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(cra )Mar 5, 2012 100 Type Hinting in PHP Mar 5, 2012 99 How to Create Your Own Random Number Generator in PHP (cra )Feb 8, 2012 98 how-tos , randomness Bending XML to Your Will Jan 25, 2012 97 xml , parsing Introduction to PHPDoc Jan 9, 2012 96 introductions , documentation A Tour of php.ini Dec 9, 2011 95 HTML Forms in HTML Emails (chr /css )Dec 7, 2011 94 html , forms , email 10 Tips to Optimize Your WordPress Theme (sma )Dec 7, 2011 93 wordpress , theming , optimization , tips-and-tricks Defining and Using Functions in PHP Nov 30, 2011 92 functions PHP Namespaces Oct 19, 2011 91 namespaces Getting Started With PHP Templating (sma )Oct 17, 2011 90 introductions , template-engines , twig Array Handling Functions Oct 10, 2011 89 arrays , functions Introducing PHP Superglobals Sep 30, 2011 88 introductions Introduction to PHP Arrays Sep 19, 2011 87 introductions , arrays PHP Variables Sep 12, 2011 86 variables Use PHP Flush to Improve Site Loading Speed May 26, 2011 85 flushing , performance Better Image Management With WordPress (sma )May 26, 2011 84 wordpress , images , maintenance Confessions of a Converted PHP Developer: Mixing Like a Baker Apr 27, 2011 83 ruby , mixins , comparisons How to Synchronize Your PHP and MySQL Timezones (cra )Apr 19, 2011 82 how-tos , mysql , databases 10 Things Every WordPress Plugin Developer Should Know (sma )Mar 8, 2011 81 wordpress , plugins Using CSS Without HTML (mat )Dec 14, 2010 80 html , css , http-headers , http , minimalism Speed Up Your Website With PHP Buffer Flushing (cra )Oct 29, 2010 79 flushing , performance Should You Close PHP Tags? 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(cod /sma )Jan 14, 2010 72 security , vulnerabilities , javascript Empty Image “src” Can Destroy Your Site (nza )Nov 30, 2009 71 html , images , traffic Installing PHP on Windows Just Got Easier Nov 5, 2009 70 installing , microsoft , windows JavaScript Gzip Compression in WordPress: What’s Possible and What Hurts (lyz /clo )Sep 17, 2009 69 javascript , compression , gzip , wordpress , performance How to Use PHP Namespaces: The Basics (cra )Jul 13, 2009 68 how-tos , fundamentals , namespaces How to Install PHP 5.3 on Windows (cra )Jul 7, 2009 67 how-tos , installing , microsoft , windows PHP Performance Tips (goo )Jun 23, 2009 66 performance , tips-and-tricks Sending Nice HTML Email With PHP (chr /css )Jun 8, 2009 65 html , email Custom Fields Hacks for WordPress (sma )May 13, 2009 64 wordpress A Minimal Dependency Injection Container for PHP (tro )May 11, 2009 63 The Tiniest GIF Ever Mar 15, 2009 62 images , gif , base64 Server-Side JavaScript Will Be as Common as PHP (ate )Mar 10, 2009 61 javascript , comparisons Restful PHP Web Services Feb 23, 2009 60 books , web-services , rest 50 Extremely Useful PHP Tools (sma )Jan 21, 2009 59 tooling , link-lists PHP Frameworks: Comparing CakePHP and Symfony Dec 30, 2008 58 frameworks , symfony , comparisons PHP Include From Root (chr /css )Dec 19, 2008 57 servers DOM vs. Template (tro )Sep 25, 2008 56 dom , comparisons Character Encoding: Issues With Cultural Integration (tro )Sep 10, 2008 55 unicode , encoding Improving the Default Directory View (chr /css )Sep 3, 2008 54 apache , servers Zend Framework 1.6 Featuring Dojo, SOAP, Testing, and More… Sep 2, 2008 53 frameworks Reduce, Reuse, Recycle… Your Code (dal /aja )Jul 18, 2008 52 best-practices , programming Useful In-Browser Development Tools for PHP (tro )May 13, 2008 51 tooling , link-lists CSS Variables Using PHP (dav )Apr 28, 2008 50 css , variables To ExtPHP, or to PHP-Ext? 