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Geometry & PHP part 2 Created: Monday, April 30, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012
More about math related PHP functions
Geometric Functions in PHP Created: Saturday, April 28, 2012 Updated: Monday, April 30, 2012
A rundown of some of the geometric functions available to PHP Programmers.
How to CHMOD a File - CHMOD Permissions - Change CHMOD Created: Monday, July 30, 2007 Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
How the CHMOD a file to different permissions from your FTP program
Clock Countdown - Countdown Timer - Countdown Ticker Created: Saturday, March 18, 2006 Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Create a simple countdown clock ticker in PHP using the mktime function
Manual Redirect PHP - Simple Password PHP - Easy PHP Password Created: Monday, March 12, 2007 Updated: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
A simple password style redirect that sends a user to the word they enter plus .html as a way of hiding pages
Create a Stardate with PHP - Star Trek Dates with PHP - Star Date in PHP Created: Thursday, May 07, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, April 11, 2012
How to use calculate the star date (like the stardates on star trek) using PHP.
Comparison Operator - PHP Comparison - PHP Operator Created: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012
A comparison operator compares one value to another.
Challenge Question 003 - Using Dates Created: Friday, March 30, 2012 Updated: Friday, March 30, 2012
Challenge question #003 deals with using timestamps in PHP.
PHP Challenge Question 002 Created: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 Updated: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
A tutorial of how to use modulus in PHP to find the remainder, and a challenge question about using it.
Jumping into regular expressions Created: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
A basic guide to regular expressions, a useful skill in PHP programming.
Making your PHP site interactive. Created: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Five tips to help turn your PHP website into a more interactive experience for your readers, customers, or followers.
All About PHP Arrays Created: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Information about how to set up arrays in PHP programming.
PHP Challenge Question 001 Created: Monday, February 27, 2012 Updated: Monday, February 27, 2012
Challenge questions designed to make you test your PHP skills by creating simple programs
Choosing the right programming language for the job. Created: Sunday, February 26, 2012 Updated: Sunday, February 26, 2012
A quick guide to help people who want to get into computer programming choose what language to learn based on their end programming goals.
Wordpress Files - Wordpress Header Footer and Sidebar Created: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Information about wordpress files including header.php, footer.php and sidebar.php.
Generate a PHP Chart of Hex Colors - PHP Web Color Chart Created: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
This simple PHP script lets you generate a chart of hex (hexadecimal) colors for use in web design
Upload a file to your server and add it's details to MySQL - SQL Upload File Created: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Updated: Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Upload a file from your website to your server, and write it's details to a MySQL database - Using PHP and SQL.
GD Library - PHP GD Library - GD Image Library Created: Friday, April 21, 2006 Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012
You can use the GD Library in PHP to dynamically create images
Create Thumbnail PHP - Thumbnail GD Library - GD Library PHP Thumbnail Created: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Use PHP and the GD Library to create thumbnails of images on the fly in gif, jpg or png format.
Grayscale PHP GD Library - Greyscale PHP GD Library - Black and White GD Library Created: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Turn a color photo to black and white (grayscale, greyscale) using the GD Library and PHP
PHP Functions - Write Functions - Use Functions Created: Friday, February 17, 2006 Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012
Explore the use of preset PHP functions, with a farther explanation on the date function. Then learn to create your own custom PHP functions.
Rotate Image PHP - GD Library Rotate Image - Rotate Photo with PHP and the GD Library Created: Monday, October 30, 2006 Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012
How to rotate an image using PHP with the GD Library
Image Polygon PHP - Imagepolygon FunctionPHP - Draw Shape with PHP Created: Thursday, May 03, 2007 Updated: Thursday, January 26, 2012
How to draw a polygon in PHP using the imagepolygon function and assigning the coordinates of each corner
Operators, Operands, and Boolean Logic Created: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
This article will help you get a basic understanding for operators, operands, and boolean logic.
Practical uses for Arrays in PHP Created: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Understanding arrays in PHP and how we use them.
Getting started with PHP Created: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
An absolute beginner's guide to writing and understanding their first PHP program.
Upgrade WordPress - Upgrading WordPress Created: Monday, June 18, 2007 Updated: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
How to upgrade to the new version of WordPress, the PHP blogging program.
PHP Basics - Getting started in PHP part 1 Created: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
If you've decided that now is the time to start learning a programming language, let me help get you started with PHP!
Learning PHP part 2 - All about variables Created: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 Updated: Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Learning PHP part 2 - All about variables, how to assign then, how to use them, etc
Decision making within PHP Created: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
How to make decisions in PHP programs using if/else and switch loops
The basics of phpMyAdmin Created: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 Updated: Tuesday, December 13, 2011
A basic overview of what you can do to your database with phpMyAdmin.
Getting into Game Design Created: Monday, November 28, 2011 Updated: Monday, November 28, 2011
Some ideas for programmers looking to get into game design

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