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PHP has a built-in function to easily fetch meta tags from php or html pages called the get_meta_tags function. It will take all the meta tags and build associative arrays with the name of the associative array being the meta name and value of the associative array being the contents of the meta tag. This tutorial shows how to fetch all the meta tags for a given page and print them to the browser. Then, it can be used to build a search engine that compares the contents of the meta variable to the search_criteria and displays the matching link.

This tutorial explains how to conduct keyword searches on a given Webpage. It basically shows how to count and display the number of times a specific keyword appears on the Webpage.

This tutorial with revised code shows you how to send email to multiple recipients using loops.

In this tutorial, you will learn to create the admin send mail form. It shows you how to use a loop to send the mail instead of simply separating the cc email addresses by commas. It also allows you to choose to send to everyone on the list, or send to only one specific recipient on the list.

This tutorial along with sample code explains how to make a hardcoded admin password gateway using PHP. It also covers how to use .htaccess for server side password protection.

Explains how to link to inside every opt-in mail list email to allow subscribers to easily and automatically unsubscribe from the list.

In this tutorial you will learn how to create a form mail system in PHP. Explains how to use form fields and redirection for (un)successful submissions.

In this tutorial you will learn how to generate random numbers using PHP. It illustrates three helpful examples that uses random numbers: Generating a random number between 0 and 9, Simple slots script that generates multiple random numbers, and random text link ads.

This tutorial/code shows how to read and handle files using PHP. Also explains built-in error protection.

Shows how to calculate an average of ratings example, given the accumulated total of all ratings and the total number of votes.

Explains how to set and check for cookies using PHP. Also demonstrates a simple way to read and write data to a file.

This tutotial introduces how to use forms with PHP. Demonstrates how PHP passes information from a form. Also explains security checking using environment variables.

Simple tutorial explains how to add date time stamp "page last updated on..." for a specified file using filemtime function.

Explains how to change your Web page background based on date in two ways: using if elseif and else statement, and using array.

This basic tutorial shows four different ways of displaying date and time using PHP functions on your Web page.

Here, you will learn how to build your own online calendar using the MCAL library and PHP. The MCAL library offers a common simple interface for accessing calendars that can be stored in many different formats. Full source code provided.

This tutorial shows you how to create an interactive image maps using PHP and the GD library. It explains a method to zoom a portion of an image by using PHP and gif files.

ht://dig will take care of indexing and searching your html pages, but if you have very few html pages, and must of your "content" resides in BLOBs in your database. You can't do anything useful using a like searchword query, it just isn't coming back relevant. Here, you will find a way to get around this problem.

This three-page online tutorial/article talks about managing user session and authntication using PHPLIB, a set of PHP classes designed to make is easier to develop web based PHP applications.

This tutorial shows you how to use PHP to make a quick, simple and effective IMAP or POP mail reader. The tutorial includes 3 short PHP scripts that allows you to access and read your email from anywhere in the world via your web browser.