Category Archives: Programming

This is our beginners guide to PHP Query string url parameters. After completing this lesson you will have a general knowledge of PHP’s $GET function with parameters. Let’s break down the code in this lesson and see how PHP Query Strings work. Here are the files for this lesson.  What Are Query String Parameters In Read More

When we are programming with PHP remember that it is more artistic like poetry. Everyone will have a different style and you will as well. Many new programmers will not appreciate styles of other programmers because of inexperience. In programming however, housekeeping is very important. New programmers tend to create a lot of messy code. Read More

PHP7 functions are very useful. There are predefined functions that is already programmed in PHP7 already that you can use. You can also create your own PHP7 functions to use in your applications. This tutorial is going to cover “PHP Functions” and how you can use them on your website and applications. What Is a PHP Read More

In this lesson we are going to assemble a basic website and code it in PHP. In our previous beginner course on lesson #9 we built a website with HTML. I then taught you how to use CSS and JavaScript with those sites. Now I am going to show you how programmers write HTML and Read More

PHP 7.2.11 is the latest PHP version. We will be using this version for this series of lessons. We will take you from an absolute beginner programmer with no knowledge of PHP and build upon that. Please make sure that you have completed the absolute beginner web development course. We will be building off of Read More

After you have installed XAMPP then you will want to test that everything is working. In this tutorial we are going to make sure that we have everything working properly before we dive into the programming. You will also want to come back here in future tutorials to repeat these steps. TURN EVERYTHING ON IN Read More

Now, you have to set up a server. We have completed the Absolute Beginner Web Development Courses. It has help a lot of people with the basics of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. However when it comes to web development there are a couple more things that you need to know in order to grow your Read More

Insert content on your homepage blogroll in WordPress by programming it in PHP. Its fairly easy and we will provide the codes for you right here. Keep in mind that you should only do this to a child theme. In the tutorial I demonstrated it on a parent theme. Follow the same procedure and edit Read More

Sometimes you want to check if we meet 2 or more conditions in JavaScript. To accomplish this we use the OR “||”, AND “&&” statements within the IF condition. In the last lesson  we were checking the date. If a certain date met the condition we displayed something. What if we had a couple of Read More

This is the lesson where we actually begin to coding websites with CSS. We take the mock-up from the last post and make a real webpage with clickable links. When creating a web page, the first step is usually to create a mock-up or design. This can be done using various design tools such as Read More

In this Ajax tutorial, you will learn how to process more than one form item. Ajax is very fast and can retrieve data in a split second. In the last ajax tutorial we showed you how to process one form item. Usually when you need a form on a web page, you need to process Read More

In order to delete an image or file off of your server in PHP you have to use unlink(). This function will delete the file from your server. This is a permanent action and can not be undone once we completed the process. If you’re getting warning: unlink(): http does not allow unlinking in PHP, Read More

There are many times when you have to PHP MySqli Check For No Results in Database. Maybe you are checking the username and password of a user and match it to an authenticated user. Prerequisites for PHP MySqli Check For No Results in Database In order to perform this query you will have to have something in your Read More

Child themes on WordPress for beginners part 2 CSS is a continuation of WordPress child theme creation tutorial.  So if you have not completed that tutorial, you may want to look at it before you do this one. What We Are Going to Learn Browser to target CSS. Identify id’s to make changes. “#” Identify Classes Read More

If you’re a blogger or website owner using WordPress or the Genesis framework, you may be interested in displaying advertisements or additional content after the first post on your homepage. This can help increase engagement and revenue by providing readers with relevant content and advertising opportunities. Here’s how you can add advertisements or content after Read More