Archive for the ‘Tutorials’ Category

Creating an XMLHttpRequest Object

Browsers IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera at this point have built in what is called the XMLHttpRequest object. This XMLHttpRequest object is used to send a receive data with a server in the background making it possible to update sections of a web page without reloading the browser window. Proper Syntax for creating an [...]

Using AJAX to create a Simple Application

As stated in earlier posts AJAX is a technique and not a new programming language for creating fast and dynamic web pages. Here we will show an ajax application that will simply change data on a page when a button is clicked. The application will contain one DIV section and a button that when clicked [...]

What is AJAX and how does it Work?

First thing that you need to know about Ajax is that it is to be used by those that already have at least some working knowledge of HTML/XHTML, CSS and Javascript/DOM. Ajax stands for “Asynchronous Javascript and XML and is a not a language but technique used to create dynamic and fast webpages. Ajax allows [...]

PHP if…elseif…else Conditional Statements

The whole idea of website development using PHP is to be able to access code based on conditions. The following is a tutorial that will explain how to use PHP conditions to execute certain code based on actions.

Working with Strings in PHP

When using vales that contain characters you will use string variables to store them. This tutorial will only show a few of the most used functions and operations that are used to manipulate strings in PHP.

PHP Operators Table (Table of Operations)

Here we have a list of PHP operators that are used in PHP. This is not so much a Tutorial as a reference.

How to use Variables properly in PHP

Variables are used to store information to be used later in your scripts. Variables store values such as text strings, arrays and numbers. When you declare a variable you can use it as many times as you need within your script.

PHP Basic Syntax Tutorial

PHP execution is done on the server although the information sent to the web browser is in plain HTML. This is one security benefit to PHP over other older languages.

Getting Started with PHP & MySQL

Since this is the first tutorial and I will be starting with PHP and MySQL (assuming that anyone here knows the basics namely HTML) I will be giving an overview of what it is.