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JavaScript Performance: for vs. while

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Stoimen

JavaScript Loops If you have read some preformance tests on JavaScript loops, you may have heard that “while” is faster than “for”. However the question is how faster is “while”? Here are some results, but first let’s take a look … Continue reading →

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Object Cloning and Passing by Reference in PHP

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Stoimen

In PHP everything’s a reference! I’ve heard it so many times in my practice. No, these words are too strong! Let’s see some examples. Passing Parameters by Reference Clearly when we pass parameters to a function it’s not by reference. … Continue reading →

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Does JavaScript undefined Equals undefined?

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Stoimen

Weird JS As you know sometimes JavaScript can be weird. Let’s see the following example and let’s try to answer the question: does “undefined” equals “undefined”. What do I mean? First take a look at the following code. var a; … Continue reading →

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Some Notes on the Object-oriented Model of PHP

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Stoimen

PHP 5 introduces interfaces and abstract classes. To become a little clearer, let us see their definitions. Interfaces Object interfaces allow you to create code which specifies which methods a class must implement, without having to define how these methods … Continue reading →

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Powerful PHP: Less Known String Manipulation

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Stoimen

Yet another thing that’s great in PHP is the power you have when doing some string manipulation/operation. Here’s something that is really useful, but I think it remains a bit unknown. Let’s imagine you need to take the first (or … Continue reading →

Posted in micro tutorial, PHP | Tagged C, Computer programming, Computing, Data types, Hello world program, Mathematics, PHP, Software engineering, String | 5 Comments