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Internationalisation and my PHP Development Infrastructure

The term "internationalisation" is sometimes referred to as "globalisation" or "localisation", but what does it actually mean? The following description is taken from java.sun.com:

The Singleton Design Pattern for PHP

In software engineering, a design pattern is a general solution to a common problem in software design. A design pattern isn't a finished design that can be transformed directly into code, it is a ...

Your First ASP Page

ASP pages (Active Server Pages page sounds a bit melodramatic but its easier to refer to them like this) are nothing but web pages. The difference is that they have an extension .ASP and you write ...

Password Protection and File Inclusion With PHP

First off, if you read last week's article by me (the one about site personalization in PHP), I have one addition to make to make your life a little easier. If you didn't read last week's article,...

Creating Perl Modules For Web Sites

When you are writing your own code, you are more apt to use someone else's module than write your own, unless your project gets fairly large and complex.

Introduction to PHP Functions

Functions are a very important part of PHP and it is probably safe to say that they are used in every single script. This tutorial will guide you through the basics of PHP functions to creating you...

Create your own PHP error handling class

If you are creating your own application or website, you want to be able to handle the errors that occur during development to display as much information as possible. On the other hand, once devel...

Coding A Simple Guestbook Using PHP And MySQL

This is a short article which shows you how to make a simple guestbook by capturing the visitor's input and storing the data in a database using PHP. You'll need to know a bit of HTML, PHP and MySQ...

Password Protection with PHP, MySQL, and Session Variables

One of the great promises that actually came true when our Internet-enabled world reached the twenty-first century is efficient customer-to-business interaction. Each day, I find a new way to go th...

Track Your Visitors, Using PHP

There are many different traffic analysis tools, ranging from simple counters to complete traffic analyzers. Although there are some free ones, most of them come with a price tag. Why not do it you...

Developing A Login System With PHP And MySQL

Most interactive websites nowadays would require a user to log in into the website's system in order to provide a customized experience for the user. Once the user has logged in, the website will b...