Tips & Tutorials

Welcome to a quick tutorial on how to upload a file with PHP CURL. Need to do a server-to-server file transfer with PHP? Yes, it is definitely possible. To do a file upload with PHP CURL, simply set CURL to do a POST and attach the file. $cf = new CURLFile(“FILE-TO-UPLOAD.EXT”); $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, […]

Welcome to a quick tutorial on how to compare dates PHP. Need to find out which is an earlier or later date in PHP? Do some date comparisons? The common ways to compare dates in PHP are: Parse the dates into date-time objects and compare them – if (new DateTime(“DATE A”) > new DateTime(“DATE B”))

Welcome to a tutorial on how to add text to images in PHP. Need to add a watermark or copyright message on uploaded images on a PHP server? To add text to an image in PHP, we can use the GD extension. $img = imagecreatefromjpeg(“IMG.JPG”); $size = 24; $x = 5; $y = 30; $angle

Welcome to a tutorial on how to create a customer queue number system with PHP. Need to run an online queue number system? Or maybe in an intranet setting? Well, here’s a simple example built with WebSockets and PHP – Read on!     TABLE OF CONTENTS Download & Notes PHP Queue System Extras The

Welcome to a tutorial on how to create a simple billing system in PHP and MYSQL. Need to create and manage bills in your project? Well, a simple billing system really isn’t climbing Mount Everest… Read on for an example!     TABLE OF CONTENTS Download & Notes PHP Billing System Extras The End  

Welcome to a tutorial on how to AJAX upload an image in PHP. The Stone Age of the Internet is long over, and gone are the days when we have to reload the entire page to upload a file. Let us walk through simple examples of using AJAX to upload images in this guide –

Welcome to a quick tutorial on how to add and subtract days, weeks, months to a date in PHP. So you need to do some “date yoga” in your project? There are 3 common ways to add and subtract from a date in PHP: Create a date-time object, then use the modify function. $dt = new

Welcome to a beginner’s tutorial on PHPSpreadsheet. So you want to create Excel files in your project and stumbled on PHPSpreadsheet… But the documentation is overwhelming and that is not a good place to get started with. Fret not. Let us walk through some common examples such as formulas, colors, and headers in this guide

Welcome to a tutorial on how to create a simple bidding (or auction) system in PHP and MYSQL. Want to auction off some products on your website like eBay? Or want to open jobs for bidding? Well, let us walk through an example in this guide – Read on!     TABLE OF CONTENTS Download

Welcome to a tutorial on how to upload large files in PHP. Once upon a time in the Stone Age of the Internet, uploads were manageable without large files. But these days, we have to deal with all kinds of oversized files, and the “traditional” upload mechanism just can’t handle it. To deal with large