Introduction to PHP

This tutorial for beginners to PHP explains how to raise a number to the power of another using PHP. This will allow you to calculate a number squared, cubed, to the power of 4, etc.

This tutorial, aimed at beginners, explains how to take the square root, cube root, or higher root, of a number using PHP.

A tutorial explaining how you can use php code in files which don't have a .php extension if your server supports it.

This tutorial explains the differences between require() and include() in PHP with examples, and explains when you should use each of them.

This tutorial for PHP beginners explains how to find the different parts which form the current URL of a webpage, and display them or use them in your scripts.

The query string is a great way to input information into your PHP scripts. This tutorial for beginners will show you how to pass variables to a PHP page using the query string, and how to access them from that page.

For PHP beginners, this tutorial shows how to view the IP address of a visitor to your site. It also describes how to find the visitor's real IP address, if they are using a proxy.

This tutorial is an introduction to syntax, usage and components of an array. Introductory examples showing how to declare and use arrays in PHP and included.

Arrays are a special data type in PHP that is used to hold a list of data. The ability to hold a list of data is valuable as it allows us to hold and pass sets of related data to different point in our application with ease. Learn about the syntax and other ways that arrays are handled in PHP

Switch is another language construct that is used to control program flow. The switch construct takes a single parameter and compares it for equality to a set of cases that have been specified. Visit our site for free additional information and example code.

PHP is a loosely typed programming language. Although PHP is loosely typed it is still necessary to distinguish the type of data that is stored by a variable at a given time. The major data types that operate in PHP are strings, integers, floating points(decimals), arrays and for lack of a better description, objects. This tutorial covers the necessary information you need to know regarding data types in PHP.

In programming conditionals are the constructs that control flow of a program. Conditional constructs allow a program to have logic that enables decision making. Conditional construct in PHP include if, elseif, and else. The if and elseif are followed by one or more expressions that can be evaluated to a Boolean value. The else is not followed by a boolean expression, but simply by a block of code that will be executed in the case that the other Booleans expressions are false. Visit the download url for more...

A beginners tutorial and introduction into fuelphp- using orm, auth, migrations and scaffolding- a simple site on collecting data while providing a back admin section behind a password

This short lesson teaches you how to convert a string to array using PHP built in functions.

Arrays in PHP are very important,with this collection of 7 articles about array ,including numeric,associative and multidimentional arrays and how to display the ouput,I'm trying to teach you to use and optimise the action of the arrays.There is also an article explaining some important PHP functions about array

Use PHP Recursive Functions to create PHP code that dynamically grows with your data. This will save you time and confusion, and understanding PHP recursive functions will make your PHP code much more scalable. At first, it may be a confusing concept to grasp (especially for PHP beginners). Learn how to create recursive functions by taking a look at this sample PHP code.

Getting a basic familiarity with PHP is not difficult, but if you don’t understand a few key elements you will find it difficult to work with. This beginning PHP series is meant to help you learn PHP. In this tutorial we take it to the next level and get down and dirty with PHP functions and take a look at basic PHP security.

Getting a basic familiarity with PHP is not difficult, but if you don't understand a few key elements you will find it difficult to work with. This beginning PHP tutorial attempts to break down a few of the core PHP programming elements through simple examples and descriptions.

Over the years I've come across some things in PHP that are not obvious, but are worth mentioning. This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all of the useful tricks that you can do with PHP.

The Adapter pattern is used to provide access to an object via a specific interface. An adapter allows classes …