Freezing and Thawing PHP Objects 16 hours ago Read More
One of the many new features that have been added for PHP 5.3 is the setAccessible() method of the ReflectionProperty class that is part of PHP's Reflection API. This method makes protected and pri...
Building the Back-End of a Photo Site 1 days ago Read More
For those of you who have been following the last few screencasts, you must have noticed that each tutorial has been centered around a "photo site" theme. (See Scanning Folders With PHP, How to Dyn...
Cross-Domain Ajax with symfony 2 days ago Read More
I recently released a new symfony plug-in, called sfWebBrowser. It's a lightweight HTTP client written in PHP, that doesn't require any additional module to work, and it opens a lot of interesting ...
How to Dynamically Create Thumbnails 5 days ago Read More
In this week's screencast, I'll show you how to upload files and then have PHP dynamically create a thumbnail. Whether you're building an ecommerce site, or just a simple gallery, these techniques ...
The Truth about Sessions 41 days ago Read More
Nearly every PHP application uses sessions. This article takes a detailed look at implementing a secure session management mechanism with PHP. Following a fundamental introduction to HTTP, the chal...