If you want to seperate PHP-code from HTML-code, you need some kind of template system. vlibTemplate provides such a system. This is a detailed german guide for vlibTemplate. It contains 3 examples for simlple templates and 3 examples for loops/blocks.
This tutorial will show you how to setup your own virtual based domain from home on your high speed connection. We'll introduce you to a couple of great services out there that allow you to setup your own website without the need to pay for web hosting. Keep in mind that this may impact your home internet connection depending on what type of internet connection you are using. The intent of this tutorial is to show you how to setup a development server that is accessible by the outside world.
When you write a PHP script and want to distribute it, it must still fall under some legal terms. The GNU GPL is the best method to get your work out into the world, and of course as open source software.
COM allows the reuse of code written in any language. This tutorial explains how to read records from ms-access database through php. COM functions are only available on the Windows version of php. In order to run this script you should have com.allow_dcom has to be set to true in php.ini.
Search engine Web spiders, however, tend to ignore pages whose URL contains GET method parameters. This article explains how to use your Web server to pass parameters to PHP scripts so that it fools search engines, and allows your page to be indexed when it would otherwise be ignored.