Posts Tagged ‘php’

Web Hosting, Linux or Windows?

Just wanted to make a summary of web hosting platforms and the advantages and disadvantages of both a Windows and Linux based environment. Though uncommon, you don’t have to choose only between either a Windows or Linux operating system, you can also host on Macintosh and Unix.  But for the majority, Windows or Linux is [...]

How to install LAMP for Ubuntu

Today I’m going to give a little tutorial on how to install LAMP on Ubuntu. I know install LAMP on a Linux box is really elementary, but I have to be honest, the first time I get to play with a Linux box, I have no idea how to use the command. I don’t know [...]

How to Install phpbb

Today i’m going to show you how easy it’s to install phpbb. Phpbb is a free open source forum software, it’s ideally for those who are just trying out forum management or want to create their own private forum without wanting to pay a fee. First download phpbb from this link. Tutorial: After downloading phpbb, [...]

How to execute system commands from PHP/Apache

Executing system/shell commands from PHP/Apache can be useful in many situations. It can allow us to develop dynamic web applications that utilize powerful command-line utilities in order to do a particular task or function. It can also be useful in automating system administration tasks for someone who is more familiar with PHP. Since Apache does [...]

How to speed up your web application performance (Part 1)

From the recent survey’s, 80% of the end-user response time is spent on the front-end. Most of this time is tied up in downloading all the components in the page: images, stylesheets, scripts, Flash, etc.And in the age of Web 2.0, most of the time will be spend upon increasing the performance of your website [...]

PHP Code Optimization – Performance. Readability. Scalability. – Tip 1

Hey there, This morning I wanted to give back some valuable information not only the PHP community, however, developers in general. Having stated that, today’s topic is PHP Code Optimization. First and foremost, a common problem I see in PHP coding is the usage/implementation of MySQL. For example, when inserting data into the database some [...]