One of the greatest things about the internet is the people. There are forums to discuss just about everything you can imagine. PhpBB is one of the most ... Read More

Most people who have a website have probably seen a chart of their web traffic statistics at some point. What they may not know is how these charts where ... Read More

If you go to PBS.org's home page, you will notice a drop down menu called "Explore" that lets you navigate to different areas of the web site.   Drop ... Read More

Not everybody has access to a MySQL database or wants to use one. Often data is stored in other files on your server. If this is the case, ... Read More

Many personal websites and even some business websites like to keep a visible running total of how many people have visited their site. When this number is displayed on ... Read More

Showing a random image or random banner advertisement on your website is much easier than you might think. We first assign each banner a number and then generate a ... Read More

You can store your entire website in a MySQL database. This includes both page content, and PHP code. You then retrieve the appropriate content and code to build ... Read More

If you've ever tried to create a PHP variable on the fly only to have it end up functioning as text and not code, you simply need to put it ... Read More

Restoring a MySQL database that has been removed is very easy if you have made a backup. You can also use this method to move an old database to ... Read More

It is important to backup your MySQL database regularly incase any problems should occour. It is also recommended that you backup before any major changes, incase you need to ... Read More

In PHP you can use the str_replace () function to find and replace information within a string. You can search within a single piece of data or within an ... Read More

If you live in an area that observes daylight savings time, you may want to adjust the clocks on your website accordingly. This can be done in the in ... Read More