http://php.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com PHP / MySQL GuideSite. http://z.about.com/f/lg/s10.gif http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2008-07-02T08:02:29Z Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://php.about.com/b/2008/07/04/function-friday-abs-function.htm The Abs () Function is used to find the absolute value of a number. The absolute value is the distance a number is from zero, so the absolute value... http://php.about.com/b/2008/07/04/function-friday-abs-function.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:15:08 +0000 2008-07-04T10:15:08Z http://php.about.com/b/2008/07/02/backup-your-databse.htm Nobody wants to imagine losing their entire database, but sometimes things happen, databases corrupt, servers crash, and websites are lost. The best protection you have is backing up your... http://php.about.com/b/2008/07/02/backup-your-databse.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:02:29 +0000 2008-07-02T08:02:29Z http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/30/holiday-countdown.htm Do you have a website that deals with a specific event such as a holiday, wedding or birthday? You can use a PHP based countdown on your website to... http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/30/holiday-countdown.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:08:34 +0000 2008-06-30T10:08:34Z http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/27/function-friday-uniqid-function.htm If you need create a unique ID, the the Uniqid () function is for you. You can use it to create a 13 or 23 character unique ID, with... http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/27/function-friday-uniqid-function.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:12:54 +0000 2008-06-27T12:12:54Z http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/25/creating-a-database.htm One of the great things about PHP is it's ability to interact with MySQL with ease. But before you can start interacting with a database you need to create... http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/25/creating-a-database.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:59:57 +0000 2008-06-25T09:59:57Z http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/23/why-use-php.htm Do you have an HTML website that you are thinking about using PHP on? Not quite sure? Check out our Top Three Reasons to Use PHP to help... http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/23/why-use-php.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:57:11 +0000 2008-06-23T11:57:11Z http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/20/function-friday-include-function.htm The include () function is a very useful PHP function on pages with a lot of repeated information. Include () is used to include the contents of another file... http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/20/function-friday-include-function.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:36:40 +0000 2008-06-20T09:36:40Z http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/18/php-in-an-html-file.htm Usually when you create a webpage to run PHP the files have the .php extension. If you have already created your website with a .htm or .html extension on... http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/18/php-in-an-html-file.htm Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:19:18 +0000 2008-06-18T05:19:18Z http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/16/what-version-of-php-am-i-running.htm If you are unsure what version of PHP you are running and need to know, there is a very simple way to check. The phpinfo () function will not... http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/16/what-version-of-php-am-i-running.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:22:26 +0000 2008-06-16T09:22:26Z http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/13/function-friday-number_format-function.htm The Number_format () function is used to format your numbers to use commas and decimals. You can also set custom separators for your numbers, so for example if you... http://php.about.com/b/2008/06/13/function-friday-number_format-function.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:42:25 +0000 2008-06-13T06:42:25Z