Zend Framework Reference Card Published

Published on: March 8, 2010 @ 02:54:59 · 0 comments

If you're digging into the Zend Framework but are having trouble remembering how to configure certain features or carry out particular tasks, check out my new DZone Refcard, "Getting Started with the Zend Framework"!

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Creating an Amortization Table with PHP and a Recursive Function

Published on: January 5, 2010 @ 07:09:59 · 0 comments

In this blog post you'll learn how to create a recursive PHP function which creates an amortization table.

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Sending E-mail Using PHP - An Instructional Video

Published on: January 4, 2010 @ 07:09:00 · 0 comments

Sending a simple e-mail from a Web page using PHP is easily accomplished using the mail() function, however real-world applications of this feature often come at a cost of increased complexity. In this video tutorial (available as a video supplement to the book "Easy PHP Websites with the Zend Framework"), you'll learn how to CC and BCC other recipients, add attachments, manage e-mail message bodies in separate text files, and use the Zend Framework's powerful Zend_Mail component.

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Setting PHP configuration directives in .htaccess

Published on: December 16, 2009 @ 09:39:30 · 0 comments

Occasionally you'll need to override one of PHP's configuration directives but may not have access to the php.ini file. So what's the solution? Read on to learn how.

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New WDVL PHP Tutorial: Manipulating Data with PHP Arrays

Published on: December 4, 2009 @ 10:21:29 · 0 comments

PHP's impressive array manipulation capabilities make it possible for you to perform high-flying acrobatics with your data. In this tutorial you'll learn how to use these capabilities to create the basic features of an online card game.

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Easy PayPal with PHP Released!

Published on: December 2, 2009 @ 02:22:49 · 0 comments

Online payment processor PayPal recently reported an astounding 650% annualized increase in payments made through their namesake platform. As if we didn't already have enough proof, e-commerce is clearly hear to stay, and online sales will only continue to skyrocket in the years to come. The newly released "Easy PayPal with PHP" is the ultimate guide to building online payment processing solutions which will allow you and your clients to tap into this enormous market.

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Sane Debugging with the Zend Framework and FirePHP

Published on: October 29, 2009 @ 02:00:43 · 0 comments

Sick and tired of using echo() and var_dump() to debug your PHP code? This tutorial shows you how to use the FirePHP Firefox extension alongside the Zend Framework's Zend_Log component to greatly reduce the tedium involved in code debugging.

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Sending E-mail with Zend_Mail and Your GMail Account

Published on: October 27, 2009 @ 01:53:38 · 0 comments

Do you want to use your Gmail account to send e-mail via Zend_Mail but don't know how? Read on to learn how it's done.

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Publishing is Dead! Long Live Publishing! - EasyPHPWebsites.com Relaunched

Published on: October 14, 2009 @ 01:30:16 · 0 comments

If you've been longing to share your programming knowledge with others in book format but have been scared (you should be) off by stories of interminable book turnaround times, incredibly low royalty rates, and poor marketing efforts, learn more about what the newly relaunched EasyPHPWebsites.com is doing to make it easier (and more profitable) for you to get published and start selling immediately.

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PHP, Web Forms and the Ternary Operator

Published on: October 1, 2009 @ 12:48:46 · 0 comments

If the great comedian Rodney Dangerfield were reincarnated as a programming contruct, he would undoubtedly return as the ternary operator. This is because the ternary operator, a powerful programming construct supported by most if not all of today's mainstream languages, just gets no respect, particularly from beginning programmers who sneer at its admittedly odd syntax. Yet to those programmers who look past its appearance, the ternary operator can be the life of the party time-and-again. In this tutorial, I'll give the ternary operator the respect it's finally due.

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