http://www.killerphp.com/articles Dedicated to teaching web designers PHP. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:12:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was researching things 'nerd' on the Web today, and I found myself at the CodeIgniter website. For those of you who may not know, CodeIgniter is an MVC PHP framework. What is an MVC framework? I won't go into details here since we've covered MVC basics elsewhere. Let me just say ... http://www.killerphp.com/articles/note-to-codeigniter-nerds-please-no-looping-code-in-your-views/ I know I will probably get blasted/flamed for this post ... but that's the life of a nerd with an opinion. So does WP 2.5.1 suck? I'm not sure! :( UPDATE: I have since discovered new information and have resolved the problem ... kind of. You can find details in the comments below. - So what's ... http://www.killerphp.com/articles/wordpress-251-sucks/ Hi, I was going to start this off with some analogy on how Ruby is like dating some 'hottie' that turns out to be crazy .. but I just couldn't make it work ... - When Ruby on Rails started to gain some momentum a year or so ago, I decided to ... http://www.killerphp.com/articles/ruby-on-rails-a-paper-dragon/ I've been involved in the tech business for many years. Though technology is constantly changing, there is a constant: Angry self righteous tech-nerds. Who are the angry-nerds? Angry-nerds are those programmers, network administrators or any other geeks that have a major chip on their shoulders. Typically, they are in their twenties, ... http://www.killerphp.com/articles/angry-self-righteous-tech-nerds/ I recently had this question put to me by a web designer who was considering the idea of using PHP pages in her websites: "Why build all your pages in PHP ... Why not use standard .html pages?" She then expanded the question to: "What I mean is…… what’s the benefit to building ... http://www.killerphp.com/articles/why-build-all-your-pages-in-php/ Hi, I've released my tutorial on Object Oriented PHP in Spanish. You can download the PDF: Aprenda Programacion Orientada a Objetos en PHP.pdf Many thanks to Javier W. Barbieri from Iquitos Peru. PS: I have new PHP tutorials coming out soon. Stefan Mischook www.killerphp.com http://www.killerphp.com/articles/aprenda-programacion-orientada-a-objetos-en-php/ One of the most frustrating aspects of being a web application developer (a Web nerd) is found in the dynamics of dealing with clients. I've been known to say: "I love everything about programming ... except for the clients!" This aspect of the web business (managing clients,) falls under the umbrella ... http://www.killerphp.com/articles/managing-clients-draw-the-line-and-hold-your-ground/ Hi, I was just looking over killerphp.com and noticed that I hadn't posted any new content for a little while - it's been about two weeks! ... That can happen when your busy removing your teeth. :) Anyway, I've gotten around to releasing a new set of beginners video tutorials on PHP. This ... http://www.killerphp.com/articles/connecting-php-to-mysql-video-tutorial/ Hi, I've managed to upload new video tutorials on SQL basics. At this point, I've covered the four big SQL statments: INSERT SELECT UPDATE DELETE You can view the videos here: Basic SQL Statements Video Tutorials. Now that we have that covered, my next videos will be on using PHP to connect to and work with MySQL. Thanks, Stefan ... http://www.killerphp.com/articles/new-basic-sql-tutorials/ Hi, I've just put up a new sub-section on SQL - the language of relational databases. This is beginners stuff, so if you're a know-it-all nerd, you can ignore this. On the otherhand, if you're new to the database thing (mySQL for example) then these first couple of videos should help you ... http://www.killerphp.com/articles/basic-sql-tutorial/