related functions use haystack, needle. There are certain words in the english language which no matter how many times [...]

By Justin D. Henry | Posted in code, reference | Comments (0)

Recursive (multidimensional) array search in PHP

April 14, 2007 – 6:13 pm

If you are looking to do a recursive array search in PHP (and don’t feel like writing your own), you might have tried a number of the functions described in the comments section of the array_search page in the manual. Just for future reference, I have tried a few, but not all of them worked [...]

By Justin D. Henry | Posted in reference | Comments (14)