HTTP Referrer
This short article will teach you how to return your program to the referring URL if you are running a PHP script or a … [More]
Generating PHP Random Keys
There are many ways of generating random keys in PHP. Random keys are essential in applications where you need unique identifiers that are not … [More]
Run Multiple Applications in CodeIgniter
You’ve installed CodeIgniter and you’ve written a couple of applications. Now, you want to run two of your applications under one install of CodeIgniter. … [More]
Code Igniter Is Great
I finally had a chance to evaluate Code Igniter for a couple of hours. The sample videos, tutorials, and online manual are simple and … [More]
Code Igniter vs CakePHP
In the next several weeks, I will be evaluating two PHP frameworks: Code Igniter and CakePHP. I have been coding in PHP for several … [More]
PHP 5.3.1 Released
If you are a fan of PHP, things are getting better. PHP 5.3.1 was just released containing over 100 bug fixes. From Marc Plotz … [More]
A New Webhost
If you noticed some strange behavior in this site the last day or so, I was in the middle of moving from one hosting … [More]
Retrieve The Latest Twitter Trends
Here’s a simple and short tutorial on how to retrieve Twitter trends. We will be using PHP and Twitter’s API to retrieve the latest … [More]
Increase PHP File Upload Limit
If you have installed a LAMP server either on your Linux desktop or server, you are bound to run into this problem. The default … [More]
Understanding PHP Exception Handling
PHP 5 has an exception handling model similar to that of other programming languages. Exception handling is used primarily to modify the control of … [More]
Add APIs to your projects
If you have a web service, you can add functionality to it by allowing other programs to access to your service through the use … [More]
STRLEN
There is another great command in PHP similar called STRLEN. The command counts the number of characters in a string. In our previous example, … [More]
Remove Apache, Install Lighttpd
I was asked in my previous post as to why I installed the popular Apache web server instead of lighttpd, a fast and highly … [More]
Install LAMP on Ubuntu Desktop
My development server is old. You’ll get a chuckle when you see the specs. It runs on a 400Mhz Pentium II CPU with a … [More]
Turn Off Google Ads in WordPress If Admin
You’ve implemented Google Adsense in your WordPress blog. Now, you want to avoid accidentally clicking on an ad to avoid being penalized by Google. … [More]
