Use PHP and the HTTP protocol to send text-messages from your website through an SMS gateway.

this script will automatically set up tables in a database upon pushing the install button, it's great for developers who want to make the instalations for users fast, easy, quick, and totally painless.

A very easy tutorial with code included that shows you how to convert keyboard chars input to icon or image output. For instance how to make :) a smiley face.

Setup your own RSS feed that pulls data from your PHP/MySQL-driven web site. Use PHP to create the XML/RSS document RSS Readers require to inform visitors of your web site database's content updates.

Shows how to make functions, read files, and preg match things all in one.

An article describing how to use caching to dramatically increase your websites performance. The code is available from the same site.

This simple tutorial shows you how to execute system command such as ping in php and display results. Code and example is included.

Join Hermawan as he shows you the basic of the Smarty templating system.

Learn how to turn 050309112684 into 09/03/05 11:26:48 using the substr() function in php.

What is the biggest time saver for a programmer? Good specs definitely help. A well-architected framework doesn't hurt either. Add your favorite here: a competent debugger? Extreme Programing? Whatever. At the end of the day, the largest gain comes from writing less code for the same task...