This 6-page article explains how to create an extension to PHPLIB to work with multiple databases. You may find this article helps you extend PHPLIB in other ways. Read this article to the end and then think about situations where PHPLIB performs 98% of what you want.

For those working on php and mysql a server is mandatory. But what if you cannot have a place to upload and modify or maybe you just want to develop your project privately and then install online? This is the moment a local server is needed. Your computer can "act" like a normal server if you have some programs installed. PHPDEV is a free program that, once installed, can offer you the tools you needed to work offline on your projects and still be able to benefit from all the features a server has. This tutorial will guide you through all the steps needed till you have a working local server on your PC.

This tutorial might seem pretty simple and obvious for many advanced webmasters, but some beginners might have some problems. And since I remember I was a bit stuck on this years ago too, why not make things clear for anyone? When do we need to do this? Everytime we install a forum or a CMS that requires an empty database being already created for the install process.

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install and configure PHP for use with the Apache Web server on UNIX or the Microsoft Internet Information Server on Windows NT. Then you'll see by example how to use PHP to route HTML conditionally, to develop a simple database-driven Web application, and to track user sessions with cookies.

This article is intended for PHP programmers interested in learning about the SQLite extension. The article will introduce the reader to the functionality offered by the PHP SQLite extension,and overview the benefits of SQLite in relation to other database systems. A basic understanding of how PHP and SQL work is assumed.

This sample script produces a result set of random rows from a table. It does so by populating one of the columns with a random number, and then doing a select statement that uses it to sort the results.

All scripts contained within the 'rankin' original project folder are intended to offer the PHP/MySQL 'novice' access to a series of scripts which can be used as an instructional aid and a set of templates in order to get a good head start on developing web applications that maintain database records (list, insert, modify & delete records). Developed with 'top-down' methodolgy (not object oriented) in order to keep the scripts as easy as possible to follow the logic. E-mail gleonard@ticino.com for a free zip file of the entire project and request the 'rankin project'. If you would like to see a demo goto http://www.gleonardonline .com/rankin .

This tutorial explains how to make a simple connection to Sybase using a few PHP functions.

This tutorial shows how to store data into a MySQL database and then retrieve it by using a PHP query. This wil teach you the basics behind the use of PHP with databases. A VERY good tutorial for beginners who are interested in learning the language quickly.

This article provides a comparison of three popular table editor libraries and applications. Namely, the TableEditor Library (available form phpguru.org), phpMyEdit and dbPerceptor.