the last 20 tutorialsenhttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Effective_In_Function_Caching_With_PHP5http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Effective_In_Function_Caching_With_PHP5In-function caching can often be used to greatly improve the performance of our software. Applying this technique effectively is important to avoid spiraling memory usage and bizarre bugs that can be caused by old cache data lingering around.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Easy_Ajax_in_symfonyhttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Easy_Ajax_in_symfonySymfony 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.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Installing_MySQL_on_Windowshttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Installing_MySQL_on_WindowsAs Web sites and Web-based applications become more important to commercial firms and other organizations, so too does the methods used for storing data online, such as customer contact information, system login details, product data, and much more. Rewritable flat files may be sufficient for extremely limited data for which security is not an issue. But for most Web sites and applications, a robust database is called for.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Integrate_the_Authorize_Net_Customer_Information_Manager_CIM_API_with_PHPhttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Integrate_the_Authorize_Net_Customer_Information_Manager_CIM_API_with_PHPGet a basic tutorial and free code to use Authorize.Net's Customer Information Manager API to create subscriptions and store credit card data while being PCI compliant.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Hide_of_Change_php_extension_with_url_rewriting_using_htaccesshttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Hide_of_Change_php_extension_with_url_rewriting_using_htaccessThis tutorial explains you how to hide or change the .php extension in browser's address bar using .htaccess file.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/9_PHP_Debugging_Techniques_You_Should_Be_Usinghttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/9_PHP_Debugging_Techniques_You_Should_Be_UsingSave yourself time, effort and headaches by employing the debugging techniques discussed in this article. I cover topics from enabling notices to writing Unit Tests, as well as some ideas you may not have thought of...http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Build_a_customizable_RSS_feed_aggregator_in_PHPhttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Build_a_customizable_RSS_feed_aggregator_in_PHPAlthough 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.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Create_A_Wordpress_2_5_Widgethttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Create_A_Wordpress_2_5_WidgetCreate a plugin widget in Wordpress 2.5. Covers settings up and using sidebars in your template, activating your widget, and displaying your widget. This tutorial is best suited for people familiar with both PHP and Wordpress themes and plugins.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Easy_payments_using_Paypal_IPNhttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Easy_payments_using_Paypal_IPNThere are several PHP scripts and classes to process PayPal payments using their native IPN (Internet payment notification) feature. This Tutorial / guide will show you how to process paypal payments using the IPN featurehttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Flatfile_Users_Onlinehttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Flatfile_Users_OnlineThis tutorial shows you how to create a script that shows how many people are on each page of your site, without using a database. You can easily get the number of online visitors for each page as well as the whole site.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Installing_Apache_on_Windowshttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Installing_Apache_on_WindowsEven though it is possible to do Web development and testing on a remote server, it is better to fully develop a new Web site on a local Web server, and then upload everything when it is finished, for many reasons: 1) Keeping the unfinished site off the Internet is safer, because as you begin developing the site, you probably have not put in all of your code for neutralizing any potential attacks against your site, including cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities...http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/PHP5_and_OOPhttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/PHP5_and_OOPObject oriented programming was introduced for the first time in PHP 3. But the subjects is extremely actual again in PHP 5, because the entire concept of the OOP(Object Oriented Programming) was in fact redesigned from scratch for the new version of the language (PHP 5). Hence, this tutorial would be interesting for the advanced user familiar with PHP 4 and as well for the beginners, since we will try to use more "understandable" words and examples comprehensive enough to express the real power of the object oriented programming.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/You_Are_Here_Using_PHP_To_Highlight_Navigationhttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/You_Are_Here_Using_PHP_To_Highlight_NavigationWhen you walk into a mall, one of the first things you come to is a map with a "you are here" indicator that lets you know where you are. On a website, we can accomplish this by higlighting the current location on a navigation bar, menu, or list. Since the primary navigation is the most prominent feature on a website, we will discuss an easy way to do this with PHP.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/The_Hitchhikers_Guide_to_PHP_Load_Balancinghttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/The_Hitchhikers_Guide_to_PHP_Load_BalancingThis post gives an introduction to the complications that can arise from deploying your PHP applications onto a load balanced web hosting platform. This is a must-read article if you are planning to develop large scale web applications, or if your software will be deployed on a large range of platforms (as is the case for many open source projects).http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Desktop_Application_Development_with_PHP_GTKhttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Desktop_Application_Development_with_PHP_GTKPHP-GTK 2 is out, and with it, a fantastic means for PHP developers to build useful, reliable cross-platform desktop applications. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to get up and running with PHP-GTK in no time and build your first desktop application.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Working_With_UK_Postcodeshttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Working_With_UK_PostcodesThis short post provides you with a table for converting postcodes into counties. I created the table from a variety of sources for a recent project where I needed to be able to map user's postcodes to counties.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Easy_IP_to_country_lookuphttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Easy_IP_to_country_lookupCheck which country your visitors are coming from with an easy to use open database.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/PHP_components_Autosuggesthttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/PHP_components_AutosuggestA simple "PHP component" (8Kb), ready to use, to implement a search form with an autosuggest feature using PHP and MySQL just modifying some parameters.http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Stay_away_from_Bloated_Class_Methods_actually_bloated_ANYTHINGhttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Stay_away_from_Bloated_Class_Methods_actually_bloated_ANYTHINGWhy are there so many examples of bloated PHP methods out there?! I see a lot of bloated methods being used in examples through sites like phpclasses.org and a very large chunk of a project I’ve recently picked up which a few developers have worked on. Guys! remember! There is no good reason to bloat your methods to over 10-20 lines long and on the rare occasions that you do exceed 10 - 20 lines it would be more the exception to the rule as opposed to being the rule itself!http://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Practical_PHP_Performancehttp://www.goodphptutorials.com/out/Practical_PHP_PerformanceWhen it comes to building web applications in PHP, performance isn't typically a major concern. Features, usability and any business concerns are considered a greater priority, as they can be better demonstrated and visualised. Performance graphs don't make the boss's day. So, why should you as a PHP developer, worry about performance? Quite a few reasons, in fact...