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PHP: Time Function

Posted on 21 Feb 2008 20:04:34 by John Slater in PHP
In a small follow up to the date function tutorial we cover the time function which will allow you to output the current date and time's time-stamp.

PHP: Date Formatting

Posted on 20 Feb 2008 21:01:18 by John Slater in PHP
Learn how to format a time stamp or just format the current date into pretty words, its very easy to do and we look at how to do it in this very deep tutorial about the PHP date function.

HTML: Adding iPhone/iPod Touch Web Clip Icon

Posted on 15 Feb 2008 16:52:33 by John Slater in HTML
The iPhone is the biggest smart-phone on the market and lots of website are making sure their websites are iPhone ready. You can add some iPhone love to your website with 1 line of code and a little bit of Photoshop exporting. We explain how in this tutorial.

PHP: IF Statements Part 1

Posted on 15 Feb 2008 14:36:58 by John Slater in PHP
This tutorial will teach you about IF statements in PHP and the usefulness of them, it's the first of my IF statement series and looks at the basic PHP IF statements. IF statements are questions that you ask in PHP and different things happen if the question is right or wrong.

HTML: RSS Auto-Discovery

Posted on 14 Feb 2008 18:47:25 by John Slater in HTML
When you finally add RSS to your website you will want to make it as accessible as possible, the best way to do this is to use auto-discovery which will allow all new browsers to display the RSS icon in the address bar.

PHP: Hello World

Posted on 14 Feb 2008 14:07:08 by John Slater in PHP
For the first PHP tutorial i thought why not start right at the beginning, do something that even a small child without hands could do. Over time we will add more exciting things to the tutorials, but for now all you get is Hello World!