15 Very Useful PHP Tutorials

PHP is a versatile and robust server-side programming language that is suited to web development. PHP is pretty useful when it comes to web development: it allows you to create interactive applications and programs that are useful to people (an e-mail service, for example).

This is a list of 15 useful PHP tutorials that allow you to do lots of cool things with PHP. If you have any tutorials to suggest, tell us! Enjoy!

1. 30+ PHP Best Practices for Beginners

A great list of tips for developers starting out with PHP. Use these tips to strengthen your foundation.

2. Online File Storage with PHP

Setup a file upload/download system with PHP, and a webhost. Useful, if you like to have online access to files.

3. 5 Helpful Tips for Creating Secure PHP Applications

Security is the top priority for any web developer. Make your PHP applications secure and foolproof using these awesome tips.

4. Enabling single signon using Open ID login, PHP and MySQL

Having multiple logins for sites is really a pain to manage. Provide users of your service with some convenience by letting them sign in using OpenID.

5. Simple PHP web based address book using MySql

Use the power of MySQL along with PHP to create a simple address book that’s online. Now you can have access to your contacts anywhere.

6. Simple PHP class for parsing markup

7. Build Your Own Captcha and Contact Form

Sick of spammers bombing your blog/email? Use this nifty tutorial to create a contact form with a CAPTCHA, to make sure the spammers stay out.

8. How to Implement Email Verification for New Members

9. User Membership With PHP

Create a user membership system for your site using PHP.

10. How to Use Amazon S3 & PHP to Dynamically Store and Manage Files with Ease

Amazon S3 storage is an economical way to store files and then fetch them from your blog, without having to burden your web host. This tutorial teaches you how to manage your files on S3 with PHP.

11. Regular Expression to Get All Image URLs From a Page

12. Using PayPal’s Instant Payment Notification with PHP

Combine Paypal with PHP to allow easy processing of payments on your website.

13. 15 PHP regular expressions for web developers

Really useful regular expressions to do lots of things with PHP. Bookmark this!

14. Creating a file and downloading it in php

Learn how to get a user’s IP address, stick it in a text file, and download it all without the text file being stored on your server for more than a few seconds. Cool?

15. Zero fill a number

Make sure a number is a certain length for output For example, you have the number 6 but need to make sure it is 3 digits and is displayed like: 006. This tutorial shows you how to do just that.

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