So we’ve all been there, retyping the same old lines a gazillion times with different variable names (and no I’m not exaggerating). If you check out the PHP manual online, it’s really helpful when it comes to running MySQL queries, and when you take out all of the descriptive around it, you end up with [...]
24 Feb
So, here it is. The first free template to be given away! Click here to look at the demo site You can download the files here. If you end up using it, drop us a comment below and share your thoughts! It would be cool to hear of any features you would like to [...]
09 Feb
Ahh… the age old question! How do I get more readers to my blog? An important question after deciding to set up your own blog! There are a lot of sites around that offer some great advice on this topic: http://www.problogger.net/how-to-find-readers-for-your-blog/ http://www.netchunks.com/how-to-grow-your-blog-and-get-more-readers/ http://www.askshane.org/traffic-generation/11-free-easy-ways-to-get-visitors-to-your-new-blog.php Unfortunately though, there isn’t one simple answer! What may work for some [...]
01 Feb
So, in the previous 2 posts we’ve talked about what php is, and why you might wish to use it. We’ve also touched on commenting, and the very basic echo and print function. You can check them out below: Php: From the ground up pt.1 Php: From the ground up pt.2 For part 3, we’re [...]
31 Jan
We’ve all been there – in fact, we JUST have – where you want or need to change to a new domain name but don’t want to loose all of the links that already point to your existing URL. Or maybe you’ve got a few sites which point to the same content, but you want [...]
30 Jan
I’ve put together a quick php quiz – to test your basic understanding of the language. Pass mark is 85% – good luck!
28 Jan
Just recently I needed to develop a search function for a site I was working on. I’ve done it before a few times, and just wanted to share the process. It’s quite a handy thing to know how to do. The search consists of a couple of scripts, search.php contains the HTML and most of [...]
26 Jan
It’s easy enough to set up a php development environment if you use windows. Linux is slightly different, and varies depending on what distribution you choose. For this exercise though, I’m going to use Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a great Linux distro for beginners. It has a simple user interface, and it makes installing apps relatively straight forward. [...]
10 Jan
This is quite a handy feature that I’ve needed to use a few times recently. Some clients find it incredibly useful to be able to download their client database for example, in Excel format. The script below is a very simple way of doing this… it may not be the best way of doing it, [...]
29 Oct
If you’re like me… you hate putting forms together! Callback forms, login forms, enquiry forms, signup forms… jeez!! Everybody loves data capture, and it just never seems to end! To get around this, I’ve created a simple form class that makes creating forms quite simple… and relatively quick! This class also includes HTML5 support, and [...]
by Joe Lavery
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