As of PHP 5.4 we can create new arrays in a simple way. Simpler than ever. The following code sample shows that. <?php $vec_a = [4,6,2,7]; $vec_b = ['a'=>'australia','b'=>'belgium','c'=>'canada']; foreach($vec_a as $k=>$v) { echo ” “.$k.”=>”.$v; } foreach($vec_b as $k=>$v) { echo ” “.$k.”=>”.$v; } ?> The following video clip shows the execution of this [...]
As of PHP 5.4 we can develop a function that returns an array and treat the call to that function as an array we want to access its elements. <?php function doSomething() { $vec = [23,53,75,64]; return $vec; } echo doSomething()[0]; ?> The following video clip shows the execution of this code sample and explains [...]
PHP 5.4 allows us to access class members on the instantiation. We will use this special capability in those rare cases in which the only reason for creating the object is in order to allow us to access one of the class members. <? class Utils { function calc($numA,$numB) { return $numA+$numB; } } $temp [...]
As of PHP 5.4 we can include in our code numbers written in a binary format. We just need to precede these numbers with ’0b’. <? $a = 0b1110; //14 $b = 0b1011; //11 $c = $a & $b; //0b1010 echo $c; ?> The following video clip shows how this code executes and provides more [...]
