Articles filed in category 'PHP'

So, you’re considering using PHP for a project, but aren’t sure where to start, or maybe even why you should use it? Perhaps you’ve heard all the horror stories about PHP being spaghetti code, bad for your health or that it’ll run slow as molasses. Don’t believe them! It’s not as bad as you think, and with the right approach, can be quite fun (and productive). Honest! Don’t believe me? Read on...

In last issue's article about CodeIgniter, Menachem took a first look at this tool and how to build simple applications with it. In this installment, Menachem looks further into CodeIgniter and show how easily it can be used to build large-scale applications with the features that any good application should have.

Menachem Bazian argues that building a robust PHP web application is best achieved with a lightweight framework like CodeIgniter, which he demonstrates by creating a user-logs system that records login/logout events and presents them in a user-friendly web interface. He walks through designing a MySQL-backed MVC application, using CodeIgniter’s ActiveRecord for clean queries, leveraging helpers for reusable functionality, and employing views to modularize UI components. ...The piece also covers practical setup (virtual hosts, .htaccess, profiler) to keep development lean and productive.See More