PHP

How to copy/archive a site with only FTP access

duvien — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:18:54 -0500

Anyone who has used a FTP program will know how cumbersome it can be to download or upload individual files. To save some time, here's an excellent tip on copying/archiving a whole site with FTP access, thanks to Khalid.

All that is required is to place a PHP script on your server and run the script via web browser. read more »

Know what changes are in store for PHP V6

duvien — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:57:37 -0500

PHP's next edition, V6, includes new features and syntax improvements that will make it easier to use from an object-oriented standpoint. Other important features, such as Unicode support in many of the core functions, mean that PHP V6 is positioned for better international support and robustness.

IBM has written an interesting article on this.

PHP 4 end of life announcement

duvien — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:28:18 -0600

[13th July 2007] Today it is exactly three years ago since PHP 5 has been released. In those three years it has seen many improvements over PHP 4. PHP 5 is fast, stable & production-ready and as PHP 6 is on the way, PHP 4 will be discontinued. read more »

How to redirect a web page, the smart way

duvien — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 23:00:00 -0500

The internet today is full of webmasters that are always updating, editing and even deleting web pages.

Lets say you are updating your website completely, changing the names of page's filenames (ex: file.html to file.php) and so on, this is great, you should stay updated! But what if you want to get rid of those old pages without having to worry about those who go to the old web page and see nothing? It doesnt end there either, other visitors do include major search engines such as MSN, Google and Yahoo! If people are finding your old pages when querying in these search engines, and they attempt to go to that page that has been deleted or moved, they will get a "404 File Not Found" Error! Now i know you dont want that, no webmaster wants that! read more »

Visual learning for PHP programming

duvien — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 23:00:00 -0600

Sometimes it’s better to see how things are done from an expert than to read through a book to learn programming (or scripting). read more »