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vsCode Configuration for WordPress Plugin

Istiaq Nirab — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 03:58:37 +0000

First of all you need to install wpcs dependencies on your plugin via composer :

composer require --dev wp-coding-standards/wpcs:dev-develop

After install this package, you'll get access these two types of commands :

# check php coding standard releted issues

./vendor/bin/phpcs

# fix coding standard automatically

./vendor/bin/phpcbf

I recommend to register these commands with composer scripts.

"scripts": {
    "phpcs": "\"vendor/bin/phpcs\"",
    "phpcbf": "\"vendor/bin/phpcbf\"",
    "sniffs": "\"vendor/bin/phpcs\" -e",
}

then you can easily access phpcs commands via composer:

composer phpcs
composer phpcbf
composer sniffs

Extensions

Some vsCode extensions, I always use :

I recommend PHP Intelephense for PHP built-in functions completion, code completion (IntelliSense), go to definition support and many more.

phpcs extension allow us to display phpcs related issues without running phpcs commands every time & also fix coding styles after save file.

To enable WordPress coding standards:

"phpsab.standard": "WordPress",

It's automatically configure setup from your root project composer.json.

But what happen if you want to develop something like WooCommerce Extension OR any other plugin based plugin !!

You need to open wordpress plugins directory instead of opening single plugin directory.

Then you can get better code completion (IntelliSense) support.

But the phpcs extension doesn't work, you need to configure locally in the plugins directory. So, create new folder called .vscode under the project root and create settings.json file here.

Inside settings.json :

{
  "phpsab.executablePathCS": "./subscription-pro/vendor/bin/phpcs",
  "phpsab.executablePathCBF": "./subscription-pro/vendor/bin/phpcbf",
  "phpsab.standard": "WordPress",
  "[php]": {
    "editor.defaultFormatter": "valeryanm.vscode-phpsab"
  }
}

Now, you can see phpcs working fine.

The last extension is WordPress Hooks IntelliSense, which will provide better autocompletion for hooks.

Thanks.

VSCode Clean & Minimal Setup

Istiaq Nirab — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 02:41:18 +0000

VSCode ( default Theme )

VSCode ( MonoKai Pro Theme )

VSCode ( Noctis Theme variations )

Setup

settings.json

{
  "editor.fontSize": 13,
  "editor.fontFamily": "Operator Mono",
  "editor.lineHeight": 40,
  "editor.minimap.enabled": false,
  "editor.scrollbar.horizontal": "hidden",
  "editor.scrollbar.vertical": "hidden",
  "editor.lineNumbers": "off",
  "editor.wordWrap": "on",
  "editor.renderLineHighlight": "none",
  "editor.renderIndentGuides": false,
  "editor.overviewRulerBorder": false,
  "workbench.editor.showTabs": false,
  "editor.hideCursorInOverviewRuler": true,
  "workbench.tree.renderIndentGuides": "none",
  "breadcrumbs.enabled": false,
  "workbench.statusBar.visible": false,
  "workbench.activityBar.visible": false,
  "workbench.startupEditor": "newUntitledFile",
  "window.nativeTabs": true,
  "workbench.iconTheme": "Monokai Pro Icons",
  "workbench.sideBar.location": "right",
  "git.enabled": false,
  "workbench.colorTheme": "Monokai Pro"
}

keybindings.json

// Place your key bindings in this file to override the defaults
[
  {
    "key": "cmd+t",
    "command": "workbench.action.terminal.toggleTerminal"
  },
  {
    "key": "ctrl+`",
    "command": "-workbench.action.terminal.toggleTerminal"
  },
  {
    "key": "delete",
    "command": "workbench.action.closeAllEditors"
  },
  {
    "key": "cmd+k cmd+w",
    "command": "-workbench.action.closeAllEditors"
  }
]

open other file from tabs ( ctrl + Tab )

toggle file explorer ( ⌘ + B )

Thanks

Feel free to ask any questions about my setup & Also share your setup too !!

Uses of array_combine function

Istiaq Nirab — Sun, 16 Aug 2020 11:31:17 +0000

array_combine is a inbuilt Function in PHP .

These function creates an array by using the elements from one keys array and one values array.

