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1. How to Render 3D Surfaces in PHP using 2D Contour Plots

Updated on: 2015-07-27

Posted on: 2015-07-27

Blog: PHP Contour Plot package blog
Package: PHP Contour Plot

Contour plots are graphics that render lines that connect points in a geographic region that have the same value, for instance points in a terrain with the same altitude. They are useful for instance to represent 3D features of a terrain in a 2D image.

Read this article to learn more about contour plots and how to render them using the PHP Contour Plot package.

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2. Improving PHP Password Authentication Robustness of a PHP Framework

Updated on: 2015-07-20

Posted on: 2015-07-20

Blog: PHP User Credentials package blog
Package: PHP User Credentials

The PHP User Credentials package provides several means to make password generation and the user authentication process more robust, helping to prevent several types of security problems.

Read this article to learn how to use this class as a plugin to improve the security capabilities of a PHP framework, in this example the OpenBiz-Cubi Framework.

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2. MySQL Extension, Going, Going, almost Gone

Updated on: 2015-07-02

Posted on: 2015-07-02

Blog: PHP MySQL to MySQLi package blog
Package: PHP MySQL to MySQLi

When the warnings change from "the extension may go away" to "the extension will go away", things just became serious. For some of us, the race is on to keep our projects from collapsing.

Read this article to learn about a method to analyze your PHP code and find functions and extensions that are being deprecated, as well a quick and easy solution to deal with the removal of the MySQL extension in PHP 7 or even sooner in your current hosting provider.

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1. PHP Chat System 2022 Tutorial on How to Create an AJAX and PHP Chat Application - Make a Live Chat Room or a One to One Chat Box in PHP Source Code using MySQL and jQuery

Updated on: 2021-12-31

Posted on: 2015-06-29

Blog: AJAX driven simple chat package blog
Package: AJAX driven simple chat

AJAX is not a new technology. Many years ago I published this class to implement an AJAX based chat system. It is still useful but AJAX also evolved a bit, so the class also has evolved too.

Read this article to learn how you can implement an AJAX based chat room in your own site using this class that could well be used for instance as the basis of a live customer support system.

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1. What is Time Dilation

Updated on: 2015-06-23

Posted on: 2015-06-23

Blog: PHP Time Dilation package blog
Package: PHP Time Dilation

Einsteins theory of Special Relativity is about the relationship between space and time. Time is not the constant it appears to be and is different for the same event depending on how it is observed. This is time dilation.

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1. Search Videos with Hulu Embed API for PHP Developers

Updated on: 2015-06-15

Posted on: 2015-06-15

Blog: PHP Hulu Video package blog
Package: PHP Hulu Video

Hulu has long been the standout of the major streaming video providers to not provide a public API. They do, however, provide a method to embed video and a data set of their content in XML format which is constantly updated.

The PHP Hulu Video class takes advantage of these public resources to bring everything together into a pseudo-API for developers, bloggers, etc..

Read this article to learn how to explore what Hulu provides and techniques to make their video available on external Web sites just like a real API.

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1. Balance the Karma Scale

Updated on: 2015-06-10

Posted on: 2015-06-10

Blog: HTML Parser package blog
Package: HTML Parser

I like to think of Karma as scale that you want to keep balanced, both good and bad. Too much good and you aren't having enough fun in your life, too much bad... well you are having way too much fun. In the world of developing with PHP, you have an opportunity to balance those scales by offering assistance to other developers using the Package Recommendation feature here on phpClasses.

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1. Do tomorrow what doeseth need doing today

Updated on: 2015-06-10

Posted on: 2015-06-10

Blog: PHP MySQL to MySQLi package blog
Package: PHP MySQL to MySQLi

Procrastination is simply the proof that you are a sentient being, capable of making choices, even if a particular choice is not the best one for you.

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