There are multiple ways to delete an element from array with PHP: unset, array_splice, and array_diff. The splice method is very similar to my article on removing a specific element with JavaScript article.
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Validate an email address in JavaScript
This is my least favorite topic; validating email addresses. There are hundreds of examples using regular expressions that are all slightly different and all have there own quirks with them.
If validation must be done, I suggest only doing this on the client-side. Ideally the server-side performs email validation by sending an actual email that includes a unique link to validate the email is valid.
But if JavaScript is a must, here is the best one I’ve found.
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Perform UPDATE statement from a SELECT with SQL
It’s quite common where I need to perform an UPDATE statement with SQL but it is not a garden variety single table update statement. Instead I need to join data from another table, whether it is to get data from the second table or use it in my WHERE clause.
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Deep clone an object with C#
Cloning is a common thing I need to do in my C# project. The most common case I use this is with my Entity Framework projects. I first fetch my object using a standard Linq query.
Once I have this object, EF is now tracking any changes to the object. I want a duplicate object of this so I can track a before and after state, so I want to clone the fetched object. To do this I use JSON.Net nuget package.
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Why you should use strict with JavaScript
Many people “dislike” JavaScript for reasons that I cannot understand. I like it and it serves a purpose. JavaScript can be a very forgiving language. By that I mean it let’s you get a way with things that other languages, that are a little stricter, would not. This is where the “use strict” comes into play.