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	Accessing SQLite Databases in PHP using PDO PDO or PHP Data Objects is a data abstraction layer, i.e. it provides uniform methods to access different types of databases, as a result switching between or moving to a different database system is relatively easier. So, in simple language the code to access a SQLite db will also work for MySQL... By pradeep Last Message By coderzone	1 1,410
	Add Spell Check in PHP With PSpell Most applications like browsers, text editors, etc. come built in with spelling suggestions, they highlight a possible incorrect English word (any language for that matter) and offers a list of suggestions when clicked or selected. Even, search engines provide spelling suggestions. Even you... By pradeep	0 2,126
	Parsing HTML in PHP Parsing HTML has always been a tough cookie even for seasoned programmers, but nowadays parsing HTML is extensively used for scraping websites, crawling, error detection websites, and many other useful purposes. In this article we'll be looking into parsing HTML using PHP, for this purpose I... By pradeep	0 1,003
	PHP Array Class This class is a wrapper for array's that allows you to use oop to create and manage an array Background This class is inspired by Java and C#'s array class. The Code If you'd like to use oop to manage an array this class is meant to provide a data type of sorts for that effort. By pein87	0 910
	PHP string Class Creates a class that acts as a string wrapper similar to Java and C#. Background Php doesn't do types so I created a class to act as a wrapper to provide a faux type for strings The Code The code is designed so that you can create text variables which have there own methods that you... By pein87	0 934
	cURL in PHP Examples PHP 4.0.2 onwards libcurl support was added in PHP, libcurl is a free client library initially written by Daniel Stenberg which allows us to communicate with servers using a variety of protocols like HTTP,HTTPS,FTP,SMTP,LDAP, etc. In this article we'll be looking at enabling libcurl support in... By pradeep Last Message By jeeva1388	1 5,076
	Reading EXIF Data From Images in PHP EXIF stands for Exchangeable image file format is standard by which metadata is stored in image & sound file formats, these are sometimes added by digital camera / software / or manually added by a user. These standards metadata tags help people track / store info, for example Flickr shows the... By pradeep Last Message By Alex.Gabriel	1 1,264
	Transfer Files Using FTP in PHP File Transfer Protocol or popularly known as FTP has been a de facto standard for transferring files for many years, can be used in many programs / utilities like backup programs, etc. PHP is being increasingly used in writing scripts for maintenance and other purposes and the FTP extensions... By pradeep	0 1,297
	Monitor Filesystem Changes in PHP System tools & monitoring programs are often required to monitor a directory or file(s) for changes, not just content changes, it may even be attribute changes like permissions, timestamps etc. Inotify is being used for quite some time in C programming to achieve the same. Here we will be... By pradeep Last Message By marlonmark	1 1,522
	Read ID3 tag from a MP3 file ( 1 2) Here's the code to read ID3 tage from a MP3 file <?php //Reads ID3v1 from a MP3 file and displays it $mp3 = "1.mp3"; //MP3 file to be read By pradeep Last Message By cyclop	10 44,119
	Track your visitors, using PHP ( 1 2) There are many different traffic analysis tools, ranging from simple counters to complete traffic analyzers. Although there are some free ones, most of them come with a price tag. Why not do it yourself? With PHP, you can easily create a log file within minutes. In this article I will show you how!... By Kings Last Message By cyclop	14 31,717
	Working With Arrays in PHP ( 1 2) Arrays are common to many programming languages. They are special variables which can hold more than one value, each stored in its own numbered 'space' in the array. Instead of having many similar variables, you can store the data as elements in an array.Each element in the array has its own ID so... By Sanskruti Last Message By cyclop	15 6,279
	Parsing Command Line Arguments in PHP Most of us have know PHP as a language used for web development, but it is also being used for writing backend processing scripts, backup scripts, deferred processing scripts etc. for a long time but still not as much as other scripting languages as Perl, Python, or Ruby. But if you are a PHP... By asha	0 1,427
	Accessing Amazon S3 with PHP using Amazon AWS SDK Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is a low-cost & high-availability storage service provided by Amazon Web Services. It's very efficient and cheap, it allows you to store as much as you want and there is no limit, you pay for what you use and you pay as you go, there is no commitment. You can... By asha	0 1,742
	Bubble Sort in PHP Bubble sort in this form allows someone to order number arrays from lowest number to highest number and vice verse. This article serves the purpose of providing the bubble sort algorithm for use in php. I found a tuts @ active.tutsplus and I used it as a base to create a direct port over to php. ... By pein87 Last Message By pein87	5 3,808
	PHP Function to calculate time remaining Many times it is required for us to calculate the time remaining and display it in a very understandable format like days,weeks,hours etc. Here is a function i wrote to do the same. //FUNCTION FOR TIME LEFT function time_left($integer) { $seconds=$integer; if... By pradeep Last Message By lothar86	2 30,700
	Why use PHP for server-side scripting? ( 1 2) A trend with a lot of new Web Designers is to blindly go for ASP or JSP for creating dynamic and interactive websites. Why use PHP for server-side scripting? This question comes in mind of a lot of Web Designers, especially in mind of designers/programmers who are only exposed to much hyped server... By Sanskruti Last Message By j.smith1981	14 17,771
	Creating a Multi-File Upload Script in PHP File upload is very common requirement of many web sites. We may require to upload pictures online to websites. Image upload is very common requirement and many sites are using this to allow members or visitors to upload files. We will learn how to upload multiple files using a single form. This... By Sanskruti Last Message By steven_elvisda	8 29,762
	mysqli PHP Extension Overview Mysqli extension provides us to access the functionality offered by MySQL 4.1 and above.The i in the function name stands for improved (MySQL Improved). The mysqli extension is built using the PHP extension framework.The MySQLi library is much more optimized and quicker than the previous MYSQL... By jasbir712 Last Message By RezaAgselya	1 1,749
	Using Memcached in PHP Memcached is a high-performance open-source caching solution, generally used to improve web application performance by avoiding round-trips to RDBMS, to know more about memcached read Faster Webapps With Memcached. In this article we'll discuss about installing and using memcached in PHP. A PHP... By pradeep	0 1,736