Web hosting datacenter proximity, does it matter?

A lot of users who are looking for web hosting usually take the location into matter to add to the complicated equation when looking for a web hosting company however it is not always the most important factor. It’s not completely unimportant but it is important to some point, you would at least want to [...]

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Top 5 new (and cool!) features in PHP5 that you probably haven’t heard of

PHP5 has brought so much new features but because of its big syntax changes, a big percentage of the PHP developing base has not made the change. Here are the top 10 new features that could change your mind. 5: Better error handling with exceptions I’m sure every PHP developer had been staring at the [...]

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What FFMPEG-PHP can do and how to use the most out of it

Need help using specific FFMPEG-PHP functions or some programming help? Let our experienced technicians help you debug your problem for FREE. Sign up today and post at our online community: FFMPEG-PHP Help Forums You’ve probably heard of ffmpeg-php and it’s wide usability mostly in sites that involve with videos such as YouTube or any other [...]

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Creating PDF’s on the fly using PHP & FPDF

Generating PDF’s is an easy method to make a very nice printable and/or savable version of an article. This could be helpful in a WordPress blog or any articles website. This method utilizes the popular FPDF class. First of all, I suggest you get the latest FPDF version from here. I suggest creating a directory [...]

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Secure programming habits in PHP

The goal of this article is to show common threats and challenges of programming secure PHP applications. The wonderful thing about PHP is that people with little or even no programming experience are able to achieve simple goals very quickly. The problem, on the other hand, is that many programmers are not really conscious about [...]

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