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Php variables	Simple tutorial which explains variables in PHP
PHP math operators	Shows math operators in PHP
Using strings	A large portion of Web programming requires strings to be handled and generated, so knowing how to use and handle strings properly is extremely important for PHP programmers
Feedback form with a cookie	This tutorial teaches you how to process a simple feedback form. It records the date and time that the user logged into the system and saves this information, in addition to the user's name and email address, in several cookies
Php user authentication	This tutorial teaches you how to initiate user authentication using PHP, and then to authenticate users by matching the value of global variables $PHP_AUTH_USER and $PHP_AUTH_PW to a list of valid usernames and passwords
Building WML applications	This tutorial shows you how you can use PHP in conjunction with WML to serve dynamic content to a WAP-enabled wireless device.
Generate web stats with PHP	This tutorial is intended for the PHP programmer interested in gathering and analyzing Website statistics in a presentable format using mySQL and PHP.
PHP and ODBC	This tutorial is intended for the PHP programmer interested in learning more about database connectivity – using the ODBC standard
Calenders in PHP	The purpose of this tutorial is to develop a calendar that will enable you to store both planned and actual events
Using output from other peoples sites	This tutorial is intended for the PHP programmers who wish to use the output from other Web sites in their own scripts
Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL	Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL" is a hands-on guide to learning all the tools, principles and techniques needed to build a fully functional database-driven Web site using PHP and MySQL
build an XML-RPC client	Learn how to build an XML-RPC client in PHP using the XML-RPC library
Creating a Web-Based Survey Part I: Dynamic Questions	This tutorial will teach you how to create a survey with a variety of questions and answers without the hassle. Part one of a two part series explains how to implement a dynamic survey system with a MySQL database
The Basics of Using mySQL with PHP in Flash	This article demonstrates how to use Macromedia Flash 5 in conjunction with PHP and a mySQL database
Using objects to create an application	This tutorial shows you how to use objects to create an application, building the application up from smaller parts
Developing Professional Quality Graphs with PHP	Learn to easily construct professional looking graphs and charts without having to delve into the GD library calls and their PHP wrapper functions.
hands on XML	This tutorial will teach you how to parse an XML document using PHP.
Using MySQL Full-text Searching	In this tutorial, you will learn: - How to modify your current database to accommodate Full-text searching
php and gtk	This tutorial works though the stages of installing PHP-GTK and creating a simple GUI application.
side navigation usinp php	This tutorial will show you how to lay out your side navigation and populate an array with the intended values.
File Creation and Editing with Filesystem Functions	This tutorial is intended for PHP programmers that wish to use the Filesystem Functions of PHP to create files on their webserver via PHP.
session handling with php	Unlike PHP 3, PHP 4.0 has built-in capabilities to handle session management. The session management functionality in PHP 4.0 is easy to use, powerful and open for custom modifications
Dynamic Image Generation with PHP	This tutorial shows you how to use the GD library to dynamically create images on your site. The GD library is an external module which is accessed by a native PHP module.
introduction to classes	The tutorial guides you through the construction of a simple, security-related class that performs some basic security functions for a web site: checking user logons.
Serving Graphical Web Page Counters from a PHP Script	This tutorial provides instruction for integrating MySQL functionality with PHP's GD image manipulation support to serve graphical Web page counters
rotating banner ads in php	This tutorial provides instruction for developing a banner advertisement rotation system in PHP
Generating Advanced Web Page Statistics using PHP	It is intended for the PHP programmer interested in gathering and analyzing more advanced Website statistics in a presentable format using MySQL and PHP.
