How to Use Cron PHP
PHP is a scripting language used to develop websites. Using PHP allows the website owner to build sites that function similar to a software program. Sometimes a script written in PHP will need to be...
View ArticleHow to Import Excel Into MySQL PHP
A Comma Separated Value (CSV) is a text file that organizes multiple columns or fields of data by separating them with a comma. It is common to export spreadsheets, such as those from Excel, in the CSV...
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How to Reference a Connection String in ASP.NET
ASP.NET is a Web-development tool used by computer programmers in collaboration with other coding methods such as SQL, Visual Basic, and C+. Within ASP.NET coding are connection strings. A connection...
View ArticleHow to Determine Even Numbers From Odd Numbers Using PHP
Determining whether a numerical variable is even or odd can be a simple but vital part of programming languages, including PHP. The use of even and odd numbers can vary between choosing different...
View ArticleHow to Reverse a MySQL Query in PHP
Sometimes the data source you read your query from will need to be read in a reversed order. Each MySQL query is a simple string of data in PHP and can be reversed using standard PHP functions. Once a...
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How to Decode Binary Strings
ASCII, the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is a means of encoding text --- including numbers, punctuation symbols and letters --- as a binary string. "01001000 01101001 00100001,"...
View ArticleHow to Convert a Column to UTF8 in MySQL
In a database, a collation is the character set that a column uses. The UTF8 character set provides additional characters over other sets such as Latin1 or ASCII. If you frequently need characters such...
View ArticleHow to Refresh the Page After 3 SEC in PHP
When designing a website, you might find a need to force a page to refresh; for instance, if you have a constantly updated stream of information such as a Twitter feed or you want to redirect visitors...
View ArticleHow to Convert PHP to Boolean
It's important to convert a PHP variable to a boolean type when you only want it to have a true or false value. PHP uses type juggling, so a variable of a different type such as a string or integer can...
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How to Uninstall PHP From XAMPP
XAMPP is a package of tools that gives Web developers an easy way to build and test websites on their own computers. The package comes with Apache, a Web server that can read code meant to execute on a...
View ArticleHow to Restart MySQL in Plesk
Plesk, short for "Parallels Plesk Panel," is commercial Web-hosting automation software. Plesk has its own set of commands to carry out various tasks on H-Sphere servers under Linux and FreeBSD. As an...
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How to Load an SQL File in MySQL PHP From Query
Websites typically store content displayed on the site in a database. The scripting language PHP and relational database management system MySQL provide a popular combination for webmasters to store...
View ArticleHow Do I Get Message Box to Scroll With PHP?
Boxes viewable on the World Wide Web can have scroll functionality, but not directly through native PHP coding. Luckily, PHP code interweaves very easily with HTML code, which is the primary coding...
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How to Import From .SQL in MySQL
You can take a backup of a MySQL database using the mysqldump utility, which creates a text file containing a list of SQL instructions needed to reconstruct the original database. This text file can...
View ArticleHow to Calculate Time Difference With PHP
Sometimes you may need to know the time difference between two dates on your website -- for example, if you have a countdown timer. PHP has several functions that will return dates and times in various...
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How to List a Set of Rows to Choose From With PHP & MySQL
Many websites store content in a MySQL database. PHP makes it possible for Web servers to communicate with MySQL databases in order to access this content and pass it to a Web browser where it will be...
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How to Test a PHP Contact Form in XAMPP
Novice PHP programmers and pros both use XAMPP as a way to test scripts on their own computers before making changes to websites on live servers. XAMPP comes with the "LAMP stack" (Linux, Apache, MySQL...
View ArticleHow to Convert Fractions in PHP
When you need to perform math in PHP on a user-inputted fraction, it's important to convert the fraction into a decimal. PHP's math functions can't be used on a text string such as "1/2," so you must...
View ArticleHow to Get a PHP File to Read the Title Header
The PHP programming language allows Web developers to add interactive elements to Web pages. PHP is typically embedded within an HTML document, which provides the static, non-interactive backbone for...
View ArticleHow to Aggregate Same Values in MySQL
MySQL aggregate functions combine numbers in a data set and calculate the results. You can calculate the sum, average and the number of records returned using aggregate functions in MySQL. You can set...
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