You can’t cut these apron strings. A string is simply text. That’s it. I don’t know why programmers don’t just say text, but they don’t. They call it strings.
Category: Mama K Code
this is a path
A path in programming is not a treelined trail through a park. A path is the “address” to a file on your computer. The address is made of folder names until the very last one which may be a file name. It doesn’t have to be a file name. It could also be the name…
This is a pipe.
This is not an l , or an i, or a 1, or a capital I. It’s called a pipe. It’s a character on a keyboard that is simply a vertical bar. You find it on the backslash key on a QWERTY keyboard. What does it do? OR If you put two of them together,…
Aha! PHP File Structure
My struggle with php is with understanding the overall structure of how everything works together. Googling for troubleshooting help is only really useful once you’re in the detailed mechanics of a php error. It doesn’t really help when the problem (like mine). I’ve spent way too many hours trying to figure these things out, and I…
PDO Statements Explained
PDO Statements in PHP follow a pattern. This pattern is rarely described. Instead, people who understand the pattern, just show you examples of code and explain nitty gritty details, not realizing that the big picture is missing. At least for me. Apparently everyone else gets it and I am in the minority. Or maybe not,…