Share the Love! Free Programming eBooks
GoalKicker.com is giving away these free programming books and I thought I would share the love for anyone who hasn’t seen them yet. There are more available from their website but these are the...
Tagged: PHP
PHP Tutorial: Cookies vs Sessions
If you’re interested in making any kind of web based application then learning how to use sessions and cookies is a must. Many people don’t understand how these work and how they different from...
Run Multiple Tic-Tac-Toe Game Instances (no database required)
Someone asked me about this in a comment recently so this post is specifically for you but I’m sure there are other people who will benefit from it as well. If you haven’t read...
Error FIX: PHP errors not being displayed, shows blank white page
I ran into this recently and I thought I’d save a few people the trouble of excessive googliness. There are a few reasons why your errors won’t show up on your site. Check your...
PHP Tutorial: Looping Through & Displaying A MySQLi Result Set
Recently I’ve seen a lot of people using while loops to retrieve a single record. You only need to loop through your result set when you expect to get more than one row of...
PHP Tutorial: Connecting to a MySQLi Database
So, here’s the low down on how to setup a connection to a MySQL database using MySQLi and PHP. This will also make sure your login information is protected. First, you’ll need a database,...
PHP Tutorial: Dynamically Cache and Combine All CSS Files
Does your website use a lot of CSS files? If so did you know you can increase your website’s speed by caching and combining all of your CSS files into a single file? Why...
PHP Function: Posted Time Ago – Facebook Style
So I won’t claim credit to this but I was browsing DevNetwork and I found a function that is both useful, succinct and awesome all rolled up into one. Using a php lookup table...
PHP Tutorial: Searching and Pagination
In the work that I’ve done for clients and just in browsing the web I’ve seen a fair amount of strange pagination scripts out there. If you’re looking for a simple pagination solution then...
MySQL Tutorial: A Beginners Guide
So, what is a database? If you think you’ve never used a database before you’re wrong. Are you online right now reading this post?? Guess what, you’re reading information from a database. You can...
