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PHP
Manual - Complete and hyperlinked manual documents and explains all
elements of PHP. Includes FAQ section and user comments.
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Authenticate
and Track Users with PHP (Webmonkey) - Learn how authentication, cookies,
and sessions can add security and a personal touch to your site.
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Ben's PHP Tutorial -
Simple tutorial that introduces people to the world of PHP software
development. Topics covered are variables, arrays, forms, files, SQL
databases, etc. End of tutorial demonstrates a full PHP application with
source.
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Blobbing Data With PHP and MySQL (Devarticles) - Showing how to store and
retrieve binary data in a MySQL database by using PHP.
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caiPHP -
Tutorials and code snips directed to those who are learning PHP.
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Classes and PHP (PHPBuilder)
- A description in plain English of what classes are, and how they can make
your project easier to complete and extend.
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Comprehensible
PHP Code (PHPBuilder) - A good programmer makes her code look so simple
and comprehensible that any other programmer can understand it and appreciate
it.
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Configuration Manipulation With PHP Config (Dev Shed) - This article
introduces a toolkit designed specifically for manipulating configuration
files, thereby reducing the number of lines of code needed to read and modify
application variables. This toolkit is written in PHP and implemented as a
class, suitable for use in any PHP-based application and accessible via
standard OO techniques.
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Database Abstraction With PHP - Take a look at the PEAR database
abstraction layer, one of the coolest PHP widgets out there.
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Database Enabled Websites
- A tutorial on using PHP3 and MySQL to develop database enabled applications
for websites.
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Encryption and
Decryption using PHP and GnuPG (Zend) - The purpose of this article is to
show you how to encrypt and decrypt information with GnuPG using PHP. Most of
the major Linux distributions will install GnuPG upon request. Otherwise you
can get it by going to http://www.gnupg.org.
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Error Handling:
Stepping beyond True/False Results (Zend) - This article teaches you to
handle errors in an elegant manner, and looks at how to handle PHP script
errors as well as passing around your own errors with the PEAR module:
PEAR_Error.
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File And Directory Manipulation (Dev Shed) - PHP comes with a
full-featured file and directory manipulation API that allows you (among other
things) to view and modify file attributes, read and list directory contents,
alter file permissions, retrieve file contents into a variety of native data
structures, and search for files based on specific patterns. This file
manipulation API is both powerful and flexible - two characteristics that will
endear it to any developer who's ever had to work with file manipulation
commands.
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Getting Intimate With PHP's
Mail() Function - PHP's Mail() function is a great way to send mail using
a simple and standard interface that hides the complexity and quirks of
various system programs that are responsible for sending mail. This tutorial
will introduce you to the basics of sending mail from PHP scripts.
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Gimpster - Introductory
tutorial geared towards those with little to no PHP experience.
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How To Compile PHP 4
and Apache 2 from Source On Linux - Provides detailed, step-by-step
information on compiling PHP 4.2.0 as an Apache 2.0 shared module on a Linux
system.
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How to make your own PHP template script - A simple tutorial to teach the
methods of using PHP to load HTML files as templates.
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Installing Apache, PHP, and MySQL - An indepth article that offers a step
by step guide on setting up a home server for website development and testing.
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An Introduction to
Classes (Zend) - The tutorial guides you through the construction of a
simple, security-related class that performs some basic security functions for
a web site: checking user logons.
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Open Source Licensing
For PHP Scripts - Open Source licensing for PHP scripts. Open Source means
that your software is entirely free for use, to anyone, and any user may
modify the software to fit his own needs. To launch an open source
application, you have to apply the GNU GPL License.
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PHP / MySQL
Tutorial (Webmonkey) - Tutorial to make a dynamic site using PHP and MySQL.
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PHP and MySQL (Webmonkey) - Three-part tutorial covers installation, basic
scripts, forms, and advanced topics.
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PHP and Regular
Expressions 101 (WebReference) - This tutorial steps through the
POSIX-compliant regular expression functions in PHP in a straightforward
manner.
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PHP Programming Goodies
- PHP programming tips and tricks.
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PHPExamples.net - Tutorials, code snippets regarding PHP. Forums.
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PHP/MySQL Tutorial - The lessons provided in this PHP/MySQL tutorial are
short and simple. You'll learn to create and manipulate a simple database of
names and birthdates.
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Pitfalls of Transactions with PHP (ONLamp) - Database transactions are
important for data reliability and consistency. Used properly, they can
prevent many types of errors. Used improperly, they can cause many other kinds
of errors. Kimberlee Jensen demonstrates using transactions with PHP well.
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Pixoratic's
Programming the Backend - Tidbits and tutorials in programming with PHP.
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PRCE: Perl Compatible
Regular Expression In PHP - Article on perl compatible regular
expressions. Describes the basics as well as PCRE's special features such as
ungreedy matching, lookaheads or the evaluation modifier.
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Simple Introduction
To Classes - By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a better
understadning of what classes are and what they are good for. Classes can be
very powerful when used right and can save you a lot of work (and typing) in
the long run.
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Static Free Energy
(Zend) - This tutorial will show you how to produce static html pages
using PHP. This is important if you want the benefits of using PHP to build
sections of a site where the content of the pages doesn't change very often.
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Template Example with PHP
Includes - Show how to use 'php includes' inside a template.
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Ten
Security Checks for PHP (ONLamp) - Though it's easy to create sites in PHP,
it's not immune to sloppy coding. Clancy Malcolm explains how to recognize and
fix potential security holes.
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Website Publisher
- Saving Resources with phpCache - Tutorial explains how to implement the
phpCache script and use it to keep your database server load low.
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Website Publisher - Search Engine-Friendly URLs - Article describes three
ways to make your URLs search engine friendly using PHP.
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Website
Publisher - Using Cookies in PHP - Learn how to set and read cookies using
the PHP scripting language.
