PHP Basics

This six-minute video covers a couple security issues with HTML forms and how to make forms safer with a few simple PHP functions. There’s also a quick look at the pesky “magic quotes” option.

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Links for PHP Day 11: Functions for Form Input Security
Magic quotes:

PHP: Magic Quotes - An overview from the PHP manual.
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This eight-minute video shows how you can use regular expressions to validate input from an HTML form. It’s only an introduction to regular expressions, so see the links for more in-depth explanations.

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Links for PHP Day 12: Basics of Regular Expressions
More on regular expression syntax:

Regular Expressions Tutorial - A detailed tutorial from a site […]

I learned about some basic date and time functions a few days ago, but I didn’t finish the video until today because I wasn’t feeling well. So, without further ado, here’s the two-minute video:

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Links for PHP Day 13: Date and Time Functions
All from the PHP manual:

PHP: Date and Time Functions - Reference page […]

Today I learned just the basic basics of using cookies with PHP. So, this four-minute video is just an introduction.

I didn’t know what a session was until a couple days ago, so this video shares what I’ve learned so far. It’s a short introduction, three and a half minutes long.