Wordpress/PHP/Dreamhost web hosting question: I run Wordpress 1.5.2 on a particular web page which is hosted with Dreamhost. This web page has been running fine for years and I haven't done anything to change it. However, sometime within the last few weeks, the sidebar started "choking" on a particular line of code: Nothing after this line is processed or appears on the page. If this line of code is removed, everything else appears normally. Help? [more inside]
posted on May 13, 2008 - 17 answers

Help me not be such a clueless geek on the Internets. [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 14 answers

Site hacked again 4 years later. I need some advice. [more inside]
posted on May 5, 2008 - 14 answers

I am trying to get yshout (a shoutbox) working in my WordPress blog. I want the logged in members to be able to chat and have their member names used to identify their chat postings. [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2008 - 5 answers

Which version of PHP should I start to learn, and how? I know HTML and CSS, and intend to build with Drupal (or similar) and its many extensions. [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2008 - 12 answers

MySQL sorting issue. When I have "first name" and "last name" columns, and I'm sorting primarily by "last name." Some entries have only a "first name," and rather than have those end up at either the start or end of the sort, I'd like it to pretend the "first name" IS the "last name" and sort accordingly. Is there a way to do this with the SQL SELECT statement or should I just edit the data? [more inside]
posted on May 2, 2008 - 8 answers

Non-programmer needs help with some PHP code for an online gallery. [more inside]
posted on Apr 30, 2008 - 4 answers

Moving an Excel spreadsheet schedule into MySQL/PHP [more inside]
posted on Apr 28, 2008 - 4 answers

Out-of-the-box script for building a small social networking site? [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 6 answers

I'm at beginner at PHP and web programming, but have been programming on the desktop for a while. I want to make a web application, about 2 dozen webpages that read/write to a database, and with user accounts. Where can I get off-the-shelf controls for PHP like a DataGrid, Membership/Authentication, Tabs, and Popup Form/Dialog? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 8 answers

Disadvantages working with Open Source PHP Software in a WIMP environment? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 8 answers

I have an image. I have a Wordpress ?php previous_posts_link? . How can I make it so the image acts as that? I've googled and just can't find the right alchemy and I just know that other people are doing it.
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 9 answers

I'm trying to run a MySQL query that returns rows in order by a value stored in a string (but it will also include the non-matching strings). This is not as easy as I would hope. Code inside! [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 15 answers

Simple e-commerce solutions. I have a fully built site, with individual webpages pointing to specific product items. I simply want to add a backend shopping cart functionality that resides on the server, without relying on PayPal. Whats the best opensource solution that allows me to pass a variable (ie, add a "Buy This" button to already-designed pages) to a shopping cart php function (inventory isn't necessary at this point) and allowing checkout/payment? [more inside]
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - 7 answers

My site's cron tasks eat up a lot of bandwidth. Can I change the paths from http to local? Or can I move the tasks to my home server? [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2008 - 18 answers

I heard the Google Visualization API Query Language allows you to query Google Spreadsheet documents using a language similar to SQL. Is there a PHP library I can get to use a Google Spreadsheet as a simple database table?
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 2 answers

PayFilter: I'm trying to get the "going rate" for a salaried senior PHP developer or similar web development position in the Boulder/Denver area. Bonus Question: Can I ask for a signing bonus or for them to cover my COBRA expense in the process of switching jobs? [more inside]
posted on Apr 1, 2008 - 3 answers

Best starting point for e-commerce / shopping cart software? I'm a competent Perl programmer with background in several other languages, who wants to create a decidedly minimalist-looking web site shopping cart for a client. I expect to hack Perl or PHP code, but would like to hack things that are designed to be hacked. Anyone tried CRE Loaded? Other recommendations? Other places to ask? [more inside]
posted on Mar 30, 2008 - 11 answers

What are the secrets to the efficient coding of my Wordpress core file using functions.php? Oh, and by the way, I'm a PHP idiot! [more inside]
posted on Mar 21, 2008 - 7 answers

I'm looking for a CMS/blog that allows for multiple "installations" to be maintained through one control panel and also allows me to add custom fields. [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2008 - 9 answers

How can I connect to a SQL Server 2005 database using windows authentication with PHP? [more inside]
posted on Mar 20, 2008 - 6 answers

