Tutorials

The “Hello World” AJAX script

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 | Scripts & Programming, Tutorials | No Comments

just made this quick ajax tutorial for people who’re starting out there and want to learn AJAX. The following tutorial will teach on how to submit a simple form through php and get the stuff printed out by using AJAX. The first sect will be plain simple to just print a input string and I’ll add getting some dynamic content after it.

So let’s get started.
For most of you you may have a local server at your PC or a remote hosting, remember there’re no special requirements for this tutorial all you need is a php installed server. If you’re right starting away you can install XAMPP which will install all defauly modules on your PC directly. I’ll be getting a good tutorial on this if I get enough requests.

For the first part we’ll do our job using two files,

1) Index.php

2) ajax.js (The AJAX framework)

3) Style.css (stylesheet)

4) form.php (To process the submitted data)
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How to Install Apache2 MySQL and PHP on Windows

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 | Php, Scripts & Programming, Tutorials | No Comments

This tutorial is meant to show you how to install and set up the latest stable release of the Apache Web server, PHP, and MySQL to run on your local Windows machine for local testing and development. This can save you a lot of time and make learning and developing a lot easier.

These steps should work for setting up Apache 2 on most versions of Windows including Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, and Windows XP, but have only been tested on Windows XP. There may need to be some changes made for older versions of Windows so ask here if you need any help.
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Getting started with PHP (The Basics)

Wednesday, June 27th, 2007 | Php, Scripts & Programming, Tutorials | No Comments

This is a simple introduction tutorial to help you get started as well as give you some ideas on what you can do with PHP. PHP is a server side html embedded scripting language that can be used to create dynmaic web pages and many other things. Some benefits of using PHP are it’s free, it’s fast, it’s fairly easy to learn, and you can embed it into your regular html pages.

To use PHP you’ll need to have access to a web server with PHP installed on it. Most Web Hosts offer PHP support. You can also install PHP and run it on your own system which can make it easier to learn and test PHP scripts. CLICK HERE for a tutorial on setting up PHP to run on your own computer.
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