PHP

Everything I’ve written on PHP, newest first.

From the archive

Notes from my old blog on mohamedsharaf.net (2010–2018), rewritten and checked. Some are dated; the dates tell you how much.

1. PHP · 10 November 2012

   Enable the intl extension in XAMPP (and fix the missing ICU DLL error)

   Turn on PHP’s intl extension on Windows and get past the “icuuc*.dll is missing” error.

2. PHP · 28 July 2012

   Recognising a returning visitor in PHP: sessions, not fingerprints

   The reliable way to recognise a visitor is a session cookie; “fingerprinting” is fragile and invasive.

3. PHP · 4 May 2011

   Underused PHP functions worth knowing

   A short tour of handy PHP features from a classic Nettuts+ list, updated for modern PHP.