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File Handling with PHP

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Conclusion

0:50 with Alena Holligan

PHP offers many functions, features and options when it comes to reading, writing and parsing files. Practice what you've learned. Expand upon the project from this course to make it your own. Challenge yourself with something you enjoy, so you have fun and keep learning.

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Three Methods for Interacting with Files

  1. Open a connection to the file and handle it line by line before closing it.
  2. Work with the entire file as a single string.
  3. Work with the entire file as an object or array.

Ideas for Expanding the Project

  1. Change the look and feel to match your own style.
  2. Share your own recommendations.
  3. Change the type of things you recommend.
  4. Tie this into your other hobbies by sharing YouTube videos, photos, Yarn projects, etc.

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    PHP offers many functions, features and 0:00
    options when it comes to reading writing and parsing files. 0:02
    But, whatever you're trying to do, remember, 0:06
    there are three basic ways we can interact with the data file. 0:09
    Open a connection to the file and handle it line-by-line before closing it. 0:13
    Work with the entire file as a single string. 0:18
    Work with the entire file as an object or array. 0:21
    Expand on the project that we built in this course to make it your own. 0:26
    Change the look and feel to match your own style. 0:30
    Share your own recommendations, change the type of things that you recommend. 0:33
    Tie this into your other hobbies by sharing YouTube videos, 0:38
    photos, yarn projects or anything else [LAUGH]. 0:41
    Challenge yourself with something that you enjoy, so 0:45
    that you have fun and keep learning. 0:48

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