Creating Arrays
Arrays are such a useful part of PHP. It’s a way to store multiple pieces of information in one variable, and they can be very powerful and timesaving when used in the right way. There are a couple of ways...
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Manipulating Strings
There are many string functions that come in so useful with PHP work. All of the string functions can be found in the PHP Manual however I’ll cover the two I use the most below, and then obviously others as...
PHP References
No, this isn’t about using references in PHP. Even I don’t fully understand them yet! I figured that I write it so often on forums to people wanting to learn PHP that I’d list out some recommended reading (including free...
Portable PHP
I had a call yesterday off someone I’ve done some PHP work for. He had set up a site with an eCard on it and just found an eCard script to deal with the mailing. Quite fine you’d assume. He...
Secure PHP and SQL Injections
I spent the last 1-2 weeks upgrading a site for a client and also securing it. How are a lot of PHP sites compromised? Well the point I’m looking it in this post is via forms and user entered data....
Learn PHP: Selecting from a Database
Probably one of the most used MySQL commands is SELECT. This lets you select information out of a database table. If you take the table created in the previous post, and use phpMyAdmin to insert a few records to give...
