\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Dama (damachan)} \pdfinfo{ /Title (php-quick-reference.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Dama (damachan)) /Subject (PHP Quick Reference Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A074C4} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F9F6FB} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{PHP Quick Reference Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Dama (damachan)} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/128470/cs/25148/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Dama (damachan) \\ \uline{cheatography.com/damachan} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 10th November, 2020.\\ Updated 12th November, 2020.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.2 cm} x{4.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{HTTP Requests}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\$\_GET` & Access URL parameters. \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\$\_POST` & Access POST request body content. \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\$\_SERVER{[}'php\_self'{]}` & Current php document url. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.48 cm} x{5.52 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Built-in Functions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{`include("x.php")`} & Includes the PHP file "x.php". \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `echo "\textless{}content\textgreater{}"` & Renders `\textless{}content\textgreater{}` on the page on load \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `die( "message" )` & Exits the script, with a message. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `isset(\$a)` & Returns `true` if `\$a` is not `NULL` \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `isset(\$a, \$b)` & Returns `true` if `\$a` and `\$b` is not `NULL` \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{`print\_r(\$x)`} & Prints readable information of `\$x` \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `empty(\$x)` & Checks if `\$x` is empty or `false` \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} `trim(\$x)` & Removes leading and trailing whitespaces from `\$x` \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.64 cm} x{5.36 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{PHP MS SQL DLL Functions}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{`sqlsrv\_connect`} & Connect to Microsoft SQL Server db. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{`sqlsrv\_query`} & Prepares and executes a query. \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{`sqlsrv\_free\_stmt`} & Frees resources for the statement. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{`sqlsrv\_close`} & Closes the SQL connection. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{`sqlsrv\_fetch\_array`} & Returns a row as an array. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{`sqlsrv\_next\_result`} & Move to the next result of the statement. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{`sqlsrv\_errors`} & Returns error and warning information. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Example Form Loading}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\textless{}?php \newline // Get the parameter: "Fruit" from the URL query string. \newline // Eg. \seqsplit{https://example.php/?Fruit=Apple} \newline \newline \$Fruit = \$GET{[}'Fruit'{]}; \newline ?\textgreater{} \newline // Render the variable \$Fruit in the HTML \newline \textless{}div\textgreater{} \newline \textless{}?php echo \$Fruit; ?\textgreater{} \newline \textless{}/div\textgreater{}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Apple} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Example SQL Query Insert}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\textless{}?php \newline \$Name = "John Doe"; \newline \$Age = 25; \newline \newline \$db\_server = "\textless{}server\_hostname\textgreater{}"; \newline \$db\_username = "\textless{}database\_username\textgreater{}"; \newline \$db\_password = "\textless{}database\_password\textgreater{}"; \newline \$db\_database = "\textless{}database\_name\textgreater{}"; \newline \$connectionInfo = array("Database"=\textgreater{}\$db\_database, "UID"=\textgreater{}\$db\_username, "PWD"=\textgreater{}\$db\_password); \newline \$conn = \seqsplit{sqlsrv\_connect(\$db\_server}, \$connectionInfo); \newline \newline \$tsql = "INSERT INTO dbo.Customers ( Name, Age ) VALUES"; \newline // Append more string literals to the variable \$tsql to form the full query \newline \$tsql .= "('".\$Name."', '".\$Age."')"; \newline \newline \$stmt = sqlsrv\_query(\$conn, \$tsql); \newline \newline // Free statement and connection resources. \newline \seqsplit{sqlsrv\_free\_stmt(\$stmt);} \newline sqlsrv\_close(\$conn); \newline ?