AJAX Tutorial: Hangman Game (no database required)
Last year I made an PHP tutorial of an OOP Hangman game (no database required) for a Siminar I spoke at. This year as a part of my new Game Tutorial Series I’m adding...
Tagged: PHP
MySQL Tutorial: Put table column schema enum values in an array
I hate hard coding enums so you can use this script to get the enum values directly from the table schema. That way if you add or change them you don’t have to go...
Cheat Sheet: ASP & PHP Cross Reference
I found this cool site that has examples cross-referencing PHP and ASP so you can see the difference (or use it if you’re switching from one language to the other). They also have a...
PHP Tutorial: Dynamically Colored Images, Overlays & Transparencies
So this one isn’t really a tutorial but it gives you a good idea how you’d go about changing the colors of pictures dynamically. To get the big picture on how you might use...
PHP Functions: Wiggle, Wobble, Squibble & Swipswap
Here are a few fun functions for word games, word scrambling and just plain word craziness. <?php /*********** * Purpose: move a certain letter to a certain position * Precondition: word, letter to move,...
PHP Tutorial: Dynamically Create an Email Address in CPanel
This assumes you have cPanel and permission to run the /scripts/addpop command. You’ll need to write functions for validateUsername, validatePassword, and usernameExists or you can click on the links for each of those and...
PHP Tutorial: Mixing HEX Colors
<?php /**************** * Purpose: mix two colors together * Precondition: two colors in hex RGB format * Postcondition: a single color returned that’s the combo of the two ****************/ function mixcolors($color1, $color2) { $c1_p1...
PHP Tutorial: Get Filename From Domain Path
<?php /**** * Purpose: get the filename from the path * Precondition: path i.e. http://domain.com/contacts.php * Postcondition: returns the filename i.e. contacts.php ****/ function fileName($path) { return substr($path, strrpos($path, ‘/’)+1, strlen($path)); } ?> Programming...
PHP Tutorial: Format Dates Taking Country Into Consideration
<? /************** * Purpose: Format dates with country in consideration * Precondition: 2 letter country code the individual is from * Postcondition: date is reformatted for that country * Note: all available country abbreviations...
MySQL & MSSQL Tutorial: Combine Multiple Rows Into A Single, Comma Delineated List
In MySQL with PHP: <? $delimiter = “, “; $count = 0; $loop = mysql_query(“SELECT S.suffix FROM people P INNER JOIN surnames S on P.suffix_id = S.id”) or die (‘cannot select merged data’); while...
