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A tutorial with code snipple included that tells you how to generate links with URLs such as index.php?ID=5 and such. Very easy to follow.

It is a function that splits any array to many pages. Easy to configure number of maximum items per page. Very simple to use, then it writes both your array and a Page navigaton bar automatically. New version 1.2 supports result template, document title.

A very easy tutorial with code included that shows you how to convert keyboard chars input to icon or image output. For instance how to make :) a smiley face.

This is the easiest tutorial on how to rotate images by random. Code included.

Learn how to make auto redirection with PHP. There is nothing much to learn, just a little code.

A code snippet that displays today's date in the title bar of your web page.

Web server program sits around awaiting requests from visitors' web browsers for objects it has in its possession, and then sends these objects back for the visitor's viewing pleasure. This article guides you through setting and getting started with Apache on Linux.

Serverize! is the "insta-thought-up" name for a tutorial that will guide you step by step on turning your windows machine into a full blown server. Install Apache, PHP, MySQL, PhpMyAdmin and Perl.

BM's DeveloperWorks website has a nice tutorial on Midgard. Written by David Seager, a software engineer at IBM, the article describes setting up a basic Midgard site. The article also does a good job of setting up a general context for what Midgard is and how it works.

This online manual is meant to serve as a place to start for people not familiar with PHP. It covers the basics of variables, forms, sending email and MySQL databases.

On PHP DevCenter, Adam Trachtenberg and Joao Prado Maia have described interesting ways to localize web sites with PHP. In this article I've offered another alternative, which should be easy for non-programmers to use. We will take advantage of the user function setstring function.

Shows how to make your whole site a phpBB portal using the tutorial, and several other add-ons and hacks. This is the gateway to making your site.. BIG!

Easily code dynamic PHP Select Lists. Tutorial with code snippets and comments.

How to check, uncheck, display and have fun with HTML checkbox objects using PHP.

The myPHPNuke Administrator's Manual is the complete guide and manual for webmasters, future webmasters, and wannabe webmasters. Learn how to install, configure and run a successful myPHPNuke based website. Included in the manual are hints, troubleshooting, theme creation, and tips on running a myPHPNuke based website. This is a full fledged manual of more than 100 pages.

There are many different ways to create a template system in PHP. This tutorial will hopefully show you the basic understanding of this type of method.

This tutorial will walk you through the process of making a threaded discussion system. Using PEAR::DB and PHP 4 we'll create a recursive function that will display comments in a threaded style.

A brief tutorial on how to determine the browser type of your user on load.

PHP is a very fast programming language, but there is more to optimizing PHP than just speed of code execution. This article explains why optimizing PHP involves many factors which are not code related, and why tuning PHP requires an understanding of how PHP performs in relation to all the other subsystems on your server, and then identifying bottlenecks caused by these subsystems and fixing them. It also covers how to tune and optimize your PHP scripts so they run even faster.

HTTP as a protocol is stateless, which doesn't make it easy for a developer. For example, your web server sends out a page to someone ordering from an online shop, and then forgets all about it. A few seconds later, the same person sends another request, ordering another item. As far as the web server is concerned, it could be an entirely different person. So to make sure the right orders are associated with the right person, a developer has to employ some sneaky tricks. Before PHP4, you could have used something like PHPLIB for session management. But PHP4 comes with a complete set of sessioning functions. This article explains how to use them.