\textgreater{}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.56 cm} x{5.44 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Basic Syntax}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\$variable = value` & Creates a variable, can be of any type. \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `"string literal"` & A literal string \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `// comment` & Comments will not execute. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `"x"."y"` & Concatenates `"x"` and `"y"`, resulting in `"xy"` \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.84 cm} x{4.16 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Flow Control}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `if (x) \{y\} else if (a) \{b\} else \{z\}` & Conditional code block, if `x` is `true`, run `y`. Otherwise, if `a` is `true`, run `b`. Otherwise, run `z` \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 6) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `do \{x\} while (y)` & A `do ... while` loop. Executes `x` as long as `y` is `true` \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `while(x) \{y\}` & A `while` loop. Executes `y` as long as `x` is `true` \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.76 cm} x{6.24 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Comparison Operators}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `!\$x` & Returns `true` if `\$x` is `false` \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} `\$x == \$y` & Returns `true` if `\$x` matches `\$y` in value \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\$x === \$y` & Returns `true` if `\$x` matches `\$y` in value and type \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} `\$x != \$y` & Returns `true` if `\$x` does not match `\$y` in value \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\$x !== \$y` & Returns `true` if `\$x` does not match `\$y` in value or type \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} `\$x \textless{}\textgreater{} \$y` & Same as `\$x != \$y` \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\$x \&\& \$y` & Returns `true` if both `\$x` and `\$y` is `true` \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} `\$x || \$y` & Returns `true` if either `\$x` or `\$y` is `true` \tn % Row Count 16 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\$x \textgreater{} \$y` & Returns `true` if `\$x` is greater than `\$y` \tn % Row Count 18 (+ 2) % Row 9 \SetRowColor{white} `\$x \textless{} \$y` & Returns `true` if `\$x` is less than `\$y` \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} `\$x \textgreater{}= \$y` & Returns `true` if `\$x` is greater than or equal to `\$y` \tn % Row Count 22 (+ 2) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{white} `\$x \textless{}= \$y` & Returns `true` if `\$x` is less than or equal to `\$y` \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Example Form Submission}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\textless{}?php \newline // Check if the request is a HTTP POST request. If it is, \$\_POST will not be empty. \newline if (\$\_POST) \{ \newline \$Fruit = \$\_POST{[}'Fruit'{]}; \newline // Fruit will have the value from the input element with the property: name="fruit" upon submission. \newline \} \newline ?\textgreater{} \newline \newline \textless{}form method="post" action="\textless{}?=\$\_SERVER{[}'php\_self'{]}?\textgreater{}"\textgreater{} \newline \textless{}input type="text" name="fruit" id="fruit\_id" /\textgreater{} \newline \textless{}input type="submit" value="Submit" /\textgreater{} \newline \textless{}/form\textgreater{}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Example SQL Query Select}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\textless{}?php \newline \$db\_server = "\textless{}server\_hostname\textgreater{}"; \newline \$db\_username = "\textless{}database\_username\textgreater{}"; \newline \$db\_password = "\textless{}database\_password\textgreater{}"; \newline \$db\_database = "\textless{}database\_name\textgreater{}"; \newline \$connectionInfo = array("Database"=\textgreater{}\$db\_database, "UID"=\textgreater{}\$db\_username, "PWD"=\textgreater{}\$db\_password); \newline \$conn = \seqsplit{sqlsrv\_connect(\$db\_server}, \$connectionInfo); \newline \newline \$tsql = "SELECT FirstName, LastName FROM dbo.Customers"; \newline \$stmt = sqlsrv\_query(\$conn, \$tsql); \newline \newline if( \$stmt === false) \{ \newline die( print\_r( sqlsrv\_errors(), true) ); \newline \} \newline \newline while( \$row = sqlsrv\_fetch\_array( \$stmt, SQLSRV\_FETCH\_ASSOC) ) \{ \newline echo \$row{[}'LastName'{]}.", ".\$row{[}'FirstName'{]}."\textless{}br /\textgreater{}"; \newline \} \newline \newline // Free statement and connection resources. \newline \seqsplit{sqlsrv\_free\_stmt(\$stmt);} \newline sqlsrv\_close(\$conn); \newline ?\textgreater{}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Doe, John \newline Sue, Mary} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}