Many websites offer syndication formats such as RSS, JSON, or XML based services to allow for easy content delivery. But what happens when a website doesn’t offer one of these services? How do you syndicate content from a website that doesn’t offer a news feed? This is what I set out to solve.
Secure Your Forms With Form Keys
Jun 12th in PHP by Wouter BultenSecurity is a hot topic. Ensuring that your websites are secure is extremely important for any web application. In fact, I spend 70% of my time securing my applications. One of the most important things we must secure are forms. Today, we are going to review a method to prevent XSS (Cross-site scripting) and Cross-site request forgery on forms.
Build Your Own Captcha and Contact Form
Jun 11th in PHP by Zac VineyardEver get hit with spam through the contact form on your personal site? Well, here is a short tutorial on how to build a custom captcha to keep the bad guys out.
Build a Shopping Cart With PHP and MySQL: New Plus Tutorial
May 27th in PHP by Suciu VladFor this week’s Plus tutorial, we’re going to teach you how to build your own shopping cart with PHP and MySQL. As you’ll find, it’s not quite as difficult as you might have thought. Join today!
How to Implement Email Verification for New Members
May 18th in PHP by PhiloHave you ever created an account with a website, and were required to check your email and click through a verification link sent by the company in order to activate it? Doing so highly reduces the number of spam accounts. In this lesson, we’ll learn how to do this very thing!
Creating an Advanced Password Recovery Utility
May 5th in PHP by Andrew SteenbuckIn my last tutorial, ‘A Better Login System‘, a few people commented on how they would like to see a tutorial on password recovery, which is something you don’t always see in user access tutorials. The tutorial I am bringing you today will deal with just that. Using mySQLi, we will learn to recover unencrypted and (one-way) encrypted passwords.
15 Wonderfully Creative Uses for PHP
May 4th in PHP by Joel ReyesIf you are familiar with the basics of PHP, then you’re probably wondering how you can use it to make your website more appealing. The possibilities are endless, and you can write your own PHP scripts or implement widely available scripts from around the web. Let’s get started with 15 creative uses for PHP for your website!
404/403 Website Error Pages With PHP Auto-Mailer
Apr 17th in PHP by Jarel RemickWebsite error pages are perhaps one of the most overlooked pieces of a fully rounded website. Not only are they important but they give you the opportunity to have a little fun. Although many web developers rely on server logs to keep an eye out for hits on error pages, I’m going to take a different approach by using a PHP generated email. In addition, we will spice up the design a bit, add basic navigation and link to the website sitemap.
Add Power to Your PHP With Multi-Tiered Applications
Apr 14th in PHP by Jason LengstorfAs PHP applications become more and more complex, it can be easy to end up with a tangled mess of code that makes maintenance nearly impossible. Applying the concept of tiered applications can help to alleviate some of the difficulty in maintaining complex applications.
Make an iPhone App Using the Envato API
Apr 14th in PHP by Hayden GascoigneWith the release of the new Envato Marketplace API, third-party developers now have access to a wealth of information to create all kinds of useful applications. This tutorial will teach you how to make your very own iPhone app using data from the new API. Even if you don’t have an iPhone, you can still learn the basics about using PHP and JSON. Continue Reading
