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MySQL based Authentication System April 1, 2008

Posted by Burhan in : MySQL, PHP, Tutorials , add a comment

I spend most of my (limited) free time online helping people with their PHP/MySQL woes. One of the most common problems crop up when people try to create a simple authentication system linking PHP with a user database. To help people with this issue (and to avoid having to repeat the same thing over and over again) I’m writing this very simple tutorial to guide the less-experienced. (more…)

Parsing XML using PHP4 June 6, 2005

Posted by Burhan in : PHP, Tutorials, XML , 8comments

This tutorial will explain how to parse (that is, read and interpret) information from a XML file using PHP. I will discuss the very basics of XML (mainly structure), and then jump right in to the reading and parsing of XML files. This is not a tutorial on XML itself, just parsing XML with PHP. (more…)

Zend Studio CVS over SSH integration June 5, 2005

Posted by Burhan in : Install Guides, Tutorials , 4comments

I’m a long time user of Zend’s excellent Studio IDE product, and especially with their new version 4.0 — it really is a must have for anyone wanting to do any serious PHP development work.

4.0 introduces a lot of neat features (you can read about them at the official what’s new page). One feature is that it allows for CVS integration to allow teams of developers to work collaboratively.

Anyone who works with CVS knows that the best way to connect to a CVS server remotely is via SSH. Zend Studio 4.0 supports CVS-over-SSH, however, the official KB article did not work for me, and after several support tickets, the problem still remained unresolved — until I resolved it myself. (more…)