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Jul 27, 2006 40 programming , comparisons , perl , ruby , python AJAX Delete Confirmation Mar 23, 2006 39 forms , buttons , ajax , usability Content Negotiation: Why It Is Useful, and How to Make It Work (oli /w3c )Feb 21, 2006 38 content-negotiation , internationalization , urls , servers Top 7 PHP Security Blunders Dec 21, 2005 37 databases , sql , security PHP and HTTP Making Friends Nov 7, 2005 36 http HTML, CSS, PHP, and More Cheat Sheets Oct 10, 2005 35 cheat-sheets , link-lists , html , xhtml , css , wordpress , databases , encoding , seo , servers , tooling The Total Cost of Using PHP? (ore )Sep 30, 2005 34 economics War of the Web: Revenge of the Dynamics (dal /aja )Sep 26, 2005 33 web , retrospectives , perl , java , ruby-on-rails , asp-net , javascript , flash , pdf , xaml , html How Readable Is Your PHP? Aug 25, 2005 32 formatting , documentation Generating Dynamic CSS With PHP (dig )Apr 28, 2005 31 css , http Character Encodings and Input Apr 19, 2005 30 unicode , character-references , conformance Ampersands, PHP Sessions, and Valid HTML (w3c )Apr 15, 2005 29 html , character-references , conformance Permanent Redirect in PHP (ann )Jan 2, 2005 28 redirecting PHP Predictions for 2005 Dec 30, 2004 27 outlooks 60,000 Lines of JavaScript Nov 22, 2004 26 javascript Enhance Usability by Highlighting Search Terms (bri /ali )Aug 10, 2004 25 usability , searching Spot the Security Hole Jul 3, 2004 24 security Dynamic Text Replacement (ali )Jun 15, 2004 23 image-replacement , techniques , javascript PHP and “application/xhtml+xml” (ann )Jun 14, 2004 22 xhtml , mime-types About PHP Usage May 18, 2004 21 Tidy HTML May 10, 2004 20 html , tooling Serializing PHP Data Structures for JavaScript Apr 22, 2004 19 data-structures , javascript Is Configuration With Arrays a Bad Smell? Feb 20, 2004 18 configuration , arrays Lazy PHP Feb 6, 2004 17 Keeping Navigation Current With PHP (ali )Nov 7, 2003 16 navigation Generate PDFs With PHP Oct 1, 2003 15 pdf , code-generation MIME-Types (ann )Jul 9, 2003 14 mime-types , xhtml PHP and Working With Databases (for the Lazy Sod) Oct 22, 2002 13 databases Build a PHP Switcher (ali )Oct 13, 2002 12 css , javascript , theming , functionality Using a MySQL Database With PHP Sep 24, 2002 11 databases , mysql Side Navigation With PHP (zen )Aug 20, 2002 10 navigation , functionality , arrays Manage Your Content With PHP (ali )Aug 9, 2002 9 content-management Build Your Own Web Service With PHP and XML-RPC Jul 16, 2002 8 web-services , xml XML and PHP Jun 6, 2002 7 books , xml HTML Syntax Checker in PHP (hsi )Jan 30, 2002 6 html , conformance , tooling How to Succeed With URLs (ali )Oct 12, 2001 5 how-tos , urls , usability , servers , apache Search Engine-Friendly URLs Aug 10, 2001 4 urls , seo , servers , apache PHP by Example Dec 1, 2000 3 examples Apache HTTP Authentication With PHP (sen )Nov 1, 2000 2 servers , apache , http , authentication HTML to PHP Converter 1 tools , exploration , conversion , html