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^ An Image Verification Tutorial
by Darryl Porter
Language: PHP

Ever logged onto Yahoo! or here on Planet Source Code and have run across the verification image containing numbers and leters that you must plug into a form for verification? Learn to do it.

Page Load Time
by Steve Gricci
Language: PHP

This small script will let you output how much time (in seconds) it took for the page to expell. i.e. 0.501 seconds

PHP 101
by Josh Sherman
Language: PHP

Get your feet wet with one of the hottest web languages around, PHP!

Simple PHP Template Class Example
by Daniel M. Hendricks
Language: PHP

The purpose of this tutorial is to show you how to implement a simple class to handle page templates.

Basics of PHP
by John Croucher
Language: PHP

This tutorial provides any beginner with the basic skills required to start programming in PHP.

Using $HTTP_POST_VARS and $HTTP_GET_VARS
by bleh
Language: PHP

This describes how to use while(), list() and each() in conjunction with the predefined PHP variables $HTTP_POST_VARS and $HTTP_GET_VARS to read information passed to a page without knowing the variable names, or how many variables were passed.

Thumbnails in PHP
by Michael Bailey
Language: PHP

Learn how to use the PHP GD extension to create thumbnails from your normal images on the fly.

PHP And Database Integration With MySQL
by Chetankumar Digambarrao Akarte
Language: PHP

One of the defining features of PHP is the versatility it offers for connection to, and manipulation with, databases. In this article, we look at some features of the PHP and MySQL combination. We shall go through the following steps:- • Connect to MySQL Database Server • Create new Database • Select MySQL Database • Add data to table • Retrieve data • Error Handling

^ A time Saver Script
by Darryl Porter
Language: PHP

In the latest version of PHP, you must use GET and POST arrays to pass variables--That's not bad--you just write $foo=$_GET["foo']; and you use $foo--But say you have 80 variable to declare--then it gets time consuming. This will cut the time to nothing.

Classes in PHP
by Dustin R Davis
Language: PHP

This tutorial will walk you step by step on how to create and manage classes in PHP.

PHP and Security - Tutorial
by Richard Silvers
Language: PHP

Hopefully aiding in writing more secure PHP scripts.

Printable Document Generation With PHP
by Chetankumar Digambarrao Akarte
Language: PHP

This article focuses on the document that can be generated using PHP namely Rich Text Format (RTF). Rich Text Format (RTF) is a file type used to transfer formatted text documents between applications, even those that run on different platforms, such as IBM and Macintosh. RTF is a file format that many word processing programs understand; it is often used when a document is created in one word processing program but is expected to be edited in another word processing program. for mo ... (see entry for full description)

PHP - Linux Working with a Microsoft SQL Server Database
by Jorge Sync
Language: PHP

I hope this will help you, with this configuration you can accesss a MS SQL Server from a PHP Linux, is very good!!! IŽd Like to win this contest, please help me with you vote !!!! :)

Painless Form submission and Database Insertions
by AlexHogan
Language: PHP

How would you like to process a form and insert its data into a database with only a couple of lines of code? With this tutorial I will show you how to process forms and insert data into databases with the least effort.

PHP, Files, and MySQL Databases
by Brian Moraca
Language: PHP

This article is for people who are interested in how PHP deals with uploaded files and databases. It walks through the steps of creating a database-driven picture repository, and includes the code to set you on the correct track. It starts out with how PHP deals with forms, then progresses to files, it deals with PHP's interaction with MySQL, and finally ends putting it all together to build a simple picture repository. The tutorial is 11 pages and is in PDF format.

Learn XML-RPC (Web Service)
by Philip Birk-Jensen
Language: PHP

This article will guide your through creating an XML-RPC server and a client (step-by-step). And it will give you a little background theory as well.

A great and simple online chat
by Jaime Muscatelli
Language: PHP

This is a complete chat that has an online user box, color options, and uses iframe. It uses raw files (no mysql or other databases), and some javascript. It is NOT an applet!!!! I made this out of sheer boredom. Please leave some comments. I know it is not the best, but it only took 5 hours. KEYWORDS: ONLINE online CHAT chat

Output Buffering in PHP
by Michael Bailey
Language: PHP

Unlock the mysteries of output buffering with PHP.

Bandwidth control with PHP
by sabeen malik
Language: PHP

Its a pointer to someone looking for a bandwidth control mechanism via pure PHP implementation

Creating a Credit Card Validation Class With PHP
by Ashraf Magdi
Language: PHP

Although online payment options such as PayPal have become extremely popular in the last couple of years, the majority of online stores still use some sort of merchant system to accept credit card payments from their Websites. Before you actually encrypt your customer's credit card numbers to a database or forward them to a merchant server, it's a good idea to implement your own credit card validation routine.

 



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Using PHP To Construct cURL Script To Facilitate Data Streaming From A Secured Server Connection.
by Douglas Miller
7/13/2013 3:05:11 PM

Language: PHP

This article illustrates how to use PHP and cURL scripts to run sequentially on a web server crontab manager to facilitate a secured server connection with data streaming. Everything works as one seamless, fully automated processing system.

How to create high level secure login system
by Oliver Leuyim Angel / Curda
6/3/2013 6:43:34 PM

Language: PHP

This article is about the security in login systems, tell how to prevent intruders, create a high level system in php and identify unique computers sessions.

IMDB Top 250 Parser and Random Movie Generator
by GrnLight.net
3/18/2013 4:40:21 PM

Language: PHP

Have you ever wanted to watch a movie, but dont know what movie to watch? Well, that was me yesterday. So i went over to IMDB and saw the Top 250 movies chart and still could not figure out what i wanted to watch. So instead of watching a movie, i created a script that parsed the movies from the chart, sent that information to an array, then randomly chose a movie from that array.

Getting "x" digits in PI with PHP
by GrnLight.net
3/14/2013 10:39:51 AM

Language: PHP

Creates a function to retrieve PI with "x" amount of digits. Also creates form to show pi.

Search & Replace Text inside PDF Files in PHP Applications
by Saaspose
3/11/2013 12:01:08 AM

Language: PHP

This technical tip allows developers to replace text in a PDF file using Saaspose Pdf REST API in your PHP applications.

Split Excel Doc & Save Each Worksheet as PDF, Image at Amazon S3 Storage
by Saaspose
2/10/2013 10:29:23 PM

Language: PHP

This technical tip allows developers to split all or specific pages of an Excel document and save each worksheet as PDF, Image or any supported format using Saaspose.Cells REST API in your PHP applications.

Using jQuery's .get function with PHP
by GrnLight.net
11/29/2012 11:33:39 PM

Language: PHP

With this script you will be able to use jQuery and php together to validate forms or pull or send information from a php page and return the results.

Simple PHP Send Email (With HTML Body)
by GrnLight.net
11/15/2012 2:24:21 PM

Language: PHP

You are able to send an HTML email from your PHP script.

PHP " Hypertext Preprocessor "
by Ali Pouladi
10/8/2012 10:56:42 AM

Language: PHP

PHP Hypertext Preprocessor By : Ali Pouladi

Remove HTML table rows using DOM
by Aleksandar Andrijevic
8/11/2012 1:26:57 PM

Language: PHP

This function will help you if you have some HTML table(for example the description of something) when you need to show same data in different places-structures.It crops table rows based on how many rows to leave.My practical application of this was when I had description of product on some page, in product details I showed full table with all rows, and in products list i showed only first three rows of same table.I hope someone helps.Greetz!!! 8)