Help me go from PHP to VB.net. [more inside]
posted on Aug 21, 2008 - 10 answers

Is there a simple PHP/MYSQL commenting system available anywhere on the internets? The Google has failed me. [more inside]
posted on Aug 15, 2008 - 11 answers

Hi, Another oddball question... I have a live data stream of AIS data and I would like to take the data and ultimately display it on a world map through a web browser. The problem is that I have no clue as to how I would display live updated information on a map. [more inside]
posted on Aug 11, 2008 - 6 answers

How does web scraping work with PHP/mySQL? What best practices are there? [more inside]
posted on Aug 6, 2008 - 15 answers

PHP: How do I get the explode() function to work with multiple separators in a row? [more inside]
posted on Aug 1, 2008 - 8 answers

CodeFilter: I am looking for online classes mainly in the area of web programming (PHP, MySQL, AJAX, etc.). [more inside]
posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 3 answers

SQLFilter: I'm struggling with a specific SQL query. I have 2 tables, 'questions' and 'answers', which are linked by a field in answers. I would like to select the questions which have the most answers in the last 24 hours. [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2008 - 2 answers

I'm looking for a way to let members of my forum create an individual "member page" for themselves, or have it created for them automatically upon being accepted into a certain usergroup, that they could fill out with miscellaneous info. To be more precise, the forum revolves an online game, and the member page would have details about their characters, background stories, etc. It doesn't really have to be tied to their forum account, although it would be a smooth way to handle it from the user standpoint. Except I'm clueless on how to make this work. [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - 3 answers

What's a good reverse auction/freelance site script? [more inside]
posted on Jul 5, 2008 - 1 answers

Wordpress/PHP question. I'm working on a Wordpress theme and want to use an algorithm to alter some of the HTML it emits. I've got a general idea of how to do this, and could probably manage a brutish implementation on my own, but my PHP-fu is weak and there is probably a better way. [more inside]
posted on Jun 30, 2008 - 16 answers

I'm fed up with CakePHP taunting me like a disobedient two year-old. What's a better PHP framework built around model-view-controller? [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2008 - 13 answers

RegExFilter: Can any regular expression ninjas help me with my this teensy problem? [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2008 - 6 answers

I want to learn PHP. Fast. Recommend a book or online resources, please. [more inside]
posted on Jun 10, 2008 - 12 answers

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

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

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

PHP/TransactionFilter: Designing a web application where users will have actual monetary accounts. What is the best way to approach this? [more inside]
posted on Sep 10, 2007 - 8 answers

Is there any script or sh command to check all given scripts or files to see if it will be compatible with PHP5? [more inside]
posted on Sep 3, 2007 - 3 answers

Strategies to keep PHP timeouts at bay in a shared hosting environment. [more inside]
posted on Jun 18, 2007 - 13 answers

In PHP, how do I search through a large string to see if it contains a smaller string? [more inside]
posted on Jun 12, 2007 - 10 answers

How do I put html form field values into a MySQL database and create the field if it doesn't exist, without declaring or manually updating every single variable? [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2007 - 14 answers

How do I help a client pick between Java/JSP/Velocity/Freemarker and PHP/Smarty/etc? Is there an MVC approach in PHP? [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2007 - 5 answers

I use Facebook, and it seems to have a great API. But how can I tie it in to me, and not my visitor? [more inside]
posted on Jan 15, 2007 - 3 answers

What web technology/language should I learn to make simple online apps and just generally enhance my bare-bones knowledge of HTML? [more inside]
posted on Dec 10, 2006 - 18 answers

How would you write an application in PHP that tracks multiple users, and the users' multiple sites? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2006 - 7 answers

Recommendations for a book to teach myself php and MySQL? [more inside]
posted on Nov 20, 2006 - 8 answers

What's the simplest way to parse XML data via XSLT in Drupal? The hitch is that I'm hosted at Dreamhost, which doesn't seem to support xslt_create().
posted on Sep 14, 2006 - 8 answers

Anyone know of a decent PHP class or function library out there for externally posting to various weblog packages (Wordpress, Blogger, Movable Type) via XML-RPC? [more inside]
posted on Jul 25, 2006 - 5 answers

Where can I go to find a reliable freelancer to do some PHP programming for me? [more inside]
posted on Jun 19, 2006 - 14 answers

Modifiable out of the box ecommerce software recommendations for a coder, preferably PHP? [more inside]
posted on May 23, 2006 - 4 answers

AIM + PHP + SMS = User Validation System? [more inside]
posted on Mar 7, 2006 - 4 answers

Anyone know a good, easy RateMe/ Hot or Not script? Ideally I'd like a free script but I'm willing to pay for a well done script. PHP or ASP.
posted on Feb 6, 2006 - 6 answers

I've received a $1000 grant that I can use to learn PHP, in order to eventually write an education-specific application. I could attend a programming boot camp this Summer, take an online course, or blow it all on books and software. Of course, I have a bunch of php/mysql books already. Has anyone gone to one of those programming boot camps, and was it worth it?
posted on Jan 11, 2006 - 15 answers

Please help me get my head around multidimensional arrays in PHP. [more inside]
posted on Nov 23, 2005 - 20 answers

Looking to understand object-oriented programming. Have tried & tried & tried to understand... [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2005 - 35 answers

How would the register_global security upgrade screw up a header re-direct? [more inside]
posted on Oct 23, 2005 - 7 answers

