This document describes how to display safely formatted output from user input. We will discuss the dangers of displaying unfiltered output and then provide a safe means of displaying formatted output.

One of the things that all programmers love is to write a program which writes another programs. In the web we have two different programming environments: the client (browser) and the server. Due to the HTTP protocol definition we can write a program in the server which writes another program t ...

Being a good PHP hacker isn't just about writing single line solutions to complex problems. For example, web gurus know that speed of coding is much more important than speed of code. In this article we'll look at techniques that can help you become a better PHP hacker. We'll assume that you hav ...

This is a simple PHP script that lets you add text news to your homepage through a Web admin interface. It allows you to add, delete, modify and list the news articles. Methods used include: form handlin, file handling, POST method, and Arrays.

For those of you that might be having a bit of trouble with installing the PHP, Apache, and MySQL combo, this 2-page tutorial provides a step-by-step guide for the beginner linux user.

This tutorial introduces the use of database abstraction as a solution for the troublesome database migration. Many database wrappers exist and arguably the most widely used one comes as part of the PHPLib library. This 3-page tutorial explains how to create a generic 'wrapper' which can be appl ...

So you've heard all about it, you think you've got your head around it. Everyone you speak to says it's the way real developers develop. How do you do it? What's in it for you? And how the hell do you do it with PHP?

GPLTrans is a PHP-based translator which uses machine translation to translate text to a foreign language. Currently supported languages include English, German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. It uses MySQL for storing and processing words and text for each languauge.

ODBC connectivity for PHP developers

On the Web today, content is king. After you've mastered HTML and learned a few neat tricks in JavaScript and Dynamic HTML, you can probably build a pretty impressive-looking Web site design. But then comes the time to fill that fancy page layout with some real information. Any site that success ...