Programming in Php

Abstract classes can not be created and should be thought of as template classes. If you're programming in PHP OOP, check out this tutorial to get and idea of what abstract classes are and how to use them. Good luck!

In this clip, you'll learn how to make use of strings, curly brackets and concatenation when coding in PHP. Whether you're new to the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language or are a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefi ...more

In this clip, you'll learn how to employ variables and arrays to generate a form letter when coding in PHP. Whether you're new to the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language or are a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefi ...more

In this clip, you'll learn about how to prevent SQL injection when writing code in PHP. Whether you're new to the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language or are a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free video ...more

In this clip, you'll learn how to use the $_Server Superglobal when writing code in PHP. Whether you're new to the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language or are a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free vide ...more

In this clip, you'll learn how to use getters and setters when coding in PHP. Whether you're new to the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language or are a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free video programmi ...more

If you're programming with PHP and you generate a list of music files, you'll want to find a way to play them. This video shows how to use the Yahoo Media Player to play the list of mp3s you've created, with your PHP coding.

Learn how to properly use and implement getters and setters in your PHP programming by following along with this informative video. By constructing a very simple program on his computer, JREAMdesign demonstrates how getters and setters work within PHP programming.

This PHP newbie video with teach you what a Singleton Pattern is and how to use it in your PHP programming. PHP OOP Singleton is great for a database connection when you only want one consistent connection in your application. So, to prevent wasting space accidentally by calli ...more

This video presents a basic introduction to SPL (Standard PHP Library) in PHP programming. You'll be dealing with itertators, which will allow you to loop through operations. This is a basic intro, but gives you a good idea of what you'll be dealing with.

This tutorial from JREAMdesign reviews the Facade design pattern and how it specifically relates to PHP programming. In the facade pattern, a complex subsystem and calling class are hidden from each other through the use of a Facade class. This video guide walks through the co ...more

In this tutorial you'll learn about a simple PHP login script that serves to check your MySQL database against a user/password. The code in this video is a quick and dirty procedural code, but it's enough to get you going so you can try it out yourself.

This tutorial provides some more useful information for PHP beginners. You'll get a quick overview about post, get and request superglobal variables. From this you'll learn how to handle a URL and a form. Don't be shy, jump in and see if PHP is right for you.

Learn to create and use the Decorator pattern in PHP by following along with this instructional video from JREAMdesign. The Decorator pattern is very handy when it is time to "decorate" an object by "adding", for example, frosting, nuts and sprinkles to a cake by sending it to ...more

This video how-to is a good intro for beginners, helping them understand the creation of an object oriented validator class. This can all sound confusing, so follow the example and learn how to add it to your coding quiver.

The "Model View Controller" pattern, or MVC, is a paradigm of programmatically organizing an application into three parts: the Model, the View and the Controller. This video tutorial from JREAMdesign summarizes the purposes of the various components and how they interrelate wi ...more

In this PHP how-to tutorial you'll learn how to get started using Smarty Template Engine for PHP. This is a basic intro for PHP coding newbies, so if you're a pro, move on. If you're not a pro, watch the vid and get a little closer.

OK, so visitors are coming to your website and they're even leaving comments! Now, with some simple PHP array programming you can find out what browser and OS they're using. This tutorial shows you how to create a simple and efficient user agent sniff script to get the informa ...more

In this tutorial, learn to setup private properties(variables) and private methods(functions) with your PHP OOP programming. This tutorial will have the file logger run through some private methods. Check it out and open the door to the world of PHP programming.

When you're doing PHP programming, you'll likely want to have some regions that are strictly off limits to the user and should be accessible only to the programmer. This is when you'll want to use encapsulation to create an area within your coding that's for your eyes only.

This quick little video teaches you about the switch statement and ternary operator for use with your PHP programming. It's quick so you may want to take notes to ensure it's all sticking in your gray matter hard drive. Go!

In this video, you'll use Scope and create a simple calculator while learning a little about private, public and protected properties in OOP programming. If you're looking to bone up your PHP coding skills you'll want to check this video out.

Chaining methods in PHP can be simple and straightforward if you follow along with this informative video tutorial on PHP OOP methods from JREAMdesign. The key action is to return the object after running the function so that you can run another function to the object directly ...more

This tutorial for PHP beginners introduces the viewer to the concept of class inheritance. As your coding career takes off, you'll need to know as many ways to work efficently and code with speed to save time and money. Check it!

When coding with PHP OOP you may encounter the need for static methods or static classes. This tutorial will give you an overview of how to use these functions and when you should use them at all. Get coding people!

This tutorial provides a quick and clear example of how string manipulation works. A string is a line of text, and once you're up to your elbows in zeros and ones, you'll want to do lots of manipulation. Let's get digital, digital.

