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Easy Ajax in symfony
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, 6 days ago AJAX framework symfony
Symfony has Ajax helpers that make programming an elaborate interface a piece of cake. This tutorial will show you step-by-step how to create an Ajax-powered symfony application in minutes.
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Build a customizable RSS feed aggregator in PHP
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, 2 weeks ago advanced tutorials rss web service xml
Although there are several commercially available feed aggregators, it's easy to develop your own feed aggregator, which you can integrate with your Web applications. You'll appreciate this article's fully functional PHP code snippets, demonstrating the use of PHP-based server-side functions to develop a customizable RSS feed aggregator. In addition, you'll reap instant benefits from using the fully functional RSS feed aggregator code, which you can download from this article.
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Casual cryptography for web developers
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 27/2/2008 cryptography intermediate password
Cryptography is for most web developers like a vast and endless ocean of intimidating un-absorb-able information. Which is sad, since cryptography is so useful and in many situations absolutely necessary. I will not even try to explain why, since I consider developers that don't care about the security, and integrity of their end users a lost case.
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Install Apache Web Server on Windows Vista [flash video]
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 23/1/2008 apache beginner tutorials installation
A quick flash video showing how to install Apache on Windows Vista.
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Introduction to Debugging and Error Checking
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 22/1/2008 debugging error-checking intermediate
This article will introduce you to some basic concepts such as error checking and built-in functions like var_dump() that will aid you in tracking down errors in your PHP applications. There are also many fully-fledged debugging tools for PHP that lets you set breakpoints, watch variables, and such like, but we won't be using them in this article
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Easy as Pie - Working with a Database
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 20/1/2008 beginner tutorials database mysql
This post is the third in a continuing series of DIY tutorials, which aims to make things as simple as possible. The [Easy as Pie] series focuses on tasks that most people consider too challenging and presents it in a way that is easy (as pie!) to understand.
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LAMP performance for dummies
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 15/1/2008 advanced tutorials blog caching database mysql performance
I've spent the last six months combing Google for 'slow mysql' results. It was enlightening. Now in the spirit of giving back to the community I give you:
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What PHP Deployment Gets Right
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 14/1/2008 blog deployment mod_php
With the recent talk on the blogosphere about deployment (and for Django, and lots of other posts too), people are thinking about PHP a bit more analytically. I think people mostly get it wrong.
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Twitter: send message from a PHP page using Twitter API
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 4/1/2008 advanced tutorials api twitter webservice
This is a very simple tutorial (really just some line of code!) that explains how to post a message using Twitter API from a PHP page.
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Apache Tips and Tricks: Hide PHP version (X-Powered-By)
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 30/12/2007 apache headers security
You can configure apache to provide only a minimal amount of information about the installed software versions in its banner. But if you are using the PHP module in your web server (as most of us are), then there is one additional step that need to be completed, and this is what I will show you in this tip.
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Creating a three dimensional pie chart using Google's Chart API
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 26/12/2007 Chart advanced tutorials google api
I ran across this great, easy but very useful API a few days ago. Now for the tutorial.. let's assume we make a website for the TalkPHP soccerteam. They've played 10 matches (6 won, 3 draw, 1 lost). We'll be making a nice three dimensional pie chart of those stats! Let me point out one little disadvantage before we start: This API has a limit to 50,000 queries per 24 hours. But futhermore nothing fency!
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Auto Loading Classes in PHP 5
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 23/12/2007 advanced tutorials autoloading php5
Undoubtedly, the release of PHP 5 has had a remarkable impact on the way that object-oriented applications are developed nowadays. This highly-improved model has provided PHP programmers with features that were only present in mature object-based languages, like Java and C++, but now, fortunately for you and me, they are generously offered by this powerful server-side scripting language.
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How to Install PHP 5 on Linux
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 21/12/2007 beginner tutorials installation linux php5
This tutorial explains the installation of Apache web server, bundled with PHP and MySQL server on a Linux machine. The tutorial is primarily for SuSE 9.2, 9.3, 10.0 & 10.1, but most of the steps ought to be valid for all Linux-like operating systems.
