Validate a South African ID number with PHP
This requirement came from a project where South African ID numbers needed to be validated and the available info i.e.…
“Hello World!” with PHP
If you are going to learn to code with PHP for the web, you will eventually need to set up…
Installing PHP on a Windows dev box
Installing PHP is relatively simple. Follow the steps in this guide to install PHP version 8 on a Windows operating…
“Proof of life” with PHP
I often need to know if a server is available. A simple method to establish this is to use PHP’s…
� love Microsoft
� can usually be found at work on my PC cursing Microsoft. 90% of the time Internet Explorer is the…
Backing up a MySQL database using PHP’s system() & MySQL’s mysqldump
MySQL has a built-in tool for creating MySQL database backups, called mysqldump. In this tutorial, we use it from a…
How to use PHP To Backup & Restore a MySQL Database Table
This is how to backup and restore a MySQL table using a PHP script. Please note: this is an old…
PHP Dynamic year selector
Another post from the archives. When 2009 rolled in all the websites built by the company I worked for at…
PHP short tags
The short open tags option allows you to leave off the “php” in the opening tag of your code block.
PHP/MySQL: storing database credentials in an .ini file
It is recommended that for security reasons you do not include database connection details in your scripts, so where exactly…