PHP Tutorial #2: Object-Oriented PHP4 vs Object-Oriented PHP5 (Intermediate)

Personally, when I write Web applications in PHP, I love to use classes. They just make things easier, if used properly, in my opinion. When I first started writing object-oriented PHP (OOPHP), PHP5 was not released yet. Needless to say, when PHP5 came out, I had to relearn a few things in order to write proper OOPHP. In this article, we’ll be exploring the differences between object-oriented programming (OOP) in PHP4 vs. PHP5. more…

PHP Tutorial #1: PHP Basics (Beginner)

Ok, so this begins my series of PHP Tutorials. I’m planning on doing some for other languages. These tutorials will not usually be in any particular order, and usually, unless otherwise specified, they will not be directly related, though some may use things discussed in previous tutorials. Each tutorial will be ranked either beginner, intermediate, or advanced. So, here goes!

In this tutorial, we’ll be going over the very basics of using PHP in a web page.
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