What Can PHP Do?
Last updated: August 26, 2026. PHP runs on the server to produce HTML, JSON, files, command-line output, and background jobs.…
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What Is PHP?
Last updated: August 27, 2026. PHP is a server-side language used for web applications, APIs, command-line programs, and background jobs.…
Hash and Verify Passwords Securely in PHP
Last updated: August 26, 2026. Store passwords with PHP’s dedicated password-hashing API. A password hash is one-way; it is verified…
PHP Regular Expressions: preg_match, Replace, Split, and Grep
Last updated: August 25, 2026. PHP’s PCRE functions search and transform text using regular-expression patterns. Use them when the rule…
How to Create Thumbnail Images in PHP with GD
Last updated: August 29, 2026. PHP’s GD extension can create proportional thumbnails for JPEG, PNG, and WebP images. The function…
Work with Directories in PHP
Last updated: August 25, 2026. PHP provides iterator classes for listing folders and walking directory trees. Always construct paths from…
PHP Reference and Practical Tutorials
Last updated: August 27, 2026. PHP is a server-side language commonly used to generate HTML, process forms, work with files,…
Export a MySQL Database Schema as XML with PHP
Last updated: August 26, 2026. Read schema metadata from INFORMATION_SCHEMA with a restricted database account, then write a well-formed XML…
How to connect to MySQL database using PHP
Last updated: August 25, 2026. PHP provides two supported APIs for working with MySQL: PDO and MySQLi. This guide starts…
Send Email with PHP: HTML, Text, and Attachments
Last updated: August 29, 2026. For application email, send through an authenticated SMTP service and let a mail library construct…