MASTER YOUR PHP SKILLS
AND START YOUR WEB DEVELOPER CAREER
Hi, I’m Alex.
I’ve been working as a full-time PHP developer for 12+ years.
My mission is to share with you all I know and help you become a TOP PHP developer.
LAST BLOG POSTS
A step-by-step, 5 days program to learn PHP from scratch (for absolute beginners)
A practical, 5 days program to learn the PHP basics in less than a week and be ready to write real applications, even if you have no coding experience.
PHPMailer complete tutorial with examples: how to send emails with PHP (updated in 2018 with Composer installation)
Master PHPMailer with this complete and updated 2018 tutorial: installation and setup steps (including Composer), PHPMailer class functionalities, error handling and Gmail SMTP configuration, all with working code examples.
SQL injection complete guide: all you need to know to stay safe and stop worrying
SQL injections are one of the most dangerous attacks against web applications. With this guide you will learn how to stay safe (using the “three essential steps” for security and prevention) and how to protect your PHP code.
ALEX’S PHP TIPS
PHP tip 9: 4 cases where you must use strict comparison
When you use strict comparison, two values are never considered equal if their types differ. Are there any cases where strict comparison is always required?
PHP tip 8: Object-oriented style “getter” and “setter” functions example
How to implement getter and setter functions (a standard oop paradigm) in PHP classes (with a short, commented example).
PHP tip 7: how to use PDO to connect to your database
A quick and simple example on how to use PDO (the recommended database extension) to establish a database connection and send an SQL query.