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The Newsletter for PHP and MySQL Developers

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In this week’s OpenLampTech issue #52, we have articles covering:

• MySQL ordering with NULL
• 7 WordPress tips for professionals
• MySQL GUI clients for Linux
• Working with WordPress custom tables
• And much much more

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MySQL now supports the INTERSECT and EXCEPT set operators. Set operators work on the results of multiple SELECT statements. In this post, we will see example queries using INTERSECT and EXCEPT commands for a better understanding

The Newsletter for PHP and MySQL Developers

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While MySQL has supported UNION and UNION ALL commands, there were no INTERSECT or EXCEPT commands in the language. This often involved work-around queries. However, MySQL now does support the INTERCEPT and EXCEPT set operators.

For the example queries, I am using 2 simple tables with arbitrary data.

The names …

Writing a weekly newsletter is hard, dedicated work. But, I enjoy reading each week’s edition myself and I hope you do as well. OpenLampTech issue #49 is ready for you. Enjoy this week’s content!

The Newsletter for PHP and MySQL Developers

Receive a copy of my ebook, “10 MySQL Tips For Everyone”, absolutely free when you subscribe to the OpenLampTech newsletter.

In OpenLampTech issue #49, we have content covering:

• Laravel Eloquent tips
• 13 Linux distros from scratch
• Improve your WordPress site’s performance
• Most popular databases for PHP
• And much much more

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As of MySQL v8, we have Common Table Expressions (CTEs) or the WITH clause available. I recently learned how to use the WITH clause in an INSERT statement, similar to INSERT with SELECT. Like always, I enjoy sharing what I learn so let’s all learn together…

The Newsletter for PHP and MySQL Developers

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For the sake of simplicity (and my sanity) I’m using this arbitrary sample data:

SELECT *
FROM auto_test;

We can use the WITH clause to generate a …

It’s hard to believe that OpenLampTech tech will be 1 year in the making and 4 more editions from now. Insane! Here’s this week’s edition with the best PHP, MySQL, and LAMP stack media I curated. Thanks for reading

The Newsletter for PHP and MySQL Developers

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In OpenLampTech issue #48, we are looking at articles covering:

• Preventing race conditions in databases
• Sending emails with CodeIgniter
• Use VIEWS in your Laravel application
• Server-side jQuery Datatables with PHP
• MySQL JSON data type
…

Anyone operating a blog, newsletter, or other creative side hustle knows there are a lot of moving pieces involved behind the scenes. Keeping the cadence going not only requires commitment and skills, but also various tools and software…

The Newsletter for PHP and MySQL Developers

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At the time of writing, the OpenLampTech developer newsletter is entering its 10th straight month of publishing so I thought it was time to share a ‘Tools of the Trade – …

We are bringing you another issue of OpenLampTech this week with many great curated articles. Enjoy those you like most and please share the publication with others. Thank you so much for reading!

The Newsletter for PHP and MySQL Developers

Receive a copy of my ebook, “10 MySQL Tips For Everyone”, absolutely free when you subscribe to the OpenLampTech newsletter.

This week in OpenLampTech, we have articles covering:

• MySQL UUIDs
• PHP implode() and explode() functions
• LAMP stack on MySQL HeatWave
• WordPress custom single post template
• And much much more

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The INFORMATION_SCHEMA database is full of information and metadata about your database(s). Columns are a necessity and their definition ensures sound storage and data integrity. Learn all about them with the COLUMNS table.

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Of course, there are other ways to determine what tables are present in a particular MySQL Database or Schema. You can also find this information if your database user account has permissions for the INFORMATION_SCHEMA database. Continue reading and follow along with an example query…

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Welcome to this week’s OpenLampTech newsletter, the newsletter for MySQL and PHP developers. There is always something to learn and share from all the curated sources out there and OpenLampTech has the MySQL, PHP, and LAMP Stack content covered. Thank you for reading!

The Newsletter for PHP and MySQL Developers

Receive a copy of my ebook, “10 MySQL Tips For Everyone”, absolutely free when you subscribe to the OpenLampTech newsletter.

In OpenLampTech issue #42 we have articles covering:

• Custom validation rules in Laravel
• MySQL time-saving Date functions
• PHP clean code tricks
• Web scraping with PHP
…