PHP & Web Development

Notes on PHP website development

Latest June 2024

Popular PHP frameworks

Here’s detailed look at some of the most popular PHP frameworks, each of which can help speed up development, improve code organisation, and enhance application performance. Laravel Laravel is one of the most popular and widely used PHP frameworks due to its elegant...

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March 2024

PHP Security in 2024: navigating the evolving landscape

As PHP continues to evolve, so do the threats that target its vulnerabilities. Ensuring robust PHP security practices is paramount to safeguarding sensitive data and...

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December 2022

Quick start guide for Laravel on a PHP server

Laravel is a powerful and popular PHP framework designed to make web development easier and more efficient. This quick start guide will help you set...

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August 2021

Google Sheets to PHP array

This PHP function accepts a public Google Sheets URL and converts it into a PHP array. You can use the array to either display the...

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March 2021

PHP cURL Requests with JSON or XML

The following post will explain how to use PHP/cURL to retrieve data in JSON or XML and process it for using in your PHP application...

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February 2021

Global Payments: Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and 3D Secure 2

The roll out of 3D Secure 2 has been a long drawn-out process not helped by the COVID–19 pandemic. Part of the update has included...

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Archived Posts

These posts were posted before 2021, they will not have been updated and the information provided may be out of date. Extra care should be taken with any code provided.