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Looking for a few, quick PHP+MySQL tips? You found some.
List all tables in the pre-set database:
SHOW TABLES;
Always, always, always use an auto-incrementing unique ID:
CREATE TABLE table_name (
id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
table_field1 varchar(250) NOT NULL default ”,
PRIMARY KEY (id)
);
Adding to an auto-incrementing table:
@mysql_query(”insert into table_name values(NULL,’My Field’)”);
There’s actually three different PHP API’s which you can use:

The [...]

So, you’re looking for the “almost” perfect startup tutorial for the uber-famous Smarty template engine written with PHP? Or, are you just looking for a good straight-up to the point tutorial on using Smarty? Well, either way HERE IT IS!!
For the basic setup check out this tutorial here. Once you have Smarty running on your [...]

I have some news about our upcoming TGP/CMS system titled Kiler A-TGP/CMS. We have been looking into using template engines with the system for quite some time now and have finally decided on which to use. At first, we wanted to use our own template system but then have decided otherwise. We have finalized on [...]

In the past I’ve gotten quite a bit of heat from my colleagues for utilizing cookies over sessions with PHP, and I’ve finally had enough! I will now go ahead and explain the reasons why I use cookies over sessions for everything.
Cookies have been around since day one with dynamic scripting languages. They were the [...]

In what will be a new tutorial series here at KilerMedia.com, we are going to teach you PHP!
In this first tutorial we ask the question, “What Is PHP?”
PHP is a reflective programming language originally designed for producing dynamic web pages. PHP is used mainly in server-side scripting, but can be used from a command line [...]

So it finally came to my attention that the “hackers” over at The PHP Group are back at it again. PHP version 6 is in full production swing and looks as though to be heading down the path of least resistance when it comes to when it will be ready to use professionally. Now, if [...]

A ternary operator is an operator that takes three arguments in total. Two actual arguments and one result. The arguments and result can be of different types.
Many programming languages that use C-like syntax feature a ternary operator, (?:); unqualified, “ternary operator” usually refers to this. The (?:) operator is used as a shorthand replacement for [...]