Developer Terms Glossary

$_COOKIE

Stores small pieces of data on the client.

21/06/2025 07:33 🕯

$_ENV

Stores environment variables.

28/06/2025 08:55 🕯

$_FILES

Handles file uploads.

28/06/2025 08:55 🕯

$_GET

Collects data sent via URL parameters.

28/06/2025 08:55 🕯

$_GLOBALS

Accesses global variables from anywhere in the script.

28/06/2025 08:56 🕯

$_POST

Collects data sent in the body of a POST request.

28/06/2025 08:56 🕯

$_REQUEST

Collects data from $_GET, $_POST, and $_COOKIE.

28/06/2025 08:56 🕯

$_SERVER

Provides information about headers, paths, and script locations.

28/06/2025 08:56 🕯

$_SESSION

Stores user session data.

28/06/2025 08:57 🕯

Array

A data structure that stores multiple values in one variable.

28/06/2025 08:57 🕯

Associative Array

An array that uses named keys.

28/06/2025 08:57 🕯

Boolean

Represents true or false.

28/06/2025 08:57 🕯

Break

Exits a loop or switch.

28/06/2025 08:58 🕯

Catch

Defines a block of code to handle exceptions.

28/06/2025 08:58 🕯

Constant

A value that cannot be changed once defined.

28/06/2025 08:58 🕯

Continue

Skips the current loop iteration and continues with the next.

28/06/2025 08:58 🕯

Echo

Outputs one or more strings.

28/06/2025 08:59 🕯

Else

Specifies code to run if the condition is false.

28/06/2025 09:00 🕯

Elseif

Specifies a new condition if the previous one was false.

28/06/2025 09:00 🕯

Error

An issue that occurs during script execution.

28/06/2025 09:00 🕯

Exception

An object representing an error that can be caught.

28/06/2025 09:01 🕯

Float

A number with a decimal point.

28/06/2025 10:19 🕯

For loop

Loops through code a specified number of times.

28/06/2025 10:19 🕯

Foreach loop

Loops through elements in an array.

28/06/2025 10:20 🕯

Function

A reusable block of code that performs a specific task.

28/06/2025 10:20 🕯