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Output buffering in PHP buffers a scripts output. This buffer can be edited before returning it to the client. Without output buffering, PHP sends data to the web server as soon as it is ready. Output buffering "send" cookies at any point in the script. Cookies do not have to be necessarily sent near the start of page. Output buffers are stackable and hence sending to output is by choice.

void header ( string string [, bool replace [, int http_response_code]])

func_num_args() function returns the number of parameters passed in.

There are several settings in the PHP configuration file related to file uploading:
• file_uploads = On/Off - Whether or not to allow HTTP file uploads.
• upload_tmp_dir = directory - The temporary directory used for storing files when doing file upload.
• upload_max_filesize = size - The maximum size of an uploaded file.

By utilizing the com_load and the dotnet_load respectively
you can incorporate COM objects and .NET libraries into your
PHP code, thus anytime you see "library code" in a question,
make sure you remember these two functions.
com_load — Creates a new reference to a COM component [deprecated]
Deprecated, use the OO syntax instead.
<?php
// do this
$obj = new COM($module);
// instead of this:
$obj = com_load($module);
?>

2 ways:
a) sizeof($array_name) - This function is an alias of count()
b) count($array_name) - This function returns the number of elements in an array.
Interestingly if you just pass a simple var instead of an array, count() will return 1.

To start a session:
– session_start()
– Creates a session identifier
– Session identifier is passed between client and server either as a Cookie, or in GET parameters
Then, can create, access, and modify session variables:
– $_SESSION[session_var_name] = value;
– $_SESSION is only available once you call session_start()
– $local_variable = $_SESSION[session_var_name];
– Can check if session variable is set by using isset();
To end a session:
– session_destroy();

a. Header function in PHP redirects to a new URL
Example:
<?php
header("Location: http://www.redirecturl.com/");
?>
b. http_redirect() is also used to redirect to a new page or URL.
Syntax
void http_redirect ( [string url [, array params [, bool session = FALSE [, int status]]]] )
Here, the URL is the path of the new page. params can be some query parameters followed by whether the session information needs to be passed and the custom response status code.