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Just like any language, developers can write code in PHP that ranges in quality from truly awful to very good. Learn good programming habits that can help you bridge the productivity gap.

Back in PHP 2, the 'magic quotes' setting seemed like a great idea. It would automatically escape all of your input so you didn't have to worry about those pesky SQL injections. Any dodgy characters entered by the user would be automatically escaped by a backslash.

So every time I am designing something new I find myself either searching Google or opening up a gang of four (GoF) book to aid me. I searched for a bit trying to find a handy-dandy flash card showing...

Design patterns are just for Java architects -- at least that's what you may have been led to believe. In fact, design patterns are useful for everyone. If these tools aren't exclusive to architecture astronauts, what are they, and why are they useful in PHP applications? This article explains.

As we entered a programmable web of applications with APIs the decision to ignore HTTP gave us problems we're still dealing with today.

In this week's screencast, I'll show you how to upload files and then have PHP dynamically create a thumbnail.

I will step through simple and effective methods that can be used to increase the security and reliability of your stateful PHP applications.