PHP Tutorials

Here are a few tutorials covering the basics of PHP, as well as a couple of scripts you can download, use, and perhaps learn from. An overview of CSS, and how to use it.

• Get Started
  An overview of PHP, and how to use it.
• Extras
  A few things that are helpful to know when using PHP.
• Variables
  Using variables in PHP scripts.
• Forms
  An example form script using variables.
• Cookies
  Store and track user data while they travel through your website.
• Sessions
  A more secure method than cookies.
• Comment Forms
  How to write a comment form script.
• Query Strings
  How to have URLs like index.php?x=about or index.php?about
• Flat File Databases
  Storing information in text files if you have no MySQL access.
• PHP and MySQL
  How to connect to a MySQL database with PHP code.
• Inserting MySQL Data
  How to enter information into a MySQL database with PHP code.
• Reading MySQL Data
  How to read data from a MySQL database with PHP code.
• All the Code
  The entire example MySQL guestbook script.
• User Registration
  Make a user sign-up & log-in script with PHP and MySQL.
• The Sign-Up Script
  Write form and script to enable users to sign up.
• The Log-In Script
  Write form and script to enable users to log in once they have signed up.
• The Log-Out Script
  Write the script that will log users out of the system when they're done.
• All the Code
  The entire example user registration script.