Webmonkey : Basic PHP	nice introduction to PHP and MySQL
PHP guestbook tutorial	Learn PHP by building a guestbook
Intro to PHP	a simple tutorial for php
Building XML Trees With PHP	Need to manipulate XML document trees, but don't have the DOM extension compiled into your PHP build? Take a look at XMLTree, a PEAR class that allows you to create and manipulate XML document trees without requiring the PHP DOM extension
logging stats	build a basic logging script with php
pdf generation	Shows how to generate pdf docs with php
banner ads example	banner ad tutorial
php and com	interfacing php with com objects
Date/time processing	this article delves into the date/time API in depth, uncovering some hidden nuggets and demonstrating how it can be used to simplify date and time processing in your PHP scripts
Plugging RDF Content Into Your Web Site With PHP	shows how to add rdf content to your site
Socket Programming With PHP	These socket functions now include almost everything you would need for socket-based client-server communication over TCP/IP, and can be easily deployed to build simple network applications. Find out more
Building A PHP-Based Mail Client	3 part tutorial which goes into detail about developing a mail client
Php poll	Shows how to build a poll for your site
FTP in php	shows how to use php ftp functions
Image generation	Shows how to create images of various types with PHP
E commerce site and php	Shows the basics of building an ecommerce enabled website with PHP
mailing list manager	Shows how to create a mailing list manager with PHP
Search engine	Building a quick and dirty search engine with PHP
Session tutorial	A simple sessions tutorial in PHP
A Beginning Forms Tutorial	A Beginning Forms Tutorial
A Simple News-Driven Site	A Simple News-Driven Site
Passing Variables with Forms	Passing Variables with Forms
The Mail() Function	The Mail() Function
Simple file parsing	Simple file parsing
Simple XML Parsing	Simple XML Parsing
Simple SQL with PHP	Simple SQL with PHP
E-Cards with PHP & MySQL	E-Cards with PHP & MySQL
Simple Forms Parsing	Simple Forms Parsing
Flash & PHP: A Text Search	Flash & PHP: A Text Search
Random Image with a Database	Random Image with a Database
Exporting MySQL Queries to XML	Exporting MySQL Queries to XML
Simple Classes Introduction	Simple Classes Introduction
Doing Simple DB Abstraction in PHP	Doing Simple DB Abstraction in PHP
A Short Intro to GD	A Short Intro to GD
Introduction to Control Structures	Introduction to Control Structures
Using if else statements	Using If/else statements
Jump start to easy urls	Jump start to easy urls
PHP : a simple MySQL search	PHP : a simple MySQL search
Grabbn and parsn	Grabbing and parsing data in php
Counting	Counting - Creating a more sophisticated GIF based counter using PHP and MySQL
Cookiies	Beginners Guide to PHP - Introduction to cookies
Creating a simple guest book	Beginners guide to PHP/MySQL - Creating a simple guest book
Setup and Install Apache + PHP 4.2.2 on Windows (as a module)	Setup and Install Apache + PHP 4.2.2 on Windows (as a module)
Setup and Install Apache + PHP 4.2.2 on Windows (as CGI)	Setup and Install Apache + PHP 4.2.2 on Windows (as CGI)
Sending Form Data in E-Mail	Sending Form Data in E-Mail
Simple Form-Based File Uploads	Simple Form-Based File Uploads
Managing a Simple Mailing List using MySQL	Managing a Simple Mailing List using MySQL
Add XML News Feeds to Your Site	lot of sites now offer news feeds in XML format that you can use to fetch their news
Creating a Secure PHP Login Script	Explains how to create a secure PHP login script that will allow safe authentication.
Create a Hierarchical Navigation Menu	Create a Hierarchical Navigation Menu
Polls and Comments with PHP and MySQL	Polls and Comments with PHP and MySQL
Using PHP and IIS to Create a Discussion Forum	Using PHP and IIS to Create a Discussion Forum
Dynamic Graphs with PHP, MySQL and GD	Dynamic Graphs with PHP, MySQL and GD
Recursion in PHP	Learn how recursion works and how to implement it in PHP
store inages in a database	Learn how to store images from a HTML form into a database and then display those same images.
intro to PEAR	An introduction to PEAR
Intro to PHP objects 1	Introduction to PHP objects part 1
Intro to PHP objects 2	Introduction to PHP objects part 2
Internationalization Using PHP and GetText	If you are a web developer using PHP from small web applications to large corporate portals with millions of page views, you may suddenly find that you need your site or application translated to another language. When your company opens www.company.com.br you need your application in Portuguese, then you'll need it in Japanese and so on. You don't have a "translation" problem, you have an internationalization problem.
PHP attributes	A common way of accessing structures or objects uniformly is to use attributes access (also known as properties or metadata). Attributes allows code to read and write single values from an object in one general way.
