PHP: Establish Class for MySQL Connections

Tuesday, 18 November 2008 | Jason Slater

Basic Class for creating a database connection

Class MySQLConnection { // ———————– // variable initialisation // ———————– var $SERVER = “hostname”; // Server name var $USER = “dbusername”; // Database username var $PWD = “dbpassword”; // Database password var $DBNAME … Read More

PHP: Removing HTML Tags from Strings

Tuesday, 28 October 2008 | Jason Slater | 2 Comments

Using text fields on web based forms to obtain information from a website user can often lead to unexpected string inputs. A typical unexpected input might be a field that asks a user to submit a link and a description – spammers … Read More

PHP: Session Variables

Wednesday, 22 October 2008 | Jason Slater

Session variables used to need registering however now they are more in line with _POST variables, so:

On the page to activate Session Handling use

session_start();

You can always check the Session is working by obtaining the Session ID using

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Download: HTML Special Characters Poster

Friday, 3 October 2008 | Jason Slater

Remembering the code or entity combinations for special characters when designing HTML pages can be a chore so I have been jotting them down as they crop up. Having a few moments spare I have put them together and uploaded … Read More

PHP: Process Technorati API

Friday, 3 October 2008 | Jason Slater

Processing the Technorati API allows you to receive information about your blog and rankings logged with the Technorati service. An example of extracting various pieces of information is here

$url = “www.yourchosendomain.com”; $apikey = “putyourapikeyhere”; $service = “http://api.technorati.com/bloginfo?key=” . $apikey … Read More