<?php // begin with a PHP open tag.

echo "Hello World\n";
print("Hello CareerInEdu.com");

?>

PHP run command

$ php hello.php

$boolean1 = true;
$boolean2 = True;

$int = 12;
$float = 3.1415926;
unset($float);  // Delete variable

$str1 = "How are you?";
$str2 = 'Fine, thanks';

See: Types

$url = "CareerInEdu.com";
echo "I'm learning PHP at $url";

// Concatenate strings
echo "I'm learning PHP at " . $url;

$hello = "Hello, ";
$hello .= "World!";
echo $hello;   # => Hello, World!

See: Strings

$num = [1, 3, 5, 7, 9];
$num[5] = 11;
unset($num[2]);    // Delete variable
print_r($num);     # => 1 3 7 9 11
echo count($num);  # => 5

See: Arrays

$x = 1;
$y = 2;

$sum = $x + $y;
echo $sum;   # => 3

See: Operators

function add($num1, $num2 = 1) {
    return $num1 + $num2;
}
echo add(10);    # => 11
echo add(10, 5); # => 15

See: Functions

# This is a one line shell-style comment

// This is a one line c++ style comment

/* This is a multi line comment
   yet another line of comment */

const MY_CONST = "hello";

echo MY_CONST;   # => hello

# => MY_CONST is: hello
echo 'MY_CONST is: ' . MY_CONST; 

class Student {
    public function __construct($name) {
        $this->name = $name;
    }
}
$alex = new Student("Alex");

See: Classes

echo 'this is a simple string';

See: Strings

$arr = array("hello", "world", "!");

See: Arrays

$float1 = 1.234;
$float2 = 1.2e7;
$float3 = 7E-10;

$float4 = 1_234.567;  // as of PHP 7.4.0
var_dump($float4);    // float(1234.567)

$float5 = 1 + "10.5";   # => 11.5
$float6 = 1 + "-1.3e3"; # => -1299

$a = null;
$b = 'Hello php!';
echo $a ?? 'a is unset'; # => a is unset
echo $b ?? 'b is unset'; # => Hello php

$a = array();
$a == null    # => true
$a === null   # => false
is_null($a)   # => false

function bar(): iterable {
    return [1, 2, 3];
}
function gen(): iterable {
    yield 1;
    yield 2;
    yield 3;
}
foreach (bar() as $value) {
    echo $value;   # => 123
} 

# => '$String'
$sgl_quotes = '$String';

# => 'This is a $String.'
$dbl_quotes = "This is a $sgl_quotes.";

# => a 	 tab character.
$escaped   = "a \t tab character.";

# => a slash and a t: \t
$unescaped = 'a slash and a t: \t';

$str = "foo";

// Uninterpolated multi-liners
$nowdoc = <<<'END'
Multi line string
$str
END;

// Will do string interpolation
$heredoc = <<<END
Multi line
$str
END;

$s = "Hello Phper";
echo strlen($s);       # => 11

echo substr($s, 0, 3); # => Hel
echo substr($s, 1);    # => ello Phper
echo substr($s, -4, 3);# => hpe

echo strtoupper($s);   # => HELLO PHPER
echo strtolower($s);   # => hello phper

echo strpos($s, "l");      # => 2
var_dump(strpos($s, "L")); # => false

See: String Functions

$multiArray = [ 
    [1, 2, 3],
    [4, 5, 6],
    [7, 8, 9],
];

print_r($multiArray[0][0]) # => 1
print_r($multiArray[0][1]) # => 2
print_r($multiArray[0][2]) # => 3

$arr = array(5 => 1, 12 => 2);
$arr[] = 56;      // Append
$arr["x"] = 42;   // Add with key
sort($arr);       // Sort
unset($arr[5]);   // Remove
unset($arr);      // Remove all

See: Array Functions

$array = array('a', 'b', 'c');
$count = count($array);

for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {
    echo "i:{$i}, v:{$array[$i]}\n";
}

$colors = array('red', 'blue', 'green');

foreach ($colors as $color) {
    echo "Do you like $color?\n";
}

$arr = ["foo" => "bar", "bar" => "foo"];

foreach ( $arr as $key => $value )
{
  	echo "key: " . $key . "\n";
    echo "val: {$arr[$key]}\n";
}

$a = [1, 2];
$b = [3, 4];

// PHP 7.4 later
# => [1, 2, 3, 4]
$result = [...$a, ...$b];

$array = [1, 2];

function foo(int $a, int $b) {
	echo $a; # => 1
  	echo $b; # => 2
}
foo(...$array);

function foo($first, ...$other) {
	var_dump($first); # => a
  	var_dump($other); # => ['b', 'c']
}
foo('a', 'b', 'c' /*, ...*/ );
// or
function foo($first, string ...$other){}