Example

<?php
    $a = array('green', 'red', 'yellow');
    $b = array('avocado', 'apple', 'banana');
    $c = array_combine($a, $b);

    print_r($c);
?>

Result

Array
(
    [green]  => avocado
    [red]    => apple
    [yellow] => banana

)

Thanks

PHP Array Count

Istiaq Nirab — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 20:42:23 +0000

By default PHP has two methods for count array.

array_count_values
count

array_count_values()

Using this function, the number of times a value in an array can be determined.

Example :

<?php
  $array = array(1, "hello", 1, "world", "hello");
  print_r(array_count_values($array));
?>

Result :

Array (
    [1] => 2
    [hello] => 2
    [world] => 1
)

count()

These function is very common & its return total amount of value from array .

<?php

 $array = array("a" => "green", "b" => "brown", "c" => 
  "blue", "red");
 echo count($array);

?>

Thanks

Uses of array_chunk function

Istiaq Nirab — Fri, 22 May 2020 22:04:39 +0000

array_chunk() is a build function in PHP.

Using this function, one or more new arrays are created with values of arrays. This function usually has 3 parameters.
But it is mandatory to use 2.

array – [array from which to extract values]
size – [key number of new arrays]
preserve_keys - [This value is FALSE by default, if TRUE, it will insert new arrays inside a new array]

Example – 1 :

<?php
    $array = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    print_r(array_chunk($array, 6));
?>

Result :

Array (     
 [0] => Array (             
   [0] => a             
   [1] => b             
   [2] => c             
   [3] => d             
   [4] => e         
  ) 
)

Example – 2 :

<?php
    $array = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e');
    print_r(array_chunk($array, 2, true));
?>

Result :

Array (     
 [0] => Array (
   [0] => a             
   [1] => b         
 )
 [1] => Array (
   [2] => c
   [3] => d
 )
 [2] => Array (
   [4] => e
  )
)

Thanks 😊

Read Bangla :- https://nirab.xyz/post/uses-of-array_chunk-function/

Uses of array_column function PHP

Istiaq Nirab — Wed, 20 May 2020 14:30:51 +0000

PHP has a build function called array_column ()

Using this function a new array be created with the values of a certain key in a multi-dimension array.

The function has 5 parameters & 2 are mandatory to use.

input : Take value from the multidimensional array.
column_key : The value of the key for the index.
index_key : If you want to give a key to the index as a new array key. It is not mandatory to use it.

Example

<?php

$records = array(
    array(
        'id' => 2135,
        'first_name' => 'John',
        'last_name' => 'Doe',
    ),
    array(
        'id' => 3245,
        'first_name' => 'Sally',
        'last_name' => 'Smith',
    ),
    array(
        'id' => 5342,
        'first_name' => 'Jane',
        'last_name' => 'Jones',
    ),
    array(
        'id' => 5623,
        'first_name' => 'Peter',
        'last_name' => 'Doe',
    )
);

$first_names = array_column($records, 'first_name');
print_r($first_names);

?>

Result

Array (
 [0] => John     
 [1] => Sally     
 [2] => Jane     
 [3] => Peter 
)

Another example Using the index key,

Example

<?php

$records = array(
    array(
        'id' => 2135,
        'first_name' => 'John',
        'last_name' => 'Doe',
    ),
    array(
        'id' => 3245,
        'first_name' => 'Sally',
        'last_name' => 'Smith',
    ),
    array(
        'id' => 5342,
        'first_name' => 'Jane',
        'last_name' => 'Jones',
    ),
    array(
        'id' => 5623,
        'first_name' => 'Peter',
        'last_name' => 'Doe',
    )
);

$last_names = array_column($records, 'last_name', 'id');
print_r($last_names);

?>

Result

Array (     
 [2135] => Doe     
 [3245] => Smith     
 [5342] => Jones     
 [5623] => Doe 
)

Source Link :

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-column.php

Thanks .

How To Change case of all keys in an array ?

Istiaq Nirab — Wed, 20 May 2020 13:57:22 +0000

How to modify the case of an array’s keys In PHP, there is a specific buildin function. Function name :

array_change_key_case()

This function have two parameters.

Array – [the array whose keys will be changed case by case],
Case Type – [In this case there will be 2 wells. Ex: CASE_UPPER and CASE_LOWER]

However, CASE_LOWER is set the case type by default.

Example

<?php
    $input_array = array("name" => 'Istiaq Nirab', "Age" => "18+");
    print_r(array_change_key_case($input_array, CASE_UPPER));
?>

Result

Array (
 [NAME] => Istiaq Nirab
 [AGE] => 18+
)

Thanks 😊