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In this tutorial I will show you how to store a multidimensional array in a file and how to retrieve these data. With this method you can imitate a very basic database functionality.

This tutorial teaches you how to convert an existing php code to a syntax colored html text.

There are many benefits to writing clean code for any project, no matter how small. The importance of clean code becomes most apparent when you need to find an error, especially a syntax error. In the end, cleaner code means less time reading and more time coding!...
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When creating a PHP application, it is usually necessary to connect to a database to perform certain tasks. In some cases you only want to open a connection when necessary, but limit it to a single connection. This way you don't waste resources on unnecessary database connections. For these situations I use the Singleton Pattern, which is perfect for this....
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When writing object oriented PHP code, keeping track of required classes can be a problem. This tutorial explains how to use the autoload function to let PHP handle the dependencies automatically.

This php script helps you limit displaying characters form you message

With many software frameworks available online nowadays, with many pros and cons on their side, it has become very important to check out complete details of these frameworks before applying them. Amongst the various kinds of software frameworks, the PHP Framework is more popular nowadays....
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Any code when written in a clean, easy to understand and formatted way is readily accepted and acclaimed by one and all. It is essential that the codes we write should be able to be understood by all, because the same programmers need not necessarily work on the same set of codes always. ...
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The Xdebug is the extension for PHP that helps debugging PHP scripts by providing a lot of valuable debug information. Using the Xdebug you can debug your scripts in the Notepad++ and other PHP IDEs.

Ignoring CakePHP's tmp directory with Subversion

Learn PHP & MySQL on Jooria.com with Profesor Now We Will Know Operators In Php

An article from a series of articles that I'm writing. This one is about the importance of proper coding style.

Documentation manual for PHP. A must read for all PHP programmers and developers. This is a FREE service.

This tutorial will explain the different methods of accessing the system command line from a PHP script. Being able to run external programs can come in handy, and fortunately there are multiple functions that will do this. We will explain the differences betweeen these so you can choose the best one for your purpose. The functions covered are exec(), system(), passthru(), and shell_exec(), as well as escapeshellcmd() and escapeshellarg()....
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JWRmedia's free online PHP lessons explains in detail all the popular functions, statements and operators so that you can easily and quickly learn PHP.

The main point of this tutorial is to highlight the magic of the modrewrite module and show how you can use it to make a Dreamweaver safe development environment. What do I mean by Dreamweaver safe? Well If we assume most professional designers like to use Dreamweaver wouldn't it be nice to give them a folder they can work in without affecting your php code?...
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This article shows how to use regular expression and PHP to validate correct email id format. Sample code snippet is attched.

How to Develop a Website like Myspace, Youtube or Facebook, Start with a base script you can get the source code too then develop your functions. Social Groupie is like Facebook, Datecomm is like myspace, VideosBroadcastYourself is like Youtube, created in php, mysql and ajax allows you to develop whatever you dream up, we have php coders available if you need them. We cater to developers with source code packs and bulk discounts, hosted solutions available....
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In this article, you will learn to write a dynamic plugin engine for your own project.

Are you ended up with many PHP files and having hard managing them all? You don't want to include them all in your scripts... but your not sure what you will need! This could well answer your problems ;)