Uploading large(big) files in PHP using .htaccess
I’ve seen that many of my friends are struggling with the uploads of the bigger or larger files in PHP. After looking at their struggle, i’m here to solve the problem of uploading larger or bigger files in PHP.
Hide .php extension with url rewriting using .htaccess
I’m going to show you how to rewrite the URL instead of renaming the file extension Using this technique you will see product.html in the address bar of the browser but the actual file name remains product.php and you don’t need to rename the file extension. Furthermore you can rewrite the URL like product.php?id=5 to product-5.html.
5 useful url rewriting examples using .htaccess
If you are looking for the examples of URL rewriting then this post might be useful for you. In this post, I’ve given five useful examples of URL rewriting using .htacess.
Getting country , city name from IP address in PHP
I’ve used the API from hostip.info to fetch the country name , city name and country code from the given IP address. I’ve mad this function in PHP which uses XML response from hostip.info and extracted country name, city name and country code using regular expression.
Ip address validation in PHP using regular expression
If you don’t know how to validate the IP address format in PHP, then you are in the right place.I’ll show you here how to validate the IP address using regular expression in PHP.
Creating and Parsing JSON data with PHP
I’m going to tell you something about JSON data and how we can handle them via PHP. Although, JSON stands JavaScript Object Notation, it is used by many other technologies like PHP and Java for data interchange format over the Internet.
Prevent form post request from another domain in PHP
HTTP POST request from outside domain is one of the way of attacking your website. A intruder can use JavaScript in other domain or localhost to send the repetitive POST request to your web page containing PHP script. We must prevent this kind of cross domain form posting which might be harmful of our website.
8 useful server variables available in PHP
You guys must have know about server variables in PHP. Server Variables are those variables which are inside the super global array named $_SERVER available in PHP. There are many server variables in PHP and some of them are very useful for fore developing PHP projects. I’m going to post here some of the very useful server variables available in PHP development.
Getting real IP address in PHP
Are you using $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] to find the the client’s IP address in PHP? Well dude, you might be amazed to know that it may not return the true IP address of the client at all time. If your client is connected to the Internet through Proxy Server then $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] in PHP just returns the the IP address of the proxy server not of the client’s machine.
Using remote files in PHP
As long as allow_url_fopen is enabled in php.ini, you can use HTTP and FTP URLs with most of the functions that take a filename as a parameter. In addition, URLs can be used with the include(), include_once(), require() and require_once() statements. In PHP 4.0.3 and older, in order to use URL wrappers, you were required to configure PHP using the configure option –enable-url-fopen-wrapper.
Installing Memcache On Windows For PHP
Installing memcache on Windows XP / Vista is kind of like voodoo for those of us who are not disciplined with compiling code from source. I initially attempted to install memcache a few months ago after reading a few articles about how much performance it can pump into your web application.
Make Your Website Completely UTF-8 Friendly
Running an Internationalization / Localization [or i18n / L10n] friendly website can be tricky, and sometimes downright maddening for those who haven’t yet delved into the world of Unicode. Allowing your users to post in whichever language and / or characters of their choice to your site is crucial for any modern website.
Setting Up Your Localhost As Example.Com
Simple Image Resize Calculator Function
Here is a simple function to calculate the width and height of an image given the constraints you want the image to fit in. This is great for creating thumbnails which need to fit into a specific height / width.
Memcache & MySQL PHP Session Handler
I have recently read Cal Henderson’s book, Building Scalable Web Sites, and was inspired 6 ways from Sunday on just about every approach I take to web development. I highly recommend you purchase this book, and read through it asap… it is a must read [even though it was published back in 2006]. My friend Erik Kastner recommended it to me, and now I’m recommending it to you.
Using Memcache With MySQL And PHP
Memcache is a great caching tool available for nearly every scripting or programming environment. I use it with PHP to speed up some applications I have written by completely avoiding asking the database for information. I wanted a very clean way of implementing this in my various projects, with as little change to the existing code as possible.