Programming Archives

MySQL is an open source database management system. (Say that ten times fast!) Since it’s so popular and it works so well with PHP, I’d be crazy not to learn how to use it! So here’s what I’ve learned so far.

I’ve set my eye on the WordPress Custom Fields Contest from Technosailor. The deadline is March 30th, and the prize includes $200!

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.

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

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 […]

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 […]

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.
PHP: […]

This six-minute video explores the security issues and differences between the superglobals $_GET, $_POST, and $_REQUEST, as well as the problematic register_globals option.

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Links for PHP Day 10: Security Issues with Superglobals and register_globals
Security issues and differences between superglobals $_GET, $_POST, and $_REQUEST:

PHP Get - Overview of the $_GET superglobal array.
PHP Post - Overview […]

Last night I made my first functional HTML form using PHP! It’s very basic, but it works! This five-minute video shows what I learned — not much, but enough to get started.

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Links for PHP Day 9: Using PHP with HTML Forms
PHP superglobals:

PHP: Predefined Variables - PHP Superglobals - A list of the […]

An overview of almost all of the different tags and attributes used in HTML forms. Update: The video got deleted. But I’m going to be making a slide show for this post, which will be much easier to follow than the video was.