Learn PHP
PHP can be a powerful tool on your web site and learning it isn't as hard as you might think. Using our informative tutorials, even a beginner with no programming experience can start learning PHP and putting it to use right away.
How to use Arrays in PHP
How to setup and access an array and it's elements using PHP.
Getting started with PHP
An absolute beginner's guide to writing and understanding their first PHP program.
Changing the capitalization of stings
How to change the capitalization of a sting using PHP including making it all capitals, all lower case, each word capitalized, and each string capitalized.
Learning PHP Checklist
Are you ready to start learning PHP Programming? Take a look at this quick check list before you get started to make sure you're good to go!
Create Links in PHP
How to create links in PHP
How a computer makes a decision
How to make decisions in PHP programs using if/else and switch loops
Print vs Echo - Do you use Print or Echo?
Do you use print or echo in your PHP scripts? Users give their answers to this PHP question.
Detect a User's IP Address
Record a user's IP address using this free PHP script.
Loops in PHP
A loop is a series of commands that will continue to repeat over and over again untill a condition is met. Learn about different types of loops in PHP.
Random Numbers
How to generate a random number using PHP
Random Numbers
How to generate a random number using PHP
Formatting Your PHP
How to make your PHP pages pretty with formatting
Getting Started with PHP
Just the essentials you need to learn PHP
PHP with HTML
How to embed php into HTML, or put HTML inside PHP so you can use both on the same page of your website.
PHP Time and Calendars
PHP functions and scripts related to the use and creation of calendars, or dates in PHP.
PHP and Flat File Data Storage
How to use PHP commands to interact with flat file text (txt) documents.
Learn PHP - A Beginner's Guide to PHP Programing
Learn PHP from a simple web based tutorial. Explore basic PHP syntax, using variables, operators and operands, and the use of conditional statements.
Learn PHP - Use WHILE, FOR and FOREACH Loops
Learn to use the three types of loops - WHILE, FOR, and FOREACH loops in PHP programing to process data.
Learn PHP - How to Use and Write Functions
Explore the use of preset PHP functions, with a further explanation on the date function. Then learn to create your own custom PHP functions.
Learn PHP - Collecting and Processing Data from Forms
Collect data from HTML forms to process with PHP
Learn PHP - Redirection Script
HP redirection script to transfer users from one web page URL on your site to a new page URL or web site
Learn PHP - PHP Information
Learn more about the version of PHP your server is running using the php info command to see your version, path, and specific settings.
Learn PHP - Countdowns
Create a simple countdown in PHP using the mktime function
Learn PHP - Math Functions
A list of commonly used math functions in PHP, and what they do.
Learn PHP - Random Numbers
Generating a random number in PHP with the rand () function
Learn PHP - What Is My IP?
This is a very short easy to understand tutorial about how do create a 'What is my IP' style script, to look up the users IP address as they visit the site
Learn PHP - Using $_SERVER in PHP
The difference between $_SERVER[’PHP_SELF’], $_SERVER[’SCRIPT_NAME’], and $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
Learn PHP - Lookup Browser
$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] is used to retrieve information about the users browser and computer operating system, using PHP. Learn how with our tutorial.
Learn PHP - Rounding and Formatting Numbers
How to round and formatt numbers in PHP
Your First PHP Script
A very basic walkthrough of everything you need to make your first PHP script, in simple straight forward terms.
Using Notepad for PHP
How to use Notepad to create and save PHP files
Using TextEdit for PHP
How to use TextEdit to create and save PHP on your Apple Macintosh (Mac) Computer.
Redirect Old Pages to New URLs
Redirect pages from their old URL to a new URL using a line of PHP
Finding the HTTP_REFERER
How to find a page's referrer using HTTP_REFERER in PHP.
Hello World
How to write a "Hello World" script, the most basic of all computer programs, in PHP.
A Quick PHP Variable Reference
Everything you've ever wanted to know about PHP variables in an easy to understand, free tutorial.
How and Why to Comment Your PHP Code
How and why to comment your code in PHP
Tips for Making User Friendly Scripts
Some tips for making your programs user friendly
Learn More About Your Server's PHP
The phpinfo () is used to gather lot of information about what is running on your PHP server.
Finding the Document Root
Often when installing scripts you need to know the document root. This simple script can give you that information.
PHP Author Notes
Author notes that a PHP author should include in the files that the create.
Using PHP and Javascript with Python
How to use PHP and Javascript with Python instead of using CGI
The Difference Between Cookies and Sessions
What is the difference between sessions and cookies in PHP?
Automatically display when a file was last modified on your website
How to show the date a file was last modified using PHP and the filemtime function. This is great for automatically dating time sensitive data on your website.
Using Comparison Operators in PHP
How to use comparison operators in PHP to compare greater than, less then, equal to and more.
How to prevent an endless PHP loop from breaking your program
How to prevent endless loops in PHP programs
Creating a timestamp for any given date in the past or future
How to use the mktime function in PHP to generate a time stamp of a given time and date in the past or future.
How to create a function in PHP
Learn how to create a function in PHP
How to define an array in PHP
How to create an array in PHP
How to include your HTML in your PHP
A PHP translation of your HTML
Updating your pages using SSI
How to quickly and easily update the copyrights on all your pages at the same time for the new year.
Your PHP code can't be viewed by viewing the document source
You can't see PHP code when you view a document source, you only see the HTML it outputs.
Skipping over chunks of code in PHP using Goto
How to skip over a section of code in PHP using goto.
Which loop is best for your project?
How to use loops in your PHP code to repeat a section of code over and over until a condition is met.
Learning PHP part 2 - All about variables
Learning PHP part 2 - All about variables, how to assign then, how to use them, etc
Understanding Arrays in PHP
Understanding arrays in PHP and how we use them.