10 Advanced PHP Tips Revisited - Smashing Magazine

Advertisement Here, on the Smashing Editorial team, we always try to meet the expectations of our readers. We do our best to avoid misunderstandings, and we try to spread knowedge and present only the best design practices and development techniques. However, sometimes we do make mistakes. And when we do, we apologize and do our best to correct what we’ve done. In November 2008 we published the article 10 Advanced PHP Tips To Improve Your Programming21. 10 Useful PHP Tips Revisited by Chris Shiflett and Sean Coates This article is a rebuttal to 10 Advanced PHP Tips To Improve Your Programming21 — henceforth referred to as the previous article — published last November here on Smashing Magazine. Listed below are 10 excellent techniques that PHP developers should learn and use every time they program. Unfortunately, the intrigue devolves into disappointment. 1. This particular tip is just a link to a useful resource with no discussion on how to use it. <? 2. 3. This brings us to our tip. 4. <?

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