Building a fulltext search engine with PHP	In this article I will show you how you can use the database library from eZ publish to build database independent fulltext search engine. I will show you a relatively simple algorithm to get search result ranking and stop words.
Parsing XML using PHP	Parsing XML is a very common task when programming for the web. This article will show you how to use the eZ xml parser to handle XML documents.
PHP widgets	A widget is a GUI element which is reusable. Development packages and libraries for C and C++ often have these ready for use. In HTML the form elements would substitute widgets.
Providing Web Services using WDDX	As we've seen in lot of articles and publications, the web of services, is one of the emerging evolutions of the actual document-based web. To make the web a valid media for providing services it would be needed to increase the inter-operability between existing web applications and design new ones with this in mind.
Interfacing with Java from PHP	This article will give you a quick tutorial on how to use the PHP Java extension.
Page caching with templates	Here I will explain how you can use templates to cache your web pages and serve pure static pages.
Block Templates	Separating content from presentation is much talked about, and the way to solve that has been using one of the many template classes out there.
Sending emai with PHP	Introduction to sending email from PHP scripts
Query Strings	Why do I use those variable URLs? Learn all about them here..
User login	Most of us at times need to password protect areas of our site, heres a great way to have a user/login system..
File uploads	Learn how to upload files to your site right from your browser..
Random numbers	Another way to generate random numbers allowing you to create random quotes or links..
Random text / images	This tutorial walks you through how to create a random image appear or some random text..
Email validation	Want to check a user has entered the correct email into a form
PHP server	This complete tutorial takes you step by step on how to set up a PHP/MYSQL environment on your own computer..
PHP basics	This tutorial demonstrates the basic PHP commands every php'er should know..
Counter	Track those hits with this very simple counter that can count hits or unique visits..
Email forms	Learn how to email the contents of a form, includes basic flood protection using cookies..
Making PDFs with PHP, PDQ	Using Adobe's PDF format and some PHP, you can dynamically generate PDF files and serve them via the Web.
PHP from the Ground Up	PHP wallflowers need lurk on the sidelines no longer! Tim Z's intro tutorial gets you from zero to PHP in no time flat
Build a photo gallery	Got some righteous digital pics that you want to display on your site? Todd shows you how to create a photo gallery using PHP.
Oracle and PHP	MySQL too small-potatoes? The enterprise-level data integrity of Oracle should take care of business.
Generating images on the fly	PHP, GIMP, or Generator can be used to churn out up-to-the-second charts and graphs, change your site's look and feel on demand, display newly created passwords as bot-defying GIFs, and more
PHP installation	Whether you're a Windows or Non-Windows type, Julie shows you everything you need to know to get PHP4 up and running using Apache as the base Web server software
Encryption	why and how of real-life data encryption, covering PGP and GnuPG, and using PHP and the mcrypt and mhash libraries.
Authenticate and Track Users with PHP	Learn how authentication, cookies, and sessions can add security and a personal touch to your site
Threaded Discussion with PHP/MySQL	Make your Web site a conversation piece and learn a couple of coding tricks in the process
Site navigation and php	Put some logic in your pages with PHP. Minimize the hassles for yourself and your users
Automatic text to links	Automatic text to links
The PHP beginners tutorial	Covers PHP from beginning to end
Working with form variables in PHP 4.2	Shows how to use variables in one of the newer versions of PHP
MySQL and PHP	Connect to a MySQL database with PHP
phpMyAdmin for MySQL	Using phpmyAdmin to look after your MySQL databases
Using the PHP mktime Function	Using the PHP mktime Function
Alternating row colors tutorial	Alternating row colors tutorial
Conditional Operator	Conditional Operator
String Concatenation	String Concatenation
Using SSI inside a PHP file	Using SSI inside a PHP file
Using the FTP functions	Using the FTP functions
Gettting a Directory Listing	Gettting a Directory Listing
Creating images with GD and PHP	Creating images with GD and PHP
PHP Switch Case	PHP Switch Case
Opening a File with PHP	Opening a File with PHP
PHP Sendmail Function	PHP Sendmail Function
PHP File Upload Tutorial	PHP File Upload Tutorial
Generate a Random Password with PHP	Generate a Random Password with PHP
Random String Functions	Random String Functions
Securing file uploads under PHP	Securing file uploads under PHP
Making MySQL Database Connections with PHP	Making MySQL Database Connections with PHP
Leeching news from sites	Ever wonder how those sites you visit have headlines from other sites appearing on their pages? An explanation of how to take Slashdot.org's headlines explains the methods used
PHP and Accessing MySQL Databases	PHP can be used for many things, including grabbing your MySQL database entries. Here we learn two methods of doing so
PHP and Writing to MySQL Databases	Database programming is one of the newest, hottest trends on the Internet today. Learn how to do it using a hot programming language, PHP
Parsing Forms With PHP and Sending E-Mail	Another very good, and very easy way to use PHP to do something that is more complicated in other languages is form processing and sending e-mail. PHP makes it easy for even the most neolithic of us.
