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Top 10 PHP Tricks and Tips by DiggDomain

PHP is the most handy language for developing websites and blogs because it has many functions that can be leveraged to derive even more customized functions.

For beginners and even developers, we’ve listed the most helpful PHP tricks and tips. These PHP tricks increase the efficiency and productivity of your coding.

Bonus PHP Tricks and Tips

  1. Use echo rather than print.
  2. Unless you really need preg replace, use str replace instead.
  3. Avoid using short tags.
  4. For basic strings, single quotes should be used instead of double quotations.
  5. Never forget to do an exit after a header redirect.
  6. Never include a function call in the control line of a for loop.
  7. isset is faster than strlen.
  8. Format your code consistently and properly.
  9. Do not remove the brackets from if-else or loop statements.
  10. Use a text editor that supports code highlighting. Code highlighting makes mistakes easier to spot. check this Top 15 Free Online HTML Editors

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