A Few Tips for Speeding Up PHP Code
Daryl HoustonEver wondered how to improve your code's execution time? Daryl reveals some of his secrets and shows us how to do just that.
File Version Management in PHP
We can find many articles related to uploading, viewing, and downloading files. This article is written on the basic concept of uploading and managing files. File uploading is the process of copying the file from your machine to the remote server. Other users of the same system then share this file by viewing or downloading [...]
Count Backlinks from Unique Domains Using Yahoo Inbound Links API
If you've just started using the Yahoo Site Explorer Inbound Links API and want to know how far you can take it, keep reading. This three-part series will show you how to build an application that can help you track your links.
Dynamically Creating Compressed Zip Archives With PHP
Ancient History I remember the very first time I encountered a ZIP file. It was back in the early 1990s, when I was over at a friend's house to celebrate his purchase of a new computer. The computer vendor had generously included a bunch of shareware games with the system, all of which were compressed [...]
Five good programming habits in PHP
Just like any language, developers can write code in PHP that ranges in quality from truly awful to very good. Learn good programming habits that can help you bridge the productivity gap. Depending on whom you ask, the difference between a good developer and an excellent developer, in terms of productivity, is a factor of [...]
PHP and RSS: Getting it together
RSS Syndication is virtually ubiquitous these days, so it's imperative that a PHP developer at least understand RSS and how it works. This article explains the basics of RSS, some of its many uses, how to use PHP to create an RSS feed from a database, and how to use the XML_RSS module to read [...]