David Walsh Tutorials
PHP Form Helper – Submit Listener
Unfortunately for me, web forms a big part of my day. It's not that web forms are difficult, it's that they're so damn time consuming. Validation, formatting, and processing are a must for web forms and the redundancy that goes into performing the task...
Listless Navigation – Using CSS To Do More With Less
I've guest-blogged on Chris Coyier's blog, CSS-Tricks.com.Jump over to Chris' blog to read my article -- Listless Navigation - Using CSS To Do More With Less.
PHP Alexa Rank Fetcher Class
The most well known online website popularity measuring stick appears to be Alexa. Alexa provides a wealth of information on a given website, most notably: Popularity rank (the most important one) Reach In-links Speed Alexa provides this information in many useful formats, including XML. Using the XML...
Download a URL’s Content Using PHP cURL
Downloading content at a specific URL is common practice on the internet, especially due to increased usage of web services and APIs offered by Amazon, Alexa, Digg, etc. PHP's cURL library, which often comes with default shared hosting configurations, allows web developers to complete this...
HTML Test – Name The HTML Elements
If you're looking to test your HTML knowledge (and who isn't?), take a trip to the justsayhi website. How many elements can you name in five minutes?As an aside, the JavaScript built into the test is simple but perfect...
Weekend Links – PHP Pagination, jQuery Flash Plugin, CSS Visited Links, Programmer’s Dress Code, Browser Security
Perfect PHP PaginationPHP pagination can be extremely difficult -- advanced search and filters can make PHP pagination a nightmare. Sitepoint Blogs provides a tutorial on php pagination using a fixed array of data.http://www.sitepoint.com/article/perfect-php-paginationjQuery Flash PluginA pure jQuery plugin to embed flash movies...
Convert Key => Value Arrays Into Standard Variables In PHP
I don't mind using arrays -- in fact, I love them. They're easy to use and hold collections of information well.I don't always want to use arrays though. Why use:when you could simply use:So how can we get rid of the array part of...
The First Year of IE7 — Still Hated
The IEBlog posted The First Year of IE7 today and lets just say that the comments are anything but positive. Check out the scathing comments:http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2007/11/30/the-first-year-of-ie7.aspx...
Using PHP Generic Objects To Organize Your Code
I like using PHP classes to keep my code organized and easy to maintain. I know that they consume more memory than simply using an array or variable system, but if memory is an issue, I'd get more memory. Saving time by coding in...
5 Usability Suggestions For DZone.com
DZone.com has quickly become one of my favorite programming-related internet websites. DZone provides a wealth of fresh, interesting development-related links to articles, announcements, and code snippets. DZone also provides bloggers a great way to get their articles the credit and attention they deserve.