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Monthly Archives: December 2010
PHP Easy file uploading vs. ASP file uploading
I have to admit, uploading a file in PHP is so much easier than doing the same thing in ASP. With ASP, I used a 3rd-party component (DLL) SA-FileUpload to do my file uploads. With PHP, file upload capability is … Continue reading
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Tagged file uploads, mamp, php
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PHP Variable Variables — what?
This is something that ASP does not have. — Variable Variables. It takes the content of a variable and use it as variable names. $a = ‘foo’; $$a = ‘bar’; the above statement is equivalent to: $foo = ‘bar’; Two … Continue reading
PHP Built-In Variables – PHP_SELF
The book I’m using to learn PHP is old… © 2001. It’s using commands from PHP 4.0.3. Thus, I’m finding some of the commands and examples in the book do not work, because the command format has changed or some … Continue reading
Learning PHP vs. ASP … First impressions
Learning PHP is very *easy* especially if you already know ASP. ASP and PHP are not that very different from each other… (unlike .NET). You just have to wrap your head around a new way of thinking, and maybe learn … Continue reading
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Configuring MAMP PRO
The first thing I did after installing MAMP PRO is change the default ports of Apache and mySQL. Apache = Port 80 MySQL = Port 3306 That way, I don’t have to type port numbers during my testing… i.e. localhost:8080 … Continue reading
Apple Macintosh, OSX and MAMP Pro
My journey started after I discovered MAMP. http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html MAMP stands for Mac-Apache-mySQL-PHP. It’s a “packaged program” that has everything you need to develop websites on the Apache platform, in an easy to use package. Upgrades to PHP, Apache, mySQL are … Continue reading
Not another tutorial site…
My aim is not to make another PHP tutorial site. I think there are plenty of sites on the Internet that do that. Instead, I’m going to post here musings/confessions of an ASP developer as he learns PHP…. and switch … Continue reading
Hello world!
Hello World! When you’re learning a new computer language, usually “Hello World!” is the first program you write. I think it’s much better than a simple “Test.” Hello World! — watch out, I’m gonna learn something new. This is my … Continue reading