I'm planning on starting a database freelancing business. I understand a lot of people prefer Microsoft Access or FileMaker. With the current evolving trend of applications going on the web and add to that my somewhat good experience with PHP, HTML, Javascript and CSS I'm seeking a cross platform efficient application environment. This is why I believe Access and FileMaker are not an option, I'm also more experienced with high level languages than I am with Access or FileMaker. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 11 answers

TeachFilter: Help me become a better programming instructor. [more inside]
posted on Mar 11, 2008 - 4 answers

Security requirements for a php website login system. [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 9 answers

PHP gurus unite! Tell me why my PHP uploads always result in corrupt files and what I can do to fix it! [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 27 answers

We are moving our sites from a WAMP to a LAMP and one of the XML parser classes has gone all haywire. Eeep. [more inside]
posted on Feb 26, 2008 - 9 answers

I'm puzzled by the use of "->" in PHP. I keep seeing it used in php scripts, but I can't figure out how to google for it. Without knowing what it is called or the name of the operation it represents, it remains a mystery. What does it do, and when is it useful? Can anyone enlighten me?
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 9 answers

How can I put a login box on every page of my website? [more inside]
posted on Feb 25, 2008 - 5 answers

How can I run a web server on OS X without admin access? [more inside]
posted on Feb 20, 2008 - 14 answers

I have two weeks to learn PHP. Help me make a plan! [more inside]
posted on Feb 18, 2008 - 20 answers

Curl response different than browser [more inside]
posted on Feb 15, 2008 - 7 answers

Resizing & storing many images on a webserver: limits, options, etc? [more inside]
posted on Feb 13, 2008 - 8 answers

phpList: seriously, wtf? [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2008 - 13 answers

I'm looking for a way to organize a list of members of my neighborhood association, preferably something web-based, but that doesn't require the actual members to log in. [more inside]
posted on Feb 11, 2008 - 5 answers

How can I display more than the entry title in Expression Engine's {next_entry} and {prev_entry} tags? [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2008 - 1 answers

When I altered a PHP web form to take advantage of PHP Sessions, I lost the ability to go back a page while retaining data in the form. Is this the expected behaviour, or is it caused by something else? [more inside]
posted on Feb 8, 2008 - 8 answers

How do I convert RSS feed timestamps to relative timestamps or "time ago", for example: "12 minutes ago?" [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2008 - 8 answers

PHP: How to flush the buffer for really real? [more inside]
posted on Jan 28, 2008 - 3 answers

URLs with ampersands (&) screwing up my website database calls. [more inside]
posted on Jan 23, 2008 - 7 answers

For database usage, is it better to store data in XML or serialized format? In particular, PHP serialization. [more inside]
posted on Jan 18, 2008 - 10 answers

Old-school, non-WYSIWYG web-based file editor apps. Do they still exist? [more inside]
posted on Jan 12, 2008 - 6 answers

Help me AJAX-ify a very simple web process in PHP. Links to very simple AJAX tutorials much appreciated. [more inside]
posted on Jan 8, 2008 - 7 answers

How do I query data from one MySQL table, but I also need to get a single piece of data from a second table too? Should I be doing a JOIN, or a separate query? [more inside]
posted on Jan 7, 2008 - 9 answers

WorpressFilter Blog gone blank, Admin section is fine - help ! [more inside]
posted on Jan 6, 2008 - 8 answers

MediaWiki install: Apache, MySQL, & PHP already on my machine? [more inside]
posted on Jan 4, 2008 - 5 answers

My wife and I have a small family farm. While I run a few websites that are hand coded, Wordpress or Joomla based, with galleries and more, she can not handle that. We are trying to find a simple website creation program for her to maintain the farms website. [more inside]
posted on Dec 29, 2007 - 8 answers

Resizing/renaming images with PHP and keeping only the thumbnail [more inside]
posted on Dec 16, 2007 - 6 answers

Hi, I would like some recommendations for (preferably open source or inexpensive) web based software that I can implement for my church. Everyone takes turns bringing refreshments, playing songs, etc... and there are waaaaay too many "Who can do it on Sunday the 16th? on Sunday the 26th?" e-mails going around and it gets very confusing to keep track. [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2007 - 10 answers

Where is the best place to start learning Agile/Rapid Application Development (RAD) techniques when I've got one week to come up with a new website/CMS for our newspaper? [more inside]
posted on Dec 12, 2007 - 14 answers

Weird bug with ftp / php5, details inside. [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2007 - 10 answers