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The state of functional programming in PHP
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 20/12/2007 advanced tutorials functional programming
With the rise of Javascript, and languages like Python and Ruby, functional programming is becoming more mainstream. Even Java seems to be getting closures in the next version, so does this leave PHP lacking behind or is there an unrealised potential hidden within?
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Becoming PHP 6 Compatible
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 18/12/2007 beginner tutorials compatibility php6
If you want to make use of PHP 6 when it comes, you're going to have to write your new scripts so they are compatible, and possibly change some of your existing scripts.
To start making your scripts PHP 6 compatible, I've compiled a list of tips to follow when scripting.
Handling UTF-8 with PHP
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 16/12/2007 character encoding internationalisation php utf8
This article is intended as a reference for functionality PHP provides which can either help with handling UTF-8 or should be regarded as a risk when used in conjunction with UTF-8 encoded strings.
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The Singleton Pattern with PHP
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 3/12/2007 advanced tutorials oop pattern
The Singleton Pattern is often mistakenly referred to as the OOP nuts "Global variable".
Classes that utilise the Singleton Pattern aims to have a single instance throughout the lifetime of the request/process.
Complete Members System
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 2/12/2007 databases intermedia user management
Nearly every website allows you (the visitor) to become a member of the site you're visiting. Typically, one will register a desired username, and setup a password, then fill out a bit of information to stock a profile, like: location, interests, etc. and you're done. You can then access parts of the site that were once restricted, participate in forum discussions and cast your vote on polls - you get the idea. But how is that done? How do they distinguish between members? How can I do that with my site? Read on and you will learn how to allow visitors to register as members, and allow them to login/logout of your website.
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Using Type Juggling/Type Casting to Modify Data Types
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 30/11/2007 beginner tutorials types
We're going to be dealing with type juggling in this article. This is the process of instructing PHP how to handle the value after the type juggling. Type juggling can do absolutely all sorts, from converting integers to floats, arrays to objects, and even strings to binary as of PHP 5.2.1. It can also save you calling various functions and thus making your script quicker!
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Introduction to PHPUnit
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 29/11/2007 advanced tutorials unit testing
In the last decade, PHP has developed from a niche language for adding dynamic functionality to small websites to a powerful tool making strong inroads into large-scale, business-critical Web systems. Financial institutions such as banks and insurance companies use PHP, for instance, to develop and maintain solutions for Basel II Credit Rating. Critical business logic like this needs to work correctly. But how do you ensure that it does? You test it, of course.
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Application-level Logging with the Zend Framework
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 28/11/2007 Zend advanced tutorials framework
There are different reasons for logging information, different strategies for what and how to log, and of course different ways of implementing it. This article will look at why you would want to log, what you want to log and how to do it.
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Using Zend framework Components In CakePHP
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 26/11/2007 Zend framework intermediate webservice
In this article I describe how to use Zend framework components in a CakePHP application by means of building a very simple CakePHP application using Zend_Service_Flickr, a component for accessing the Flickr web services.
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PHP Exception Handling
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 21/11/2007 beginner tutorials exception php5
With PHP 5 came a new object oriented way of dealing with errors. Exception handling is used to change the normal flow of the code execution if a specified error (exceptional) condition occurs. This condition is called an exception.
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PHP PayPal ExpressCheckout Tutorial
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 19/11/2007 api beginner tutorials paypal
There are two different ways to use the PayPal API. The first, is the PayPal Direct Payment. PayPal Direct Payment will allow the customer to simply type in their information including their credit card number and process it invisibly through PayPal on your website.
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What is new in PHP 5.3 - part 3: mysqlnd
in PHP added by goodphptutorials, on 18/11/2007 database news php5
In the first two parts of this series I wrote about namaspaces and late static binding. In this part I will cover mysqlnd (MySQL native driver for PHP), which is also a really cool feature of PHP 5.3. This a replacement library (not an extension) for libmysql (MySQL Client Library) offering a lot of advantage over it.
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