Category Archives: PHP/MySQL

Creating an API-Centric Web Application

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Planning to start working on a new web application? In this Tutorial, we’ll discuss how to create an API-centric web application, and explain why this is essential in today’s multi-platform world.

Object-Oriented PHP for Beginners

For many PHP programmers, object-oriented programming is a frightening concept, full of complicated syntax and other roadblocks. As detailed in my book, Pro PHP and jQuery, you’ll learn the concepts behind object-oriented programming (OOP), a style of coding in which related actions are grouped into classes to aid in creating more-compact, effective code.

Build an Admin Panel with the Fuel PHP Framework

In the first part of this series, we took a look at the basics of the FuelPHP framework. In this second-part, we’ll be stepping it up a gear and move onto some more advanced topics! We’ll be creating an admin panel for our application, cover the common uses of the ORM and use the Authentication package to restrict access.

20 Ways to Save Kittens and Learn PHP

Getting started in PHP can be a daunting experience. With that in mind, these 20 tips will teach you how to follow best practices, and save lives…kitty lives.

Email Activation For Registration Forms

We’ll start out creating the interface of the form. You will need to create two files: one file to hold the form, the next file to handle the verification process and interface with the database. It doesn’t necessarily matter what you name your files, but to stay uniform with our examples name the registration and verification files register.php and verify.php, respectively.

Email Address Confirmation PHP Tutorial

If you want that users sign up to join your website you may want to verify their email address by sending confirmation link to their email address. You’ll learn how to do this in this Tutorial.

How to Create an Advanced Twitter Widget

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This Tutorial demonstrates how to create a custom Twitter widget from scratch that uses the Twitter API, Web Intents and @Anywhere. Using the Twitter platform to create a fun, interactive tool for your website can be beneficial both in the learning and promotion departments!

Getting Started With The PayPal API

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PayPal is the most popular platform for receiving online payments today. The ease of opening a PayPal account and receiving payments compared to opening a merchant account with a traditional payment gateway is probably the number one reason for its popularity, with a close second being the comprehensive API that PayPal provides for its payment services. In this post, I will break down some of the techniques and approaches to working with the PayPal API, in order to make integration and troubleshooting simpler and easier.

Upload and Rename File PHP Tutorial

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In this Tutorial you will learn that how to rename file when upload file to server to prevent new file overwrite an old file that exists in you server.