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PHP is one of the most popular programming languages used to develop web applications and APIs. Linux is the system of choice for serving up your PHP code and is also an ideal PHP development environment. The PHP explode function is vital for processing user input. It takes… Read More »Using the PHP ‘explode’ Function (With Examples)
PHP is one of the most popular programming languages used to develop web applications and APIs. Linux is the system of choice for serving up your PHP code and is also an ideal PHP development environment. The PHP substr function takes a string (a series of… Read More »Using the PHP ‘substr’ Function (With Examples)
Ubuntu is (arguably) the most popular Linux distribution. Ubuntu MATE is a great, performance-conscious, lightweight Ubuntu-based distribution that is perfect for low-cost platforms like the Raspberry Pi where you may want to forgo some of the bells and whistles for better performance. If you’re just… Read More »How to Install Ubuntu MATE 2020.10 on a Raspberry Pi (With Screenshots)
Python offers several different types of arrays for storing data. Lists are arrays which allow you to store items. These list items can be altered, and are stored in a specific order. There are several methods you should consider for searching a list in Python-… Read More »Python Find in List: Check if an Element is Present
Let’s look at two ways you can concatenate (which is a fancy word for join or merge) two or more strings in Python. It’s also worth checking out our article on converting integers to strings in Python. A Note On Immutable Strings Strings in Python… Read More »Concatenating (Joining) Strings in Python
Every programming language has special characters that trigger certain behaviors in your code – and Python is no exception. These characters cannot be used in strings (as they are reserved for use in your code) – and must be “escaped” to tell the computer that… Read More »Escape Characters in Python, With Examples
In this guide, we explain how to measure the length of a string in JavaScript using the length method. JavaScript is a flexible programming language that runs just about everywhere. You can run JavaScript apps in web browsers, build command-line apps you can run in… Read More »Measuring the Length of a String in JavaScript, with Examples
This tutorial will show you how to check whether an array contains a specific value in Javascript, with full examples. JavaScript is a flexible programming language that runs just about everywhere. You can run JavaScript apps in web browsers, build command-line apps you can run… Read More »Check Array Contains a Value in JavaScript, with Examples
Whether you’re developing Python apps on Linux, or just organizing your files from the shell, it’s important to be able to find out which folder you are currently navigating. The pwd command will do that for you – it prints the name of the current directory you… Read More »Using the ‘pwd’ Command in Linux, with Examples
There are multiple ways to remove an element from an array in Javascript. We cover all of the methods that can be used in this tutorial. JavaScript is a flexible programming language that runs just about everywhere. You can run JavaScript apps in web browsers,… Read More »Removing an Element From an Array in JavaScript, with Examples