10 life-saving PHP snippets
(July 28, 2010)
In order to be efficient, a web developer should have a toolbox with code snippets he can use and reuse when needed. In this article, Jean-Baptiste Jung is going to show you 10 extremely useful PHP code snippets to add to your web developer toolbox.
Update multiple rows in MySQL with checkboxes
(May 12, 2010)
A useful method to select all checkboxes and the ability to update MySQL records with PHP.
First we create a MySQL database, next we create the update page with the checkboxes and add the PHP code to make the update possible.
Simple, easy and fast...
Enjoy!
How to Create a PHP Website Template from Scratch
(April 14, 2010)
This is a tutorial on creating a PHP website template starting with HTML and CSS. We will start with the basics and you can also download the final product. Please remember that I am using very basic CSS styling in this example just for you to get the idea, and not so much to make it look pretty. The download will contain both the styled example as well as a complete blank template that you can use for your own starting point for any project personal or commercial. The demo files are released under GPL V2.
Smart Mailer PHP Manual
(March 31, 2010)
You can offer your clients the ability to send HTML mails based on a template (either on your machine or at a URL), each personalised with the recipient's name. You can add attachments to everyone, or a group of people, there's progress bars while you're sending them - all this in an external PHP include file, so just a couple of lines on your page.
These tutorials show you how to use the Smart Mailer PHP extension.
Display records in multi column format with PHP
(November 19, 2009)
This two videos explain how to populate records from the MySQL database
and display them on the page in the multi column format.
Each column follows the ascending order of the records from the
previous column. In this example we are using Table, but you can use
any HTML element to display records in multi column format.
Universal Form Validator PHP Manual
(September 2, 2009)
Add Swiss Knife Form Validation to your forms in Dreamweaver with the Universal Form Validator PHP! Choose from many predefined validation rules like url, e-mail, dates, credit cards and ranges, apply conditional validation and even Ajax style inline validation! The validation errors and hints can be displayed in great tooltips and input masking can be applied. All fully customizable to your layout and needs! The user input is validated both client as well as server side - so there is no escape!
Upload, Resize and Insert with PHP
(March 13, 2009)
This code is so amazing, you can create resized images of the original image.
Now you can create two from one using PHP, classic!
Have you ever wanted to upload, resize and insert images into a database without the hassle? This code will do it for you.
A few things are needed;
A database or not (Just comment out the database parts with //)
Create a page called upload.php.
Copy and paste the code.
Set up the Username, Password and Database settings if needed.
That's it.
Enjoy!
PHP download link
(May 12, 2008)
In this tutorial I will show you how to create a link to a file with the prompt for a download. Upload files with PHP
(March 3, 2008)
This tutorial explains how to create the upload form with PHP.
It covers uploading and renaming file, limiting file size, restricting file types and form validation.
PHP url parameter and page include
(December 28, 2007)
I´ve been asked several times how to solve this problem.
Let´s say you have folder which stores files with the content of the pages.
You also have an index.php page from which you send requests via url to display a relevant page.
