Tech Tips and Tricks
For Windows machine running WAMPServer: 1) Install PDT plugin on your eclipse 2) Download XDebug to match your php 3) Install XDebug – save XDebug dll to wamp_path/bin/php/php5.3.5/ext folder 4) Enable XDebug – update php.ini file 4a) comment zend debugger Continue reading Enable XDebug on WAMP using Eclipse
Uploaded images from user can be of any size. If you need to use these images, they need to be resized upon upload. Here is a helper class to manage resizing of the images. Let me know if you find Continue reading Resize image in PHP
I would not recommend to enable register_globals, but if you need to enable the register_globals for a particular web folder, you can edit the .htaccess file and append the following to it php_flag register_globals on Restart apache and you are Continue reading Enable register_global through .htaccess
PHPImpact has posted 30 useful PHP classes here. Which ones do you use? I have used the following: Propel phpDocumentor Securimage Smarty Still a lot more interesting ones which I haven’t tried.
Any time you put something in “double” quotes, you are asking PHP interpreter to check that content for a variable. So even though the line do not contain variables within the double quotes, PHP will waste precious computing time scanning Continue reading PHP single quotes Vs double quotes
If you have multiple mysql connections (i.e. mysql_connect() or mysqli_connect()) on the page you will need to specify the the connection you are using when calling this function. example: mysql_insert_id($MY_CONN);
No matter what web based technology you are using, these tips will always be helpful when it comes down to uploading files: Keep uploaded files where they cannot be directly accessed by the users via a direct URL. This can Continue reading Secure file upload
If you ever need to download a HTTP/FTP or any page, try not to use fopen() and fread() functions. They work but will take enormous amounts of time as compared to curl functions. Try doing as follows: To GET a Continue reading Downloading a page in PHP
I was looking for a quick reference/tutorial to implement Data Objects with PHP, very similar to what exists in Java. Found a nice explanation at PHP Data Object