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The Newsletter for PHP and MySQL Developers

We have a range of posts in this week’s issue covering:

• A huge list of 52 SQL optimization strategies.
• Installing WordPress on Oracle Linux.
• A look at PHP’s isset() language construct.
• Fixing the “too many redirects” error in WordPress.

Don’t wait on me to repost here each Monday. That’s 3 whole days you are waiting to read OpenLamp.tech and you don’t want to do that right? …

Over the weekend I’ve published another issue of OpenLamp.tech, the newsletter for PHP/MySQL developers. There is plenty of great curated content for you so dive right in and enjoy!

If you’re a PHP/MySQL developer, this free weekly newsletter is for you.

I’ve curated some great reads for you this week from around the web. Stories you can enjoy in this issue are:

• Distance querying with MySQL geospatial functions in Laravel
• Cursors and for loops in MySQL stored procedures
• Great YouTube channel/video recommendations for learning PHP

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MySQL is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS), it’s widely used and part of the popular LAMP/LEMP stacks. The ...

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I recently learned how to use MySQL to generate MySQL statements for several admin-type Data Definition Language (DDL) SQL queries I needed to execute on the server. For many DBA’s this is likely nothing new and in fact, is a well-used tool in their kit. However, I mostly focus on developer-related tasks, so it is a fresh-in-my-mind learning experience. Continue reading for more information…

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I’ve recently been porting over an existing vanilla PHP application to CodeIgniter 4. One of the new features is bootstrapping all of the necessary MySQL CREATE TABLE statements dynamically based on information parsed from a .fxl file (which is close kin to a .xml file structure-wise).

Each CREATE TABLE statement is complete with FOREIGN KEY constraint clauses to ensure data integrity between linking …

Generally, most all web applications are going to follow the elements of CRUD: Create, Read, Update, and Delete. CodeIgniter 4 is a powerful PHP web development framework that provides a rapid development environment. The CodeIgniter 4 Models come enriched with built-in CRUD functionality, which is covered in this compilation of Medium posts…

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Over the weekend, I’ve published the 1st issue of my new weekly free newsletter, OpenLamp.tech. I’m so excited about this newsletter. Read on to learn more…

What is the OpenLamp.tech newsletter

OpenLamp.tech is a free newsletter unlike any other that I’m aware of. If it existed, I would be reading it.

Instead, I created it. Let me explain…

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CSV or SQL? SQL or CSV? How about together? Without a doubt, CSV’s are one of the most common and familiar data interchange formats. Importing and exporting CSV data into or out of an SQL database is a staple process in most every data workflow. I’ve written numerous blog posts on both importing and exporting CSV data in an SQL environment. In this post, I am including all of these specific posts (as of the time of writing) in one easy-to-read and centralized location…

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I use CodeIgniter 4 a great deal for learning, personal projects, and application development. In this post, I cover 2 different methods you can use and retrieve the MySQL Last Insert ID value after executing an INSERT statement in CodeIgniter. Continue reading for more information…

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Model Setup

Starting out, I use the CLI Generator feature and create a Model by executing this code in the terminal in the project root:

php spark make:model user --suffix

I have removed much of the …

If you need a structure only .sql file of a MySQL tables’ Data Definition Language (DDL), phpMyAdmin makes this super-easy with just a few clicks. Continue reading and learn how…

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Why use a DDL file?

Why would you need a structure-only .sql DDL file anyway?

Maybe you want to build out a tables’ structure on another server to bring in different data or something comparable, and want it void of any existing data.

Rather than creating the …

When the time comes that you no longer have a need for specific data, use DELETE to remove it completely from your table. CodeIgniter 4 Models have a delete() method that is super-easy to use. Continue reading for more information…

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If you enjoy the content written here, by all means, share this blog and your favorite post(s) with others who may benefit from or like it as well. Since coffee is my favorite drink, you can even buy me one if you would like!

CodeIgniter 4 CRUD Series with MySQL

I have written a now complete 4-part series over on my Medium account about CodeIgniter 4 Model CRUD operations. Feel free and visit any of the previous posts in the series to get up to speed:

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