Protect Your Users Email With PHP and MySQL	Eric reports how you, as a webmaster, must know how to protect your readers and members email adresses with the email.php file.
Working with Dates and Times in PHP	In this article Hermawan will teach you how to work with the date and time functions in PHP in a way such that your site will not suffer from jet lag.
MySQL and PHP the basics	MySQL and PHP the basics
Com support in PHP	Learn how to read records from ms-access database using the PHP COM functions (only available on the Windows version of PHP).
Image generation with PHP	For developers like Divyesh, one of the most popular features of PHP is real-time image generation. In this article, Divyesh will show you how.
Implement a template driven site	How to implement your own template based web site using php
Regular expressions	Regular expressions are used for complex string manipulation in PHP. A regular expression is a pattern that is matched against a subject string from left to right. This gives a reference to the basic options.
Sessions in PHP	A brief overview of using sessions in PHP 4.0.
Simple PHP includes	Ever had a website with a menu based system, and had to constantly update every page or use frames? With this tutorial, you'll learn to get around that with PHP, and it's easy, too.
Uploading files in PHP	This article shows how to upload files in PHP. Uploading files in PHP is very easy.
PHP case statement	Shows the use of case statement
PHP redirect	Redirect to another page
Outgoing link tracker	Track how many hits you are sending to other websites.
Password protection	Learn how to super protect your files without the use of mySQL.
Include	Learn how to use the include function in PHP
Add MySQL row	Add a row to MySQL with php
Intro to PHP	An introduction to PHP
Alternating row colours	Learn how to have alternating table row colors easily.
Last modified	Learn how to check when the file was last modified using power of PHP.
Browser redirect	Learn how to do a Browser Redirect using the power of PHP.
MySQL search engine	Learn how to make a search engine using the power of PHP and mySQL.
Browser dependent stylesheets	Learn how to make a Browser-Dependent Stylesheets.
Next previous links	This tutorial will show you how to make next previous links for a mySQL database.
Classes	Learn Advanced Object Oriented Programming for PHP.
Object orientated programming	Object Oriented Programming provides raw power to PHP 4.1.x
Cookies	Fun to play around with (and eat :), learn everything you need to know about cookies.
Counter	Make a simple text counter in PHP
Directory list	Learn how to make a directory list in PHP.
Random quotes	Learn how to make Random Quotes using the power of PHP.
Display a database	Learn a quick and easy way to display information from a mySQL database.
Shoutbox	Shoutboxes have become a popular way to leave messages at a site.
Simple user log	Logs can keep track of who's been visiting your site and from where they are coming.
Uploading a file	Learn how to add upload a file using the power of PHP.
File creator and editor	Create a form that makes and/or adds data to files on your server.
Users online	Learn how to show the number of users on your site who are online using the power of PHP.
Verifying a URL	Learn how to check to see if a website is up or not.
Starting with PHP	Creating a first script
Conditions , loops and operators	Conditions , loops and operators
Form handling	Dealing with forms in PHP
Functions	Using functions in PHP
Strings	All about manipulating strings in PHP
Variables	All about variables and datatypes in PHP
Strings	Using strings in PHP
Counter	Create a simple counter for your site
Form parsing	Retrieving data from forms
Sessions	Sessions in PHP
Including files	Including content from external files , useful for navigation.
