Backend

by gvtulder | In this article, we will explore the mimeDecode module of PEAR to see how we can easily decode MIME email. Read More »

by emm | On PHP DevCenter, Adam Trachtenberg and Joao Prado Maia have described interesting ways to localize web sites with PHP. I'm offering another alternative, which should be easy for non-programmers to use. Read More »

by Junglee | Did mama say that "while" and "for" loops were the only ways to generate patterned sequences? Well, mama was wrong! The plain old SQL SELECT statement will do just fine. Read More »

by jul_geo | An overview of factors to consider when deciding to use database technology. Read More »

by iisdude | It would be nice if everything ran in a vacuum so that when something goes wrong you know what caused it, but in the real world most software is dependent on other software. ASP, ASP.NET, ColdFusion, JSP, Perl are no different... they run on top of IIS. Here's a list of ten ways to make IIS the best it can be. Read More »

by codepo8 | XML is sexy, PHP and XML is a cheap and good way to create and syndicate your website. Now, when you have your own server, you can set up all the necessary apache add-ons to explore the PHP-XML relationship to the full extend. When you own a virtual server at an ISP, you can't do that. Still, there is a way to use XML with PHP without doing any changes to the server, the answer is a small but fine PHP script. Read More »

by MartinB | The main evolt.org site is back up after the server move, but the browser archive, members.evolt.org site, and all lists will be down until probably Friday, August 9 as they go through further configuration. Read More »

by DevilM | One of the most requested extensions to ColdFusion is the ability to do image manipulation. Whether the request is as simple as just getting the rendered height and width of an image or as complex as creating a thumbnail in a different format, the Java Advanced Imaging API (JAI) may well hold the answer. Read More »

by Markavian | A server side PHP version of the DHTML Text Maker (an Experiment). The server side solution to highlighting user specified search text. (Like google). Read More »

by gvtulder | We all know how to send email from PHP. Actually, it's quite easy: mail("to@me", "Hello", "Hello"); Handling mail the other way, sending email to PHP is a task much more unknown. In this article, we will write and install a script that we can send an email to. Read More »