Lab Introduction

In this lab, you and I are going to work with strings. You’ll learn about the why, when, what, and how of string building and processing with PHP. You’ll learn about embedding variables to make a string dynamic, concatenating strings, shorthand versions, formatting strings, counting the length, checking if a string has a substring in it, and more.

To get started, let’s spin up a new test website. I’ll walk you through the process using:

• DesktopServer
• PhpStorm
• UpDevTools
• Kint PHP Debugger plugin

add_action( 'plugins_loaded', function() {

// your code in here.

ddd( 'it works!' );

} );

And we’ll build a quick little sandbox plugin that you’ll use to “play” in during this lab. Come setup your work environment to start the lab.

Want the plugin code? Click here.

	<?php
	/**
	* Sandbox Playing Plugin
	*
	* @package KnowTheCode\Sandbox
	* @author hellofromTonya
	* @license GPL-2.0+
	* @link https://KnowTheCode.io
	*
	* @wordpress-plugin
	* Plugin Name: Sandbox Playing Plugin
	* Plugin URI: https://KnowTheCode.io
	* Description: Our testing and playing Sandbox plugin for code labs.
	* Version: 1.1.4
	* Author: hellofromTonya
	* Author URI: https://KnowTheCode.io
	* Text Domain: sandbox
	* Requires WP: 3.5
	* Requires PHP: 5.3
	*/
	namespace KnowTheCode\Sandbox;
	$first_name = 'Tonya';
	$post_id = 12;
	echo 'My name is Tonya';
	echo 'The post ID is 12';
	die();

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