PHP Cookies - Background
Cookies have been around for quite some time on the internet. They were invented to allow webmaster's to store information about the user and their visit on the user's computer.
PHP Sessions - Why Use Them?
As a website becomes more sophisticated, so must the code that backs it. When you get to a stage where your website need to pass along user data from one page to another, it might be time to start thinking about using PHP sessions.
PHP Date - The Timestamp
While PHP's date() function may seem to have an overwhelming amount of options available, isn't it always better to have more choices than not enough? With PHP's date function you format timestamps, so they are more human readable. This lesson will teach you how to display the current time, formating PHP's timestamp, and show you all the various date arguments for reference purposes.
PHP Hit Counter
Below is a simple example of creating a visitor counter with PHP. This implementation is very small and simple but it gives you a basic structure to work off of.
AJAX/PHP rating script
No matter what your website is about (blog, articles directory, web directory, ecommerce website etc.) is always good to have a rating system for your entries. It can help you organize better, make a top, display by popularity or by rating, it can modelate you, tell you how you should and shouldn't do and lots of other things. Offering to your visitors the chance to rate your items will also increase the effectiveness of your website and its popularity. In this tutorial we will learn how to implement a rating system to a blog.
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