Tutorials

This page will list all the tutorials I’ve posted, grouped by the topic it covers. Hopefully, it’ll be easier to find what you are looking for.

How to get started with PHP?

• Installing XAMPP Lite on a Portable Storage device
• Using XAMPP Lite for PHP scripting

PHP Basics

• Writing your first PHP script
• Introducing PHP Variables
• Using comments in PHP scripts
• PHP Operators: Maths
• PHP Operators: Assignment
• Checking a string is alphanumeric in PHP
• Parsing a URL querystring into variables in PHP
• Sorting Arrays
• Accessing Remote URLs using cURL

PHP Intermediate

• Using regular expressions to extract content
• PHP’s alternative syntax and why it’s useful

CakePHP

• CakePHP: Working with Associations
• CakePHP: Using scaffolding for rapid application building

Cacti

• Cacti: Ubuntu 8.04 Cacti Plugin – Invalid PHP_SELF Path problem
• Cacti: Using Cacti to monitor web page loading – Part 1
• Cacti: Using Cacti to monitor web page loading – Part 2

CodeIgniter

• CodeIgniter: Organizing views simply
• CodeIgniter: Extending the native ‘Model’ and make it your own.
• Codeigniter: Helpers, Plugins and Libraries
• Codeigniter: Mixing segment-based URL with querystrings
• Codeigniter: Handling errors
• Codeigniter: Intergrating OpenFlashCharts
• Codeigniter: Setting up multiple sites on one install
• Codeigniter: Creating dynamic graphs using JQuery and FusionCharts

Google

• Google Analytics API class for PHP
• Creating simple graphs using Google Charts API

• PHP and jQuery: Submit a form without refreshing the page