Send HTML Email with PHP and mail()
January 25th, 2010
The PHP mail() function is great for sending plain text emails but it will not send HTML emails without special headers. This article will show you a quick example how to send HTML emails with PHP.
PHP Country Array
January 24th, 2010
This script includes an array of countries you can use in your PHP forms. I also included a select example that uses the same array to help speed up your development.
Access @attributes Nodes in SimpleXML Objects
January 5th, 2010
Access the [@attributes] in a SimpleXML object with this simple fix.
Blank CDATA with PHP and SimpleXML
January 4th, 2010
By default CDATA blocks in XML requests using SimpleXML are not returned and the node is blank. Here is an example using an RSS feed from DevShed.
Set PHP Include Path in htaccess
December 26th, 2008
If you do not want to change the include_path directories (or you don’t have access to php.ini) you can still set the include_path value within your root .htaccess file.
Update/Create /doc_root/.htaccess
Unix/Linux Servers
php_value include_path "/path/to/include"
Windows Servers
php_value include_path "C:/path/to/include"
PHP
To call the include within PHP do the following:
require_once('file.php');
The file above is in /doc_root/include/file.php
Options
Multiple include directories
If you have multiple include [...]
Simple Smarty Template Example
December 20th, 2008
For those newer to the Smarty Template Engine I thought I would make a simple example to help get started.
Download and Install
Download
Grab the Smarty example here. This is using the latest version as of this post, v2.6.22. Go here if you need an alternate version.
Install
Extract the downloaded archive to the document root of your web [...]
My Essential Developer’s Toolbox – Part I
November 23rd, 2008
This is a multi-part post that lists all of the tools that I use on a regular basis as a web developer. The list is Microsoft Windows centric but I will point out the applications that are cross-platform (as best as I can).
IDEs (Integrated Development Environment)*
Microsoft ASP.NET
Both of the IDEs below are top notch and [...]
