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Database Access with PDO

PDO is the standard way to talk to databases in modern PHP. Start here if you are coming from the old mysql_* functions or if you have never used prepared statements.

  1. PDO Tutorial - Getting Started
  2. Connecting with PDO
  3. Introduction to PHP Data Objects
  4. Error Handling in PDO
  5. Prepared Statements
  6. Positional and Named Placeholders
  7. Insert and Update with Bind Param
  8. Insert and Update with Prepared Statements
  9. Create Table Using Execute
  10. Working with BLOBs

CodeIgniter Forms (Full CRUD)

Build a complete form system in CodeIgniter, from skeleton to insert, update, and delete.

  1. Introduction to CodeIgniter
  2. CodeIgniter Installation
  3. Creating Your First Application
  4. Database Configuration
  5. Creating the Form Skeleton
  6. File Structure
  7. Layout Code
  8. Menu Library
  9. Header and Footer Text
  10. Insert Data
  11. List Data with Table Library
  12. Showing Single Data for Edit
  13. Updating Data
  14. Deleting Data

Zend Framework Basics

Get a Zend Framework application running from scratch, with configuration, database, sessions, and authentication.

  1. Zend Framework Basic Tutorial
  2. Folder Structure
  3. XML File Configuration
  4. Database - Creating Input Form
  5. Session Introduction
  6. Login System with Zend Auth and ACL

jQuery UI Widgets

Learn how to use datepickers, dialogs, and framework classes in jQuery UI.

  1. Using the Framework Classes
  2. Dialog Options
  3. Positioning the Dialog
  4. Datepicker Configuration
  5. Changing the Date Format

Drupal Configuration

Configure a Drupal site from the admin panel: general settings, error handling, caching, and file system.

  1. Login to Administration
  2. General Settings
  3. Error Handling
  4. Error Report Log
  5. Date and Time
  6. Caching for Performance
  7. File System

Smarty Template Engine

Separate your PHP logic from your HTML using Smarty templates.

  1. Smarty Template Engine Tutorial
  2. Smarty Introduction
  3. Smarty Installation
  4. My First Smarty Template
  5. Smarty Basics

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ADOdb

CakePHP

PHP Email

PHP + MySQL

PHP XML

WordPress

Chart and Visualization

CodeIgniter (Draft and Alternate Versions)

Drupal

Facebook API

Facebook FBML

HTML

JavaScript

Performance and Analytics

PHP Architecture

PHP Files and Network

PHP Regex

PHP WDDX

PHPMailer

phpMyAdmin

Web Content