Writing PHP! The WordPress Way!

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Agenda! 🎯

Why? 🕵

What Can Go Wrong? 💣

“ANYTHING THAT CAN GO WRONG, WILL GO WRONG!”

-Murphy's Law 😈😛

Different PHP Versions 🎲

PHP Versions used by

WordPress sites

Different PHP Extensions 🎭

Examples! 🎉

curl() vs

wp_remote_*()

White Screen of Death! ☠

array_merge() vs

wp_parse_args()

$input_string = 'type=post&posts_per_page=5&cat=1'

$input_array = array ( 'type' => 'post', 'posts_per_page'

=> 5, 'cat' => '1' )

Example of Example! 🤓

parse_url() vs

wp_parse_url()

json_encode() vs

wp_json_encode()

array_column() v/s

wp_list_pluck()

intval() vs

absint()

More WordPress Ways 🎩

• checked()

• selected()

• wp_dropdown_pages()/users()/*()

Helper Functions

Takeaway! 🤓

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