This video covers creating and programming a a PHP-based web forum. Topics include basic layout, login and logout, Admin start, creating categories and subcategories, creating topics, and more... Part 1 of 9 - How to Program a PHP forum. Part 2 of 9 - How to Program a PHP for ...more

How to program a user registration using php, sql and phpmyadmin. Part 1 of 3 - How to Program a user registration with PHP. Part 2 of 3 - How to Program a user registration with PHP. Part 3 of 3 - How to Program a user registration with PHP.

Learn how to install PHP and some of the basics of PHP programming including some basic commands including conditionals and booleans for creating scripts and command line interfaces.

A PHP Tutorial on how to create a calculator. Part 1 of 2 - How to Program a calculator with PHP. Part 2 of 2 - How to Program a calculator with PHP.

How to program switch statements in PHP

If you're looking to shave a few milliseconds off the Zend Engine's work load, check out this tutorial for some PHP programming speed tips. This efficency will pay off when you have tons of traffic to your site and save you valuable server resources.

A PHP Tutorial about the basics of creating mathematical function.

Using PHP & HTML to generate a user login form and authenticate the user.

Add a chat program to your website and allow the logged in users to talk to each other! You can write this program using Adobe Flash CS3, PHP and MySQL. This tutorial shows you how to write your own Flash chat program incorporating all three systems. Part 1 of 4 - How to Code ...more

This is a Tinkernut video cast. This video shows you how to control your computer (mainly games and miscellaneous programs such as Google Earth) using your webcam. Use a wii remote to send IR commands to your computer. You will need the software found here: http://www.camspa ...more

How to Use Your Mac as a Server: Turn your Mac Mini into a server! Yes, that's right, with a little know-how and a little spunk, you can turn an inexpensive Mac Mini computer into a server to provide services over you network. You won't even need the Mac OS X Server, just the ...more

Save game editors have been around for ages, and are one of the most fun ways to extend the life of your PC games. Now you can edit saves on your XBox 360 too! This video will teach you how to do so in Fallout 3, giving yourself infinite of whatever items you want and all sort ...more

Welcome to Google's Python Class – a seven-segment, two-part free virtual class for people with a little bit of programming experience who want to learn Python. The class includes written materials, lecture videos, and lots of code exercises to practice Python coding. The firs ...more

CakePHP is the Ruby on Rails of the PHP world, an open-source web application framework that allows users to create really cool websites and software without spending money on expensive programs. This extensive video series will teach you everything you need to know about work ...more

Have you ever thought of building your own social networking site? Before you get to making websites like Facebook, you need to start off smaller, and this 29-part video series is where to begin with developing a social networking community website . Before you start with thes ...more

A quick video showing how to get free music online. May take a couple minutes per song. To prove quality I used the song i download in the video as background music. "I Wish" by Skee-Lo You could download the following free programs. or download iExtractMP3 from the link belo ...more

A PHP programming tutorial on creating a User Login and setting cookies.

A PHP programming tutorial on how to set up a user database. Part 1 of 2 - How to Create a phpMyAdmin user database. Part 2 of 2 - How to Create a phpMyAdmin user database.

A PHP programming tutorial on creating login sessions to keep users logged in.

This video helps you to understand the differences between programming languages like PHP and Java Script. See how to understand and be able to use server and client based programming languages. This is VERY important to know before you start developing websites. Understand se ...more

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 gives you several tools that you can use to manage your website without having to know the PHP or MySQL programming languages. This is a great way to keep track of and manage your website without having to learn how to code!

Java works a little differently than languages like Python or PHP when it comes to working with variables. This tutorial shows you what the difference is, how you can define your variables and the easiest ways to work with them when writing programs in Java.

MySQL is a database for serving data on the web. This video teaches viewers how to connect to a database and add data in PHP & MySQL. PHPMyAdmin is an interface that allows you to interact with MySQL more easily. Use the form in the program to create a database; choose the nam ...more

Wouldn't your TI calculator be way cooler with some sweet programs like Nintendo or Tetris? This is a short tutorial on extracting the files from a ZIP archive, and transferring them to your calculator. For a more in depth tutorial on transferring, see our text tutorial: htt ...more

One of the things you'll need for a successful future in programming is a great re-usable library of code. In order to achieve that you'll need to practice strict organization and consistency with your coding. This tutorial shows you how to do both, and help up your PHP proram ...more

In this clip, you'll learn how to create dynamic playlists for directories of MP3s with PHP. Whether you're new to the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language or are a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free ...more

In this clip, you'll learn how to render dynamic XML files with PHP loops. Whether you're new to the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language or are a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free video programming ...more

In this clip, you'll learn how to render XML from a MySQL database with PHP. Whether you're new to the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language or are a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops, you're sure to find benefit in this free video programmin ...more

In this clip, you'll learn how to adjust timestamps from a MySQL database to the ago format (e.g., minutes ago, hours ago or days ago). Whether you're new to the PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor scripting language or are a seasoned web developer merely looking to improve your chops ...more