Welcome to EvanPetersen.com! This post serves as the first of many, hopefully centered around web development, general programming, and random useful hacks. If I happen across something that seems useful or write something that I think others might be able to utilize, I'll do my best to post it here.
Anyway, take a look around; you just might find something of value.
This section will include general hacks and or modifications to existing systems. I may, at some point, further sub divide this section into categories. If I notice that I've had a lot of posts that relate to a specific CMS then I'll start categorizing things.
Sometimes turn key services/packages just don't seem to work when you initially install them. This was the case when I began putting together EvanPetersen.com. In this post, I'll walk you through how I went about solving a simple, yet particularly annoying problem.
Create a hello world script
If you have no experience with PHP (or any programming language for that matter) then this article is for you! In this article I’ll provide you with the resources and knowledge necessary to run your first PHP “Hello World” script.
Handling HTML forms with PHP
Learn how to handle form input with PHP. Topics include HTML forms, GET/POST variables and output. If you made it through "PHP: Getting Started," then this tutorial is right for you!
Creating a threaded comment platform
In this tutorial, we’ll be creating a system that can handle threaded comments. What do I mean by threaded comments? Well imagine this scenario…
Use PDO instead!
In this tutorial I will be taking the concepts that we learned in PHP AND MYSQL: RECURSION and converting the code to use the latest and greatest: PDO.
Learn how to use the PDO object to execute queries
PDO is the latest and greatest from PHP used for accessing and querying databases. It effectively replaces the older mysql_{} functions in an object oriented way. So you might be wondering, “why should I care?” Read on to find out…