I am tasked with writing a web-based accounting software in PHP-MySQL. My background in accounting is minimal. I understand enough of debits & credits & transactions and such, but I'd like to find some resources which could help me in working out the programming workflow, database relationships, etc, ie the technical parts of developing such a system.
posted on Aug 6, 2005 - 14 answers

i've got to learn php for my work. can anyone recommend a good, not too expensive or obscure, book i can order to help me make a start? I'm in Belgium and there's only one bookshop that sells english language books so I can't go and browse to see what I would like.
posted on Apr 5, 2005 - 12 answers

I have a friend whose baby is getting christened. As a little present I'd like to provide them with an easy-to-operate website through which they can store and display photos of the child as he progresses, and supply news (essentially a blogging factor). Though I'll be setting it up and am pretty good at tech-stuff, the operators of the website (the parents) aren't so it'll need to be as simple as possible for them to do things like upload photos and post news of the baby. PHP content management systems seem like the logical solution, and I've looked at a few ideas (like using Gallery for the photos, and embedding it in a site) but I was wondering what do you all recommend?
posted on Mar 1, 2005 - 14 answers

PHP programmers: what would a well-laid-out PHP project look like to you? I'm a computer science grad student who's never used PHP for anything much and not in many years, but I now have an opportunity to write a small-to-moderate-sized site for somebody and thought I'd give PHP another go. I'm well versed in generally writing tasteful programs and I even have a pretty decent amount of experience with writing web sites using other technologies; what I'm really interested in is specifically how PHP programmers use the language in practice to make maintainable sites. For instance, what's the best way to separate content from HTML so it's easier to make site-wide HTML tweaks? What are the sorts of things that you wish someone had told you about how to build PHP projects?
posted on Feb 19, 2005 - 10 answers

Learning programming via web apps. [+]
posted on Feb 15, 2005 - 22 answers

Php session help requested. [MI]
posted on Feb 13, 2005 - 10 answers

I know how to make database-driven web sites using Windows servers, Access, IIS, and ASP.

I want to learn how to do the same using Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and... whatever you use instead of Access.

Where do I start?
posted on Dec 10, 2004 - 18 answers

Programming Filter: I need some advice on a tree-building algorithm. (Tree as in the "+" and the tree branches out, like in Windows Explorer.) The language is PHP, but since I'm looking for an algorithm rather than actual code, any programmer with mad skills should be able to help. More inside.
posted on Sep 27, 2004 - 17 answers

As a self-imposed php refresher, I've recently been toying around with writing custom movable type submission frontends for a few less web-literate family members (Basically just simplified forms that throw the user input into the MT mysql database). I've got everything ticking along nicely, but none of the submitted entries will show up until I log in and rebuild the site from within movable type. My question: Is there some way to either force a rebuild from a custom form, or automate a rebuild? I've searched the MT forums with no success. I'm using MT 2.64 with minimal knowledge of its inner workings. Any suggestions / pointers / links are appreciated!
posted on Sep 8, 2004 - 6 answers

I need to test a series of functions in PHP. The functions return a boolean value for a series of conditions (e.g. if the user has foo and bar, but not hotch, then return true.) My problem is that there are a potential of over 1000 cases to test. Can anyone suggest a way to automate this process?
posted on Sep 7, 2004 - 5 answers

Does PHP5's newfound SOAP functionality truly support complex types? [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2004 - 1 answers

GeekLearningFilter: I need to learn how to do some fun stuff with php and MySQL or PostgreSQL. Of course I shall expand on this within...
posted on Jul 19, 2004 - 6 answers

I have Apache 2.0 running. I can easily set stuff up like mod_perl and PHP. I want to start developing w/ Java and I want to run servlets and Tomcat scares me. Does it run under Apache? Seperate from Apache? Any info appreciated.
posted on Jun 23, 2004 - 5 answers

I like to code my PHP scripts on my Windows machine in TextPad, then upload them to the server to test/debug them. But constantly FTPing files while debugging is the pits. What's the answer? Install PHP locally? Break down and learn to use vi? What's a programmer to do? What would you do?
posted on Jun 22, 2004 - 31 answers

If you were writing a new p2p application -- leaving ethical and legal issues aside for a moment -- which programming language would you use? I know Visual Basic and PHP, but neither is really any good for this purpose. I dislike things that require the user to install a big VM (.NET, Java) and find C++ a complete nightmare.
posted on Jun 2, 2004 - 37 answers

So here's a delightfully geeky programming question for those in the know: I need to build a system, preferably in PHP, with a highly extensible plug-in system. And I don't know where to start, although I figure an OO-orientated approach might help. Any ideas?
posted on Apr 23, 2004 - 6 answers

I've been fascinated for a while with stiff like tradesports.com and the ill-fated DARPA terrorism futures market, and got to thinking about building a fake, toy futures market. There are systems out there that simulate markets, but they're either simple portfolio charters or they have randomly wobbling shares. I'm much more interested in valuations created by groups of users gaming on the outcome of real events.

Ideally, as I'm very lazy, someone will have written one of these already, but I've googled away and had no joy. It could be me not knowing the lingo used to describe these things.

Failing this can anybody recommend a framework to work within? I'm thinking of something (probably the usual php/mysql) with e-mail/users/password recovery etc. built in for me to start from. Maybe the toy market would be best developed as a plug in to something?
posted on Mar 28, 2004 - 6 answers

I'm interested in filling out my workday learning perl, php and mysql at my own speed. I have no programming background. Anybody have any good experiences with any online courses, or any other advice? Money is not an object, what is important is good structure (logical progression of concepts) and the ability to get personalized help when needed.
posted on Dec 17, 2003 - 25 answers