Take It From AjaxDaddy!

Do you want to incorporate some cool Web 2.0 interactive widgets in your website? How about having interactive widgets in your website without sacrificing bandwidth? Then maybe, you would want to consider using Ajax. But since Ajax is not really our main topic today, here’s an excerpt from Wikipedia’s entry on Ajax to explain it a bit:

Loki on July 2, 2008 | Filed Under Programming | Leave a Comment

The Basics of Programming

Programming – the process of creating a source code for a specific software (or simply a solution to a problem), became a common skill nowadays especially since people tend to become more aware of virtual existence. It stands as a means of communication and interaction between a machine (which only “knows” ones and zeros) and a human (who practices a more complex language), the latter being the master of the former. Further, it is a phase in the software development cycle where you employ all data gathering and analysis output into the project.

When programming, one has to learn specific skills. I have divided them into four categories for better understanding.

Loki on January 22, 2008 | Filed Under Programming | 1 Comment

Getting Started with PHP: Part 4 - Integrating PHP and HTML

After the last part in this series on PHP program control structures, I got a number of requests for a post on integrating PHP and HTML. It’s actually quite simple to integrate PHP and HTML; for the most part, a PHP script can be treated as an HTML page, with bits of PHP inserted here and there. Anything in a PHP script that is not contained within <?php ?> tags is ignored by the PHP compiler and passed directly to the web browser as-is.

Let’s take a look at a very simple example of what a full PHP script might look like:

Brandon on January 7, 2008 | Filed Under Programming | 1 Comment

Getting Started with PHP: Part 3 - Program Control Structures

In the last part of this series, we learned about using variables in PHP. Today, we will learn about using program control structures, such as if/else blocks and for/while loops. There are a number of other control structures, but these are the most common, and can accomplish everything that the other ones can.

Brandon on December 10, 2007 | Filed Under Programming | 13 Comments

Getting Started with PHP: Part 2 - Variables

This is part 2 in a series of articles aimed at helping you get started programming with PHP. In part 1 of the series, I covered the basic building blocks of a PHP script, and then showed how to write a simple Hello World! program in PHP. In this article, I will cover one of the most basic tools for creating more interesting programs: variables.

Brandon on November 23, 2007 | Filed Under Programming | 2 Comments

Getting Started With PHP - Part 1: Hello World!

PHP has become one of the most popular languages for programming on the web. Many popular software packages such as WordPress, Gallery, and ZenCart are built using PHP. If you are planning on using any of these, or doing any sort of web programming, it is useful to at least be familiar with PHP.

This is the first in a series of articles on getting started with PHP. I will first explain the basics of what you need to write and run programs in PHP, and then I will walk you through writing your first PHP program.

Brandon on November 16, 2007 | Filed Under Programming | 9 Comments