QuickTips Index

What Day of the Week Does it Fall on?
This script shows you how to find out what day of the week a specific date falls on by using PHP and the mktime function.

What is Binary?
What are binary numbers, and how do you read them

Flip a Coin With PHP
Use PHP to flip a virtual coin for a yes or no answer. PHP code step by step to show you how to flip a digital coin.

Simple Banner Rotation
Generate random banners advertising on your web site with PHP, or have random graphic rotation.

Web Page Hit Counter
Free web page hit counter code for your website, for a simple free web site hit counter written in PHP.

Backing Up Your phpBB Database
This tutorial shows you how to easily backup your phpbb forum, to restore your site if it should crash or be lost.

How and Why to Comment Your PHP Code
How and why to comment your code in PHP

What Version of PHP Am I Running?
Do you need to check what version of PHP your server is running? This simple tutorial shows you how.

Setting Up A Short URL Forward
Sometimes when you have a really long, unfriendly URL you want something shorter and easier to remember. We show you how to do this using a PHP redirect.

Single or Double Quotes?
Should you use single quotes or double quotes in your PHP code?

Is_string () PHP Function
The is_string php function is used to check if the value is a string. It will return true or false.

The Mathematics of Time in PHP
More information about dealing with Time in PHP

Today's Date using PHP
An example of how to print the current date on a web page written in HTML using PHP

How To Install a Wordpress Theme
How to install a wordpress theme on your wordpress blog

How To Backup your vBulletin Database
How to backup your vBulletin message board database

How To Move Your Website When You Change Hosting Companies
How to move your PHP and MySQL or HTML site from one host to another.

The Difference Between Cookies and Sessions
What is the difference between sessions and cookies in PHP?

Customizing phpBB's template
How to edit your phpBB template to have a custom look, or theme.

MySQL_Close () PHP Function
How to close a MySQL Connection from a PHP file

Connect to MySQL from PHP
How to connect to your MySQL database from a PHP document

The Three Most Basic Regular Expressions
The three most simple regular expressions that you will use with PHP

PHP and Flat File Data Storage
How to use PHP commands to interact with flat file text (txt) documents.

Repairing a MySQL Database with phpMyAdmin
How to repair a MySQL table using phpMyAdmin if you are getting errors or having trouble accessing it.

Use PHP in a File That Supports Mixed Scripting Languages
How to use PHP in a file that supports mixed scripting languages

PHP Author Notes
Author notes that a PHP author should include in the files that the create.