PHP 5 DATE /TIME FUNCTION

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PHP 5 DATE /TIME FUNCTION Function

Description

checkdate() date_add()

Validates a Gregorian date Adds days, months, years, minutes, and seconds to a date

date_create_from_format()

Returns a new DateTime object formatted according to a specified format

date_create_from_format()

Returns a new DateTime object formatted according to a specified format

date_date_set() date_default_timezone_get()

Sets a new date Returns the default timezone used by all date/time functions

date_default_timezone_set()

Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions

date_diff()

Returns the difference between two dates https://www.pskitservices.com contact no. 9975288300

hours,

date_format()

Returns a date formatted according to a specified format

date_get_last_errors()

Returns the warnings/errors found in a date string

date_interval_create_from_date_string()

Sets up a DateInterval from the relative parts of the string

date_interval_format()

Formats the interval

date_isodate_set()

Sets the ISO date

date_modify()

Modifies the timestamp

date_offset_get()

Returns the timezone offset

date_parse()

Returns an associative array with detailed info about a specified date

date_parse_from_format()

Returns an associative array with detailed info about a specified date, according to a specified format

date_sub()

Subtracts days, months, years, hours, minutes, and seconds from a date

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date_sun_info()

Returns an array containing info about sunset/sunrise and twilight begin/end, for a specified day and location

date_sunrise()

Returns the sunrise time for a specified day and location Returns the sunset time for a specified day and location Sets the time Returns the Unix timestamp Sets the date and time based on a Unix timestamp Returns the time zone of the given DateTime object Sets the time zone for the DateTime object Formats a local date and time Returns date/time information of a timestamp or the current local date/time

date_sunset() date_time_set() date_timestamp_get() date_timestamp_set() date_timezone_get() date_timezone_set() date() getdate()

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gmdate()

Formats a GMT/UTC date and time

gmmktime()

Returns the Unix timestamp for a GMT date

gmstrftime()

Formats a GMT/UTC date and time according to locale settings

idate() localtime() microtime()

Formats a local time/date as integer

mktime() strftime()

Returns the Unix timestamp for a date

strptime()

Parses a time/date generated with strftime()

strtotime()

Parses an English textual datetime into a Unix timestamp

Returns the local time Returns the current Unix timestamp with microseconds

Formats a local time and/or date according to locale settings

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timezone_abbreviations_list()

Returns an associative array containing dst, offset, and the timezone name

timezone_identifiers_list()

Returns an indexed array with all timezone identifiers

timezone_location_get()

Returns location information for a specified timezone

timezone_name_from_ abbr()

Returns the timezone name from abbreviation

timezone_name_get() timezone_offset_get()

Returns the name of the timezone

timezone_open() timezone_transitions_get()

Creates new DateTimeZone object

timezone_version_get()

Returns the version of the timezone db

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Returns the timezone offset from GMT

Returns all transitions for the timezone

The real power of PHP comes from its functions; it has more than 1000 built-in functions.

PHP User Defined Functions Besides the built-in PHP functions, we can create our own functions.

A function is a block of statements that can be used repeatedly in a program.

A function will not execute immediately when a page loads.

A function will be executed by a call to the function.

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CREATE A USER DEFINED FUNCTION IN PHP Constant

Description

DATE_ATOM

Atom (example: 15T16:13:03+0000)

DATE_COOKIE

HTTP Cookies (example: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:13:03 UTC)

DATE_ISO8601

ISO-8601 (example: 14T16:13:03+0000)

DATE_RFC822

RFC 822 (example: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 16:13:03 UTC)

DATE_RFC850

RFC 850 (example: Sunday, 14-Aug-05 16:13:03 UTC)

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PHP Global Variables - Superglobals Several predefined variables in PHP are "superglobals", which means that they are always accessible, regardless of scope - and you can access them from any function, class or file without having to do anything special.

The PHP super global variables are: • $GLOBALS • $_SERVER • $_REQUEST • $_POST • $_GET • $_FILES • $_ENV • $_COOKIE • $_SESSION This chapter will explain some of the superglobals, and the rest will be explained in later chapters.

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PHP $GLOBALS $GLOBALS is a PHP super global variable which is used to access global variables from anywhere in the PHP script (also from within functions or methods).

PHP stores all global variables in an array called $GLOBALS[index]. The index holds the name of the variable.

The example below shows how to use the super global variable $GLOBALS: Example <?php $x = 75; $y = 25; function addition() { $GLOBALS['z'] = $GLOBALS['x'] + $GLOBALS['y']; } addition(); echo $z; ?> Run example » In the example above, since z is a variable present within the $GLOBALS array, it is also accessible from outside the function! ________________________________________

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PHP $_SERVER $_SERVER is a PHP super global variable which holds information about headers, paths, and script locations. The example below shows how to use some of the elements in $_SERVER Example <?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; echo "<br>"; echo $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']; echo "<br>"; echo $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; echo "<br>"; echo $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']; echo "<br>"; echo $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']; echo "<br>"; echo $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']; ?> https://www.pskitservices.com Contact no. 9975288300

PHP $_REQUEST PHP $_REQUEST is used to collect data after submitting an HTML form.

