What is the most painless route to developing and selling an iPhone app? [more inside]
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis on Nov 9, 2009 - 15 answers

Need ideas for a really cool and challenging beginner's program I can write in PHP. [more inside]
posted by kitcat on Nov 6, 2009 - 15 answers

I'm about to start on a medium sized php project and am looking for some ways to make things easier on myself. I would like to avoid frameworks. I've used cakephp before and found too many frustrating obstacles. I was considering codeignighter this time around, but am worried that it will just be more of the same. What I'm trying to avoid is my normal hodgepodge of code and would like to find some libraries and organization structure for my code. Any suggestions?
posted by funkyavocado on Nov 1, 2009 - 13 answers

I'd like to make more easily understood URL paths for my PHP-generated pages. [more inside]
posted by fellorwaspushed on Oct 16, 2009 - 9 answers

How does PHP handle mysql requests (in regard to time and 'forking') [more inside]
posted by twine42 on Oct 16, 2009 - 4 answers

What can I expect in terms of daily tasks from an entry level php programmer? [more inside]
posted by zorro astor on Sep 24, 2009 - 10 answers

What programming language should I teach my kids? (web dev) [more inside]
posted by satori_movement on Sep 10, 2009 - 25 answers

Drupal vs Joomla vs Wordpress vs ...? [more inside]
posted by AmbroseChapel on Aug 30, 2009 - 21 answers

I'm looking for a web application (preferrably Open Source) that will help me accomplish the following: I have a service business that works on digital files for clients. I'd like to broaden my reach through web, so want to give clients/public the ability to upload files to me and for me to keep track of who those files are from, and to be able to invoice them and track when they have paid, etc. so I can return the finished file to them. I'd like it to work with Paypal. [more inside]
posted by spock on Aug 17, 2009 - 1 answer

I've got a series of Opentape mixes set up (http://opentape.fm/), and would like to add Google Analytics to them. How do I do that?
posted by boombot on Aug 14, 2009 - 2 answers

Webdev filter: What tools can I use to avoid developing a registration/log-in feature from scratch? [more inside]
posted by telegraph on Aug 9, 2009 - 2 answers

I have 3-5 days (starting tomorrow!) in which I'm off from work, and have really nothing planned. As a developer geek in a crappy economy, I'm looking at looming unemployment and/or the start of a freelance career in the very near future. I want to this time making "something" that I can use in my portfolio to show potential employers/clients. What on earth can I build? [more inside]
posted by cgg on Aug 4, 2009 - 8 answers

Any Cloudy Nights folks on MeFi? I am googling around in getting going with backyard astronomy and Cloudy Nights appears to be (or to have been) a decent resource, but it has been nothing but failed MySQL connections and php pathing errors since I started digging. Any info? Is it dead, Bones? [more inside]
posted by mwhybark on Aug 4, 2009 - 4 answers

How can I find someone willing to let me, an amateur, design a website for them for practice? [more inside]
posted by oracle bone on Jul 31, 2009 - 18 answers

Please help me write a PHP script that publishes Twitter updates at pre-specified times. [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Jul 29, 2009 - 9 answers

PHP gurus: please help me do something specific with the date function. [more inside]
posted by jbickers on Jul 27, 2009 - 5 answers

I am following a tutorial on how to install WAMPserver and Wordpress on my Windows machine to kickstart my learning of CM systems and PHP. A crucial component won't install and I don't know nuthin' about how to fix the problem. [more inside]
posted by Foam Pants on Jul 21, 2009 - 6 answers

A webhost my company uses just changed the security settings and now Joomla no longer works correctly. Are these new security settings industry standard and what should I do? [more inside]
posted by clockworkjoe on Jul 17, 2009 - 4 answers

Web Designers! Tell Me Of The Dragons You Hath Slain! [more inside]
posted by SinisterPurpose on Jul 16, 2009 - 10 answers

PHP / Javascript question - Lightbox (and Greybox, for that matter) doesn't seem to want to play nicely with my "include" function. [more inside]
posted by Phire on Jul 13, 2009 - 10 answers

Regular Expressions: How can I get my two subexpressions to match repeatedly? Right now my pattern matches the first instances but refuses to match anything after it. [more inside]
posted by cowbellemoo on Jul 12, 2009 - 6 answers

I'm looking for basic scripts/example projects so I can hone my developing PHP skills... [more inside]
posted by Funky Claude on Jun 30, 2009 - 5 answers

Tearing my hair out over what feels like a simple PHP/SQL question: mysql_fetch_array returns, dur, an array of all the rows that matched your query. How can I tell it to skip a row of that array? More inside. [more inside]
posted by GilloD on Jun 27, 2009 - 14 answers

