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There seems to be a common pitfall among some PHP developers–especiallythose just beginning PHP pro

Basic Binary File I/OAs you may recall from my last column, PHP provides two fundamentalfunctions fo

In a previous article, I gave an overview of what the php.ini file is and how you might use it. Now

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Why would it be necessary to create custom functions instead of using the default file method offere

The Model is where the majority of the application’s logic sits. It is where you run queries against

While one of the key goals behind PHP 3 was increasing PHP/FI 2.0’s performance and efficiency, at t

In today’s column, I’ll be introducing one of the more interesting and useful methods of writing PHP

REST, unlike SOAP, doesn’t require you to install a separate tool kit tosend and receive data. Inste

For more information on what dynamically shared objects (DSOs) are, see Apache’s online documentatio