The example below shows a form with an input field and a submit button. When a user submits the data by clicking on "Submit", the form data is sent to the file specified in the action attribute of the <form> tag. In this example, we point to this file itself for processing form data. If you wish to use another PHP file to process form data, replace that with the filename of your choice. Then, we can use the super global variable $_REQUEST to collect the value of the input field:

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PHP $_GET PHP $_GET can also be used to collect form data after submitting an HTML form with method="get". $_GET can also collect data sent in the URL. Assume we have an HTML page that contains a hyperlink with parameters <html> <body> <a href="test_get.php?subject=PHP&web=W3schools.com">Test $GET</a> </body> </html> When a user clicks on the link "Test $GET", the parameters "subject" and "web" are sent to "test_get.php", and you can then access their values in "test_get.php" with $_GET. The example below shows the code in "test_get.php": echo "Study " . $_GET['subject'] . " at " . $_GET['web']; ?> </body> </html> https://www.pskitservices.com Contact no. 9975288300

Exceptions are used to change the normal flow of a script if a specified error occurs.

What is an Exception?

With PHP 5 came a new object oriented way of dealing with errors.

Exception handling is used to change the normal flow of the code execution if a specified error (exceptional) condition occurs. This condition is called an exception.

This is what normally happens when an exception is triggered: â&#x20AC;˘ The current code state is savedThe code execution will switch to a predefined (custom) exception handler function Depending on the situation, the handler may then resume the execution from the saved code state, terminate the script execution or continue the script from a different location in the code We will show different error handling methods: Basic use of Exceptions Creating a custom exception handler Multiple exceptions Re-throwing an exception Setting a top level exception handler Note: Exceptions should only be used with error conditions, and should not be used to jump to another place in the code at a specified point. https://www.pskitservices.com Contact no. 9975288300

Basic Use of Exceptions When an exception is thrown, the code following it will not be executed, and PHP will try to find the matching "catch" block.

If an exception is not caught, a fatal error will be issued with an "Uncaught Exception" message.

Lets try to throw an exception without catching it: <?php //create function with an exception function checkNum($number) { if($number>1) { throw new Exception("Value must be 1 or below"); } return true; } //trigger exception checkNum(2); ?> https://www.pskitservices.com Contact no. 9975288300

The code above will get an error like this: Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Value must be 1 or below' in C:\webfolder\test.php:6 Stack trace: #0 C:\webfolder\test.php(12): checkNum(28) #1 {main} thrown in C:\webfolder\test.php on line 6

Try, throw and catch To avoid the error from the example above, we need to create the proper code to handle an exception.

Proper exception code should include: Try - A function using an exception should be in a "try" block. If the exception does not trigger, the code will continue as normal. However if the exception triggers, an exception is "thrown" Throw - This is how you trigger an exception. Each "throw" must have at least one "catch" Catch - A "catch" block retrieves an exception and creates an object containing the exception information https://www.pskitservices.com Contact no. 9975288300

Lets try to trigger an exception with valid code: <?php //create function with an exception function checkNum($number) { if($number>1) { throw new Exception("Value must be 1 or below"); } return true; } //trigger exception in a "try" block try { checkNum(2); //If the exception is thrown, this text will not be shown echo 'If you see this, the number is 1 or below'; } //catch exception catch(Exception $e) { echo 'Message: ' .$e->getMessage(); } ?> The code above will get an error like this: Message: Value must be 1 or below

Creating a Custom Exception Class To create a custom exception handler you must create a special class with functions that can be called when an exception occurs in PHP. The class must be an extension of the exception class.

The custom exception class inherits the properties from PHP's exception class and you can add custom functions to it.

Lets create an exception class: <?php class customException extends Exception { public function errorMessage() { //error message $errorMsg = 'Error on line '.$this->getLine().' in '.$this->getFile() .': <b>'.$this->getMessage().'</b> is not a valid E-Mail address'; return $errorMsg; } } $email = "someone@example...com";

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try { //check if if(filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === FALSE) { //throw exception if email is not valid throw new customException($email); } } catch (customException $e) { //display custom message echo $e->errorMessage(); } ?> The new class is a copy of the old exception class with an addition of the errorMessage() function. Since it is a copy of the old class, and it inherits the properties and methods from the old class, we can use the exception class methods like getLine() and getFile() and getMessage().

Example explained: The code above throws an exception and catches it with a custom exception class: The customException() class is created as an extension of the old exception class. This way it inherits all methods and properties from the old exception class The errorMessage() function is created. This function returns an error message if an e-mail address is invalid The $email variable is set to a string that is not a valid e-mail address The "try" block is executed and an exception is thrown since the e-mail address is invalid The "catch" block catches the exception and displays the error message

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Multiple Exceptions It is possible for a script to use multiple exceptions to check for multiple conditions.

It is possible to use several if..else blocks, a switch, or nest multiple exceptions. These exceptions can use different exception classes and return different error messages: <?php class customException extends Exception { public function errorMessage() { //error message $errorMsg = 'Error on line '.$this->getLine().' in '.$this->getFile() .': <b>'.$this->getMessage().'</b> is not a valid E-Mail address'; return $errorMsg; } } $email = "someone@example.com"; try { //check if if(filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === FALSE) { //throw exception if email is not valid throw new customException($email); } https://www.pskitservices.com Contact no. 9975288300

//check for "example" in mail address if(strpos($email, "example") !== FALSE) { throw new Exception("$email is an example e-mail"); } } catch (customException $e) { echo $e->errorMessage(); } catch(Exception $e) { echo $e->getMessage(); } ?> Example explained: The code above tests two conditions and throws an exception if any of the conditions are not met: 1. The customException() class is created as an extension of the old exception class. This way it inherits all methods and properties from the old exception class 2. The errorMessage() function is created. This function returns an error message if an e-mail address is invalid. https://www.pskitservices.com Contact no. 9975288300

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