PHPMailer is a popular open source, email-sending library used by applications like WordPress, Drupal, SugarCRM, Joomla and others. This tutorial will show you how to install PHPMailer, set up SMTP and send email in PHP using PHPMailer.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you eight different ways to add to, remove from and insert elements to/from an array in PHP. PHP array functions used include: array(), array_push(), array_unshift(), array_pop(), array_shift(), array_slice(), count(), array_diff() and array_splice().
Legitimate uses of static classes in PHP
Object-oriented programming is MORE (much more) than knowing how to write a class. It’s about how you build your applications. I call it an “approach”… but it’s an approach *to application-building*.
Inheritance in PHP tutorial with example code.
The guts of a secure password reset feature for your login script… using PHP
First: should you use sessions or cookies? That’s the first big question I see. In most cases, you should use sessions. There are some exceptions, but it’s usually very specific cases and at the far
Use filter_input(), filter_var() and these two other PHP functions to add another layer of security to your applications
MySQLi makes grabbing the last inserted row easy. After running your insert query, you can do this: $id = $mysqli->insert_id; Then, you can query for that row like this: $result = $mysqli->query(“SELECT * FROM table_name
With MySQLi, it looks like this: $mysqli = new mysqli($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name); But, PDO is a bit different because it can interact 12 different types of databases: Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, Cubrid and several
Here’s one I don’t see talked about much: $name = filter_input(INPUT_POST, ‘name’, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); What this does is grab the “name” element from your POST array and run it through the the filter: FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING… which removes
Bit of a hot topic lately in my inbox. Here’s what an old, vulnerable query might look like: $expected_data = 1; $query = “SELECT * FROM users where id=$expected_data”; $result = $mysqli->query($query); The problem here
I’m going to quickly show you the exact code to send a tweet using the Twitter API. Then, how to learn to build a full-fledged Twitter app. Let’s dig in. Before you start, you need
A simple PHP cURL tutorial and example. Learn how to use curl_init, curl_setopt, and curl_execute. Also learn how to POST data to a remote URL using cURL. Ready to learn even more PHP? Take my
PHP 7’s null coalescing operator is handy shortcut along the lines of the ternary operator. Here’s what it is, how to use it and why: Ready to learn even more PHP? Take my free Beginner’s
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INSPINIA has sold 29,598 units at $18 a piece. That’s $532,764. SmartAdmin sold 20,136 units at $12 a piece. That’s $241,632. Unify… $321,828. That’s just three of over 800 Bootstrap templates on WrapBootstrap. And that’s
In 2011, online survey giant, SurveyMonkey, acquired Wufoo Forms for 35 million. SurveyMonkey itself does 113 million a year in revenue. And, it’s valued at nearly 1.35 billion. Both of these services serve a simple
I remember this annoying error like it was yesterday. It always baffled me a bit when I first started learning PHP (I know… N00B!): Fatal error: call to a member function fetch_assoc() on a non-object.
When you verify an email address, there’s really three things you want to do: Don’t submit the form unless the email address is valid Give hints about what’s wrong and how to fix it Make sure
Arrays are like that crazy uncle who gets a little too drunk at Christmas and starts telling inappropriate jokes at the dinner table. You love ’em… but you hate ’em. You can efficiently store and
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When you create a contact form in PHP, there’s a couple key parts you need to make sure are in place so the person actually using the form doesn’t want to suddenly get into knife-throwing
In this PHP tutorial, you learn how to use the PHP DateTime class introduced in PHP 5.2 instead of the PHP date function. Watch the tutorial below: Links mentioned in the video: How to Start a
In this PHP tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a custom 404 page not found error page. Watch the tutorial below: Links mentioned in the video: How to Start a Blog in Less Than 15 Minutes
In this PHP tutorial, you’ll learn how to send mail using PHP. Watch the tutorial below: Links mentioned in the video: How to Start a Blog in Less Than 15 Minutes Let me help publicize your blog
In this PHP tutorial, you’ll learn how to parse XML using SimpleXML and PHP. Watch the tutorial below: Links mentioned in the video: How to Start a Blog in Less Than 15 Minutes Let me
In this PHP tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a zebra striped table by adding odd and even classes in a loop using PHP. Watch the tutorial below: Links mentioned in the video: Link to
Here’s how to build a grid layout for WordPress via shortcodes and WP_Query: A lot of WordPress developers immediately rush to query_posts in order to create custom loops. But, query_posts is meant for altering the
Here’s how to prevent XSS attacks by escaping output in PHP: Here’s the code I used in the video: What Is XSS? XSS stands for cross-site scripting and it refers to a type of attack
How do you PHP try catch blocks to efficiently handle errors? Here’s the answer: Here’s the code I used in the video: If you get value from this code snippet, please consider sharing it with
How do you implement a 301 header redirect in PHP? Here’s the answer and how to do it: Here’s the code I used in the video: If you get value from this code snippet, please
Should you use MD5, SHA-1 or BCRYPT when hashing and storing passwords using PHP? Here’s the answer and how to do it: Here’s the code I used in the video: If you get value from
Here’s a tutorial video and script you can use to search a MySQL database using PHP: Get the source code as a supporting listener on Patreon. If you get value from this code snippet, please
Why won’t my form data insert properly into my MySQL database? Here’s the most common reasons why: Get the updated source code for this video here. Not connecting to MySQL properly Not matching form fields
How can I validate an email address (by domain) using PHP? Here’s how: Here’s the class that does all the heavy lifting and an example page for including and using the class: These are the
I tend to get a lot of questions around checkbox handling when submitting forms to PHP. Here’s a simple snippet to illustrate how it works: A couple things to pay attention to here… 1. Notice
Prepared statements are all the rage right now in PHP development… and for good reason. Not only do prepared statements make your queries more secure… they also help future-proof your code by relying more heavily
This PHP function accepts a birthday as a parameter and will return the age based on that birthday. Handy for social sites/applications.
In this video, you’ll learn how to create an .ics import file using PHP. This allows you to dynamically generate the .ics file based on stored event data. Users can then download the file and
In this video, you’ll learn how to sort multidimensional arrays in PHP. You’ll not only learn basic sorting using array_multisort(), but you’ll also see a more advanced custom function for sorting multidimensional arrays by a
This is a question I get quite a bit, so I figured I’d write a post on it: How do I create an HTML select box with options from data in my database? Here’s how:
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