Archive for October, 2007

Introduction to MySQL Video Tutorial

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

PHP Video Tutorial

I’ve just released a new video introducing MySQL – PHP’s partner in crime.

I cover basic topics like:

  • Database types.
  • The difference between a database and a spreadsheet

etc …

I also briefly introduce phpMyAdmin given that it is probably the most used MySQL management tool out there today.

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I will soon be releasing more videos that get into practical MySQL and PHP, with the aim of getting people comfortable building database driven web sites.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killerphp.com
www.killersites.com

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Running Windows on your Mac

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Hi,

This is a touch off topic but I thought that some PHP’ers out there might be interested nonetheless.

Preamble:

I got my first Mac about 8-9 months ago and I have to say after having used Windows (all flavors) since 1994, I have to admit that OSX is the best operating system I ever used. Yes, even better than DOS!

:)

The problem is, that I have a few Windows only applications that at first glance, (it would seem,) will not run on a Mac.

… That said, I’ve have found that this is actually not a problem at all … thanks to a few options that you have to run Windows and Windows based programs on Mac OSX .

I wrote a whole article on running Windows on a Mac and even created a couple of demonstration videos!

How does this have to do anything with PHP?

Practically speaking, not too much. But, Mac OSX is Unix under-the-hood and so are most Web Servers.

That means using a Mac will give access to a whole slew of very useful Unix tools that you don’t have on Windows (a.k.a.: the crasher,) and you will gain a better understanding of what you can do on Linux/Unix based web servers. PHP is better tied into Linux anyway.

Stefan Mischook

www.killerphp.com

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PHP Video: Creating your own Functions – Part 3

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

PHP Video Tutorial

Hi,

This part 3 of 3 of my video series on creating custom functions in PHP. We continue from where I left off in part 2.

The Video: Custom PHP Functions – Part 3

Thanks,

Stefan

www.killerphp.com

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PHP Video: Creating your own Functions – Part 2

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

PHP Video Tutorial

Hi,

This part 2 of 3 of my video series on creating custom functions in PHP. We continue from where I left off in part 1.

The Video: Custom PHP Functions – Part 2

Part 3 will be out soon.

Thanks,

Stefan

www.killerphp.com

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PHP Video Tutorial: Creating your own Functions

Monday, October 8th, 2007

PHP Video Tutorial

Hi,

This part 1 of 3 of my video series on creating custom functions in PHP.

We cover the very basics and learn about one of the key advantages of creating functions in php versus just write straight PHP code to your pages.

The Video: Custom PHP Functions

Part 2 and 3 will be out soon.

Thanks,

Stefan

www.killerphp.com

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PHP Video Tutorial: Functions

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

PHP Video Tutorial

Hi,

I just released the first 3 videos on PHP functions that covers some of the basics on this fundamental construct in PHP. In these videos I cover things like:

  • What exactly are functions.
  • What are a functions ‘arguments’.
  • Why do functions ‘return’ things.

… and a bunch of other stuff too.

The Videos:

I will be coming out with part 4 soon, where we actually build our own custom functions.

Thanks,

Stefan Mischook

www.killerphp.com

Posted in PHP Videos | 3 Comments »

 

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