Which forums do the best web programmers hang out at? [more inside]
posted by jackson5 on Jun 26, 2009 - 16 answers

How do I set up an e-commerce site that accepts photo uploads and takes credit card payments? [more inside]
posted by designbot on Jun 24, 2009 - 8 answers

What programming language should I use for a Digg-like web site? [more inside]
posted by jackson5 on Jun 15, 2009 - 14 answers

Is there a reliable, not-too-expensive hosting company out there that lets you post server scripts in most open-source languages? [more inside]
posted by grumblebee on Jun 5, 2009 - 11 answers

Wordpress filter: I want to be able to create a form that can be used to add custom values to a certain post without having to do so from inside the admin panel. [more inside]
posted by Nonce on Jun 5, 2009 - 4 answers

PHPfilter: Help me do something with Wordpress that should be very simple, if only I knew how. [more inside]
posted by jbickers on Jun 4, 2009 - 9 answers

Time to stop fooling around and learn to program in earnest. Sources? [more inside]
posted by TomMelee on Jun 2, 2009 - 20 answers

Recommendations on a new IDE to remotely edit PHP files? [more inside]
posted by gchucky on May 27, 2009 - 6 answers

Looking for a way for a website to process an incoming email on an IIS 7 server (PHP, .Net, or Classic ASP) [more inside]
posted by Mick on May 20, 2009 - 2 answers

I discovered that my DreamHost account appears to have been "hacked". What does this PHP code do and what's a good way to get rid of it? [more inside]
posted by yellowbkpk on May 11, 2009 - 2 answers

Building a comment system, and looking for good introduction to managing groups and users with PHP/MySQL, or a prerolled "user management system". [more inside]
posted by isnotchicago on May 1, 2009 - 6 answers

Good PHP book that walks you through the building of a basic PHP/MySQL content management system? [more inside]
posted by zobot on May 1, 2009 - 9 answers

WordPressFilter: Trying to display posts based on "GET" value in URL. I'm so close but just ran into a brick wall. Help? [more inside]
posted by siclik on Apr 28, 2009 - 7 answers

I'd like to sharpen my PHP skills and finally tackle OOP, classes, etc.. There's an overwhelming amount of tutorials online, so I was wondering if you had a favorite one (or ones) that helped you hone your OOP skills. [more inside]
posted by bjork24 on Apr 23, 2009 - 7 answers

How should I approach programming a prize draw? [more inside]
posted by le morte de bea arthur on Apr 22, 2009 - 17 answers

Looking to automate the backup and download of mySQL tables on a cPanel webhost to an external FTP site. [more inside]
posted by GJSchaller on Apr 10, 2009 - 5 answers

How do I keep sneaky website users from accessing files directly? [more inside]
posted by jpoulos on Apr 6, 2009 - 6 answers

I have a new EeePC 1000HE with Windows XP, which I want to use for both web development and casual web browsing. Are there security issues with installing Apache and PHP on a machine that is also used to access public wireless internet? If so, what steps can I take to make my netbook more secure?
posted by oulipian on Apr 5, 2009 - 5 answers

Does anyone know of a php script that can be used to easily generate a web form, and that can have a "calculation" box at the bottom, that will calculate a cost based on the previous response fields? [more inside]
posted by thewibbler on Apr 1, 2009 - 6 answers

Is there a good way to prevent hard coding of insert/update sql statements in PHP? [more inside]
posted by secret.osha on Mar 30, 2009 - 7 answers

Extracting twitter updates for a particular date through the API... how?! [more inside]
posted by (bb|[^b]{2}) on Mar 28, 2009 - 6 answers

How do I change drop-down values when I retrieve a webpage using PHP/Curl? [more inside]
posted by JakeTimberlake on Mar 23, 2009 - 3 answers

I use .htaccess files to allow users access to files in certain directories based on their IP addresses/ranges. They are linked to these file from a page (not within the htaccess protected directory) generated in PHP. Is there a way to display a variable on this PHP page based on whether or not the user will be allowed access into .htaccess protected directories? [more inside]
posted by chillmost on Mar 17, 2009 - 7 answers

Java versus PHP: Does it make sense to use Java in a small web design business? [more inside]
posted by whiskeyspider on Mar 14, 2009 - 16 answers

How can I add an image-based shoutbox to my blog? [more inside]
posted by Marquis on Mar 4, 2009 - 2 answers

I have a web application that is using php but the files end in html. I'm trying to set it up on a mac (10.5) for testing. Basically trying to run html as php. I've tried a few things including "AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .html .htm" with no luck. Thanks.
posted by mac-way on Mar 1, 2009 - 6 answers

Does this person exist, relatively cheaply: drupal, PHP, Flash, CSS developer? All rolled into one. [more inside]
posted by spicynuts on Feb 11, 2009 - 26 answers