PHP Tutorials and code

PHP Mini Sites Cms: template system and rewrite rules

admin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:58:20 +0000

In this fourth post we’ll have to actually do something useful with our code. Simply add the following at the end of the previous script. if($found) {// set up variables with content $title=$items[0]; $url=$items[1]; $post=$items[2]; $tags=$items[3]; $description=$items[4]; $author=$items[5]; $date=$items[6]; } else { // if we get here there was a 404 error either for malformed url or because we couldn't [...]

Hostgator Coupon September October 2009

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:50:27 +0000

Are you looking for an Hostgator Coupon code? If so, act right now as I don’t know how long this offer will be available. Enter ‘autumn’ without quotes in the Coupon Code field to get 20% off your hosting plan. As of today (september 2009, but should be okay for october as well) it works, [...]

Remove item from array remove null values

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:27:01 +0000

Say we want to drop a value from an array, this is simple: just unset it! unset($myarray[13]); Sometimes however we may want to perform some more complex clean ups. Such as if we have just exploded an URL for url rewriting, and want to get rid of the null array items placed where the slashes were. First approach [...]

Simple Flat File CMS in PHP – Part 3

admin — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:07:52 +0000

In this third post, we’ll have to actually do something useful with our code. Simply add the following at the end of the previous script. if($found) {// set up variables with content $title=$items[0]; $url=$items[1]; $post=$items[2]; $tags=$items[3]; $description=$items[4]; $author=$items[5]; $date=$items[6]; } else { // if we get here there was a 404 error either for malformed url or because we couldn't [...]

Flatfile PHP CMS tutorial – Part 2: the code

admin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:43:25 +0000

Time to define the structure for our flatfile CMS or Blog, and see the PHP code needed to parse it.

Flat file PHP CMS or Blog, simple and customizable

admin — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:01:05 +0000

Need a flatfile CMS or Blog, running low on resources, yet expandable and with support for custom themes and SEO urls? This tutorial series will show you how to quickly build it, with little effort.

ZEND Optimizer

admin — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:34:31 +0000

PHP is an interpreted language, this is a quick run down on Interpreters and Compilers.

International characters in PHP

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:30:15 +0000

Your feed displays funky characters? European accents turn into a mess? Properly encoding UTF8 characters is the solution.

PHP Tutorial : Validate email address – simple way with filter_var() function

admin — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 07:39:53 +0000

While browsing php.net without any scope I discovered a very cute & nice way to replace the usual regular expression email checking thing. That way is via filter_var() php function which does the things 10 times faster : <?php $email = "someone@example.com"; if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) { echo "Invalid email address"; } ?>

PHP Tutorials : Rename a mysql table

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:19:02 +0000

If you want to rename a mysql table via php you just need an extremely simple query like the following one: <?php //include db credentials mysql_query("rename table TheOldName to TheNewName"); ?>