The serialize() function is used to create a storable representation of a variable in PHP.
To store an array to a file, you first use the serialize() function to change an array into a string. Save the string in a file using file I/O, so fwrite() or a similar function. When reading it use unserialize() to get the original array again.
To empty an array in PHP you need to use the unset function like shown below: <?php $array = array('hello', 'hi', 'weee'); unset($array); // empty ?>
If you mean taking an array and making an xml file out of it then you would need to dump the array information into the xml file. $fp = fopen(filename, "a"); $str = <author>$array['author']</author> fwrite($fp,$str); fclose($fp); that way it will add the contents to the end of thhe file
To create a PHP script all you have to do is create a new file, then save the file as "filename.php". It must have a .php file extension.After that open the file and put in the PHP tags like shown.Then you write your PHP script within those tags and upload to your web space and check it out.
No, PHP is text file with .php extension.
Since a PHP file basically is a text file, yes. But beware - opening and running a PHP file are not the same. If you want to run a PHP file, you will need a webserver with PHP module enabled.
The file extension for PHP is .php
To find the size of an array in PHP you can either use the count() function or the sizeof() function as they will produce the same result. <?php $array = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7); echo count($array); // outputs 7 echo sizeof($array); // outputs 7 ?>
To shuffle an array in PHP is easy to do, all you need to use is the shuffle() function like shown below: <?php $array = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); shuffle($array); // array results will be randomly shuffled ?>
This particular file is a file specific to the PHP program or script you are using. It is not a "php system file".
A file whose extension is "*.php" are typically interpreted by the PHP language. (php.net)
If you know FPDF or simlar library which helps to make a PDF file, using PHP,you will be able to write to a PDF file out of data read from mysql tables.
To pick random results from an array in PHP you will need to use the array_rand() function, you can select the amount of results you wish it too select too. <?php $array = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10); $rand_results = array_rand($array, 3); // will select 3 random results from the array and store in a new array ?>