How to loop through a php assoative array

Looping through a php assoative array is really easy with foreach loop.

<?php

$array = array ("Fruit" => "Apple", "Animal" => "Dog", "Number" => 1, "Name" => "Jhon" );

foreach($array as $key => $value)
{
    echo $key.': '.$value;
    echo '<br />';
}

/* result

Fruit: Apple
Animal: Dog
Number: 1
Name: Jhon

*/

?>

jquery datepicker with current date and custom date format

I searched the net to find a more simpler solution to set the current date with jQuery UI datepicker but didn't find anything. So here is the solution I used. Mixture of both normal JavaScript and jQuery. You can also check out how to use a custom date format with jQuery UI datepicker.

var currentTime = new Date();
var month = currentTime.getMonth() + 1;
var day = currentTime.getDate();
var year = currentTime.getFullYear();
var d = year + "-" + month + "-" + day;

$('.date-pick').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd' }).val(d);

How to get number of characters of a String in php - strlen()

You can use strlen() to easily find the length of an php string.

<?php
$str = 'Hello World';
echo strlen($str); // 11
?>

Many new php developers make the mistake of using count() which is used to count elements in an array or properties in an object.

Get Select Box Value - jQuery Tip

It is easy as 1,2,3 with jQuery :)

$('#selectbox').val()

Lets see how to write this with on change event

$('#selectbox').change(function(){
     alert($(this).val());
});

Lets see how to get the selected text (not the value)

$('#selectbox').change(function(){
     alert($('#selectbox :selected').text());
});