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Sort an array in reverse order with PHP

Arrays are a great way to store / work with data. In PHP, arrays are one of the most powerful data types of available. From time to time, you need to sort an array in reverse order. Of course, PHP [...]

Pull random values from an array with PHP

Like most things, you can solve this problem with a number of different approaches. Without knowing about array_rand in PHP, you could end up doing something like this to pull a random value from an array: $array = ['one', 'two' [...]

Portable grits

Now that it's starting to get cold out, which is anything below 70 degrees here in Florida, I have began searching to find a nice warm breakfast that is quick to prepare as well as portable. I tend to just [...]

Putting the "SH*T" in Joshtronic

You may remember last December when I discussed my first impressions of the Nintendo Wii U system. Overall, I was pleased with the system with one small exception, the fact that "joshtronic" was deemed as inappropriate by the filters in [...]

Difference between dates with PHP

Prior to PHP 5.3 the act of calculating the difference between two dates was a bit more manual than it is now. By manual, I mean there wasn't a function that existed to aid in the process if by nothing [...]

Why I still use and maintain my own PHP framework

I consider myself a PHP developer first and foremost. I don't tout myself as a Pickles developer (my own framework) or a WordPress, Laravel, CakePHP, Django, Flask or Meteor developer even though I have working experience with all of them [...]

Benchmarking PHP code

Have you ever asked yourself, "I wonder which of these blocks of code will run faster?" I know I have and I use a very basic template for setting up these benchmarking experiments. The gist of the script is to [...]

Never run out of "firsts"

If you know me, then you're probably aware of my recent desire to move away from my hometown which is quite possibly just me going through a quarter-to-mid-life crisis. Before we can get the hell out of dodge, I have [...]

How to generate the Fibonacci sequence with PHP

The Fibonacci sequence is a sequence of numbers that are derived from the previous numbers in the sequence. The sequence starts at zero and each subsequent number is sum of the previous two numbers in the sequence. There are a [...]

Stop Accommodating Shortcomings

I came to a very liberating conclusion the other day. I need to stop fucking around with MySQL, or any other RDBMS, and fully embrace a NoSQL server as my primary data store. I've been a huge fan of Redis [...]