Redirection	Go to another page
Browser detectors	BUild sites for different browsers
Authentication in php	Shows how to handle users and passwords
Functions	Shows how functions make programmers life easier
Photo gallery tutorial	Shows how you can build your own photo gallery
If vs Switch	Advises when to use either If or a Switch statement
MySQL guestbook	Build a MySQL guestbook for your site
Branding	Have you ever had the need to create a custom look and feel for a website? Many sites today have a custom look and feel to them "branding". In this article, I will show you how to set up a generic branding for your site by using PHP
DBX abstraction example	Have you ever wanted to create applications that support more than one database? With the DBX functions found in PHP, creating support for multiple databases is just a matter of abstraction. Read on to learn more about the powerful features that DBX has to offer developers...
PHP classes	IF you've been programming with PHP you may have came across OOP. The term OOP stays for Object Oriented Programming and refers to a technique in which you work with Objects in your programs. When I first started using Objects in PHP it was difficult for me to understand its concept, but, once I got it, I found them quite simple to work with...
PHP errors glossary	Errors: what do they all mean? Starting out in any type of language can be frustrating. Some are easier then others but no one escapes the dreaded errors. I will try to unravel the mystery of some of the common errors regarding PHP and what can be the probable cause...
Intro to objects	Most people who are getting into programming (as you might be getting into PHP) know of it, and may even have a bit of a grasp on what OOP is. Whether you do and want a refresher course, or you don't and want an introduction, then you are in the right place!...
Poor mans debugger	Debugging is essentially of a way of life. Debugging keeps you sane, and provides you with peace of mind. Debugging makes it so that you don't have to pull your hair out when something does not work. Debugging is the most direct way of finding problems in your code, and it's exactly what I hope to help you learn to do right now...
Variables	Variables in PHP
Operators	Operators in PHP
Program flow	Program flow in PHP
Creating dynamic pages	Creating dynamic pages with PHP
Server variables	Server variables in PHP
Form handling	Form handling with PHP
HTTP headers	HTTP headers
File handling	File handling with PHP
Cookies	Cookies and PHP
SSI	Using server side includes with php scripts
Date	Various php related date examples
ODBC connection	Connect to an ODBC database (MS Access)
DSN less connection	Connect to a database with a dsn less connection
MySQL	Using MySQL
Displaying XML	displaying xml with php
Counter	Create a counter with PHP
Pseudo classes	Pseudo classes
unit convertor	Powerful class for converting values between different units, such as weight, volume, currency, etc.
Parsing XML With PHP	Parsing XML With PHP
backends sharing data	Backends Sharing Data
Using PHP classes to navigate distributed whois databases	Using PHP classes to navigate distributed whois databases
phphoo	create a web based directory
links page tutorial	This tutorial shows you how to build a simple, user submitted links page for your web site.
MySQL text counter	This tutorial takes you through the stages of building a simple MySQL powered hit counter.
uploading files	This tutorial teaches you the basics of file uploading, including how to make a simple file upload function to process a file uploaded by an HTML form.
file permissions	This tutorial explains the file opening modes for that function, and the file permissions that need to go with each one.
client side security	Learn how to secure your PHP applications using client side techniques
paging in php	Quentin shows us how to create pagination in PHP. Includes class to help you on your way.
forms and php	An introduction to HTML forms, and how to deal with them in PHP.
functions in PHP	A look at functions and what they can do for you.
crypt	A quick example of how the php function crypt() works, and how you can apply it in user validation to make a secure password storage and verification system.
global variables	What are Global Variables, and how to use them.
image verification	Learn how to make an image verification system that you see on some of the biggest websites, and help decrease spam and robots.
guestbook with a Flash interface	Pradeep Mamgain demonstrates creating a guestbook with a Flash interface, and an ASP or PHP back-end to store the data.
Lesson 5: Conditional Processing, Part 1	Lesson 5: Conditional Processing, Part 1
Lesson 9: Arrays	Lesson 9: Arrays
Displaying data stored in a MySQL database	Displaying data stored in a MySQL database simple tutorial for beginners
A simple counter	Shows how to create a simple text counter to add to your site
Programmingsite tutorials	Tutorials and code examples in PHP from programmingsite
Emailing Forms using PHP	So, you want a nice little feedback form on your Web site. The user clicks the submit button, and the feedback makes its happy way to your email address. This article shows how this is done in PHP.