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  • How to Check CakePHP Version? preview
    6 min read
    To check the version of CakePHP being used in your application, follow these steps:Open your project directory in your file explorer or command prompt/terminal.Look for a file named composer.json in the root directory of your CakePHP project.Open the composer.json file using a text editor.Find the line that starts with "cakephp/cakephp".The version number will be mentioned next to it, enclosed in double quotes.Note down the version number mentioned, as that is your CakePHP version.

  • How to Check the Laravel Version? preview
    6 min read
    To check the version of Laravel installed on your system, you can use either of the following methods:Command Line Interface (CLI): Open your command line interface, such as Terminal or Command Prompt, and navigate to the root directory of your Laravel project. Once you are in the project's root directory, run the following command: php artisan --version This will display the installed Laravel version. Via Composer: Laravel uses Composer to manage its dependencies and packages.

  • How to Get AJAX POST Data in PHP? preview
    7 min read
    To retrieve AJAX POST data in PHP, you can use the following steps:Check if the AJAX request is made using the HTTP POST method: if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') { // Handle AJAX request } Retrieve the POST data sent from the AJAX request: $data = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true); Note: In this example, we assume that the data sent from the AJAX request is in JSON format.Process and use the retrieved data as per your requirements.

  • What Is the Difference Between POST and GET in PHP? preview
    8 min read
    In PHP, both POST and GET are methods used to send data from a client (web browser) to a server. However, there are some important differences between the two:Data Transmission: GET: Data is appended to the URL and is visible in the browser's address bar. It has a limit on the amount of data that can be sent (maximum URL length). POST: Data is sent in the body of the HTTP request and is not visible in the URL.

  • Best PHP Developer Communities to Ask Questions in 2025 preview
    5 min read
    PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server-side scripting language designed for web development. It is a popular language for creating dynamic web pages and can be embedded into HTML. PHP code is executed on the server, and the result is returned to the client as plain HTML. It is open-source and can be run on most web servers.

  • How Can I Create a Website Like Reddit? preview
    3 min read
    Reddit is a significant site for internet activism, and the community of Redditors is some of the most active people on the internet. Many people have had one question: "how can I create a website like Reddit?" We will explore exactly how to do that.

  • How to Calculate Total 6 Months In Oracle Sql? preview
    4 min read
    To calculate the total of 6 months in Oracle SQL, you can use the INTERVAL data type to represent a period of time.You can do this by adding or subtracting intervals from dates in your SQL query. For example, to calculate the total of 6 months from a specific date, you can use the following syntax:SELECT date_column + INTERVAL '6' MONTH FROM table_name;This will add 6 months to the date in the "date_column" of the specified table and return the total of 6 months.

  • How to Install Mcrypt Extension In Xampp? preview
    5 min read
    To install the mcrypt extension in XAMPP, you will need to first download the mcrypt extension file from a trusted source. Next, locate the PHP extension directory in your XAMPP installation. Copy the downloaded mcrypt extension file into this directory.After that, open the php.ini file in a text editor and add the extension=mcrypt.so line at the end of the file. Save and close the php.ini file.Finally, restart your XAMPP server to apply the changes and activate the mcrypt extension.

  • How to Write Clean or High Quality Code? preview
    4 min read
    If you look any of the printed or online material that is dedicated to writing code these days you will see the term "clean code" bantered about quite a bit. The problem is that while many of these articles tout the virtues of clean code, they do very little to tell the reader what clean code actually is. Clean code is definitely something that does not happen by accident. It is something that the serious coder does very carefully and purposefully. Although clean code may look better then crappy code, "looking pretty" is not why the coder does it. The coder does it to make the code flow easier to understand and follow.

  • How to Become a Freelance Web Developer? preview
    4 min read
    The first step of being a java developer is to make sure that you learn as many technologies and programming languages as you can. When you are working on a web development project, it will require you to have a lot of knowledge of more than just one programming language.

  • How to Improve and Measure Code Quality? preview
    4 min read
    There are numerous methods and analysis tools of implementing the code as there are java web developers to design it. This is perhaps one of the reasons software development is an interesting discipline. Apparently, there are uncountable opinions about what makes a top-notch software. Different java developers define good code quality differently, and so, it is very important to know what code quality is, how to measure it, and how to improve it.