I just got back from a trip to Thailand, so I should be back creating new videos and articles on PHP. In the meantime, I have a few WordPress videos that might interest some of you. About the videos: I cover just the basics in the videos I have up now, but I am working…
The article’s title (I admit,) will get some people little miffed at me. But, what can I say, the truth hurts! Seriously, this statement is valid and is worth talking about because there are a lot of web designers out there who are considering the leap into building dynamic (database driven) web applications. And with…
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…
In my beginners php videos, I recommended XAMPP as the way to easily install Apache, PHP, MySQL on a MAC. Well, I just discovered something called MAMP at: http://www.mamp.info/en/index.php This nifty little application allows you to (really easily) install Apache, PHP and MySQL. You are provided with a standard DMG file that you simply drag…
Preamble I have written this article to speak to business owners and other non-nerd types. So you will not see me go into nerd-details regarding my arguments. Instead, I concentrate on the business arguments and only touch on the technological issues underlying them … when it makes sense to mention the nerd stuff. Introduction I’ve…
One of the two main reasons I put up Killerphp.com is that I believe every web designer should learn PHP. It is a position that (as far as I know) is unique on the Web – no other web-nerds have mentioned it so far. I suppose I could go on and write about why I…
Hi, I wanted to mention that I have a new PHP article out in the Oct issue (#124) of Web Designer Magazine. Article Title: ‘Learn to build a php contact form while learning to process forms and send email with php.’ I’ve also released Quicktime versions of the PHP video tutorials – they come with…
I been away from making videos for about a week now because of a surprize root canal. This ultra-painful experience (I actually lost 10 lbs!) has prevented me from doing any video work (any work at all,) for last little while. Let that be a lesson to you all: If you grind your teeth in…
I’ve received many emails over the last few years, with complaints of how confusing PHP seemed … of how hard the documentation on the web seemed to be. So I created killerphp.com to help those web designers who seemed to be more inclined to design and not to code. THE WEBSITE LAUNCHED I put up…