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The PHP serialization format is the serialization format used by the PHP programming language. The format can serialize PHP's primitive and compound types , and also properly serializes references . [ 1 ]
As of 21 November 2024 (the day of PHP 8.4's release), PHP is used as the server-side programming language on 75.4% of websites where the language could be determined; PHP 7 is the most used version of the language with 49.1% of websites using PHP being on that version, while 37.9% use PHP 8, 12.9% use PHP 5 and 0.1% use PHP 4.
PHP has hundreds of base functions and thousands more from extensions. Prior to PHP version 5.3.0, functions are not first-class functions and can only be referenced by their name, whereas PHP 5.3.0 introduces closures. [35] User-defined functions can be created at any time and without being prototyped. [35]
W3Schools is a freemium educational website for learning coding online. [1] [2] Initially released in 1998, it derives its name from the World Wide Web but is not affiliated with the W3 Consortium. [3] [4] [unreliable source] W3Schools offers courses covering many aspects of web development. [5] W3Schools also publishes free HTML templates.
SimpleXML is a PHP extension that allows users to easily [1] [2] manipulate/use XML data. It was introduced in PHP 5 as an object oriented approach to the XML DOM providing an object that can be processed with normal property selectors and array iterators.
PHPDoc is an adaptation of Javadoc format for the PHP programming language.It is still an informal standard for commenting PHP code, but it is in the process of being formalized. [1]
A "Hello, World!"program is usually a simple computer program that emits (or displays) to the screen (often the console) a message similar to "Hello, World!".A small piece of code in most general-purpose programming languages, this program is used to illustrate a language's basic syntax.
CakePHP ORM (object-relational mapping) is an advanced PHP hybrid of the active record pattern and the data mapper pattern, borrowing core concepts from both. The CakePHP ORM uses two primary object types, the table class representing database tables , and entity classes representing individual table rows .