$a = 10;
$b = 20;

if ($a > $b) {
    echo "a is bigger than b";
} elseif ($a == $b) {
    echo "a is equal to b";
} else {
    echo "a is smaller than b";
}

$x = 0;
switch ($x) {
    case '0':
        print "it's zero";
        break; 
    case 'two':
    case 'three':
        // do something
        break;
    default:
        // do something
}

# => Does
print (false ? 'Not' : 'Does');

$x = false;
# => Does
print($x ?: 'Does');

$a = null;
$b = 'Does print';
# => a is unset
echo $a ?? 'a is unset';
# => print
echo $b ?? 'b is unset';

$statusCode = 500;
$message = match($statusCode) {
  200, 300 => null,
  400 => 'not found',
  500 => 'server error',
  default => 'known status code',
};
echo $message; # => server error

See: Match

$age = 23;

$result = match (true) {
    $age >= 65 => 'senior',
    $age >= 25 => 'adult',
    $age >= 18 => 'young adult',
    default => 'kid',
};

echo $result; # => young adult

$i = 1;
# => 12345
while ($i <= 5) {
    echo $i++;
}

$i = 1;
# => 12345
do {
    echo $i++;
} while ($i <= 5);

# => 12345
for ($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++) {
    echo $i;
}

# => 123
for ($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++) {
    if ($i === 4) {
        break;
    }
    echo $i;
}

# => 1235
for ($i = 1; $i <= 5; $i++) {
    if ($i === 4) {
        continue;
    }
    echo $i;
}

$a = ['foo' => 1, 'bar' => 2];
# => 12
foreach ($a as $k) {
    echo $k;
}

See: Array iteration

function square($x)
{
    return $x * $x;
}

echo square(4);  # => 16

// Basic return type declaration
function sum($a, $b): float {/*...*/}
function get_item(): string {/*...*/}

class C {}
// Returning an object
function getC(): C { return new C; }

// Available in PHP 7.1
function nullOrString(int $v) : ?string
{
    return $v % 2 ? "odd" : null;
}
echo nullOrString(3);       # => odd
var_dump(nullOrString(4));  # => NULL

See: Nullable types

// Available in PHP 7.1
function voidFunction(): void
{
	echo 'Hello';
	return;
}

voidFunction();  # => Hello

function bar($arg = '')
{
    echo "In bar(); arg: '$arg'.\n";
}

$func = 'bar';
$func('test'); # => In bar(); arg: test

$greet = function($name)
{
    printf("Hello %s\r\n", $name);
};

$greet('World'); # => Hello World
$greet('PHP');   # => Hello PHP

function recursion($x)
{
    if ($x < 5) {
        echo "$x";
        recursion($x + 1);
    }
}
recursion(1);  # => 1234

function coffee($type = "cappuccino")
{
    return "Making a cup of $type.\n";
}
# => Making a cup of cappuccino.
echo coffee();
# => Making a cup of .
echo coffee(null);
# => Making a cup of espresso.
echo coffee("espresso");

$y = 1;
 
$fn1 = fn($x) => $x + $y;

// equivalent to using $y by value:
$fn2 = function ($x) use ($y) {
    return $x + $y;
};
echo $fn1(5);   # => 6
echo $fn2(5);   # => 6

class Student {
    public function __construct($name) {
        $this->name = $name;
    }
  	public function print() {
        echo "Name: " . $this->name;
    }
}
$alex = new Student("Alex");
$alex->print();    # => Name: Alex

class ExtendClass extends SimpleClass
{
    // Redefine the parent method
    function displayVar()
    {
        echo "Extending class\n";
        parent::displayVar();
    }
}

$extended = new ExtendClass();
$extended->displayVar();

class MyClass
{
    // Object is treated as a String
    public function __toString()
    {
        return $property;
    }
    // opposite to __construct()
    public function __destruct()
    {
        print "Destroying";
    }
}

interface Foo 
{
    public function doSomething();
}
interface Bar
{
    public function doSomethingElse();
}
class Cls implements Foo, Bar 
{
    public function doSomething() {}
    public function doSomethingElse() {}
}

try {
    // Do something
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Handle exception
} finally {
    echo "Always print!";
}

$str = "Visit CareerInEdu.com";
echo preg_match("/qu/i", $str); # => 1

define("CURRENT_DATE", date('Y-m-d'));

// One possible representation
echo CURRENT_DATE;   # => 2021-01-05

# => CURRENT_DATE is: 2021-01-05
echo 'CURRENT_DATE is: ' . CURRENT_DATE;