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If you re a PHP developer who wants to take the first steps toward building web applications that interact with specific web services in this article series you ll find an approachable guide to implementing some of the most useful search services provided by Yahoo by using a few simple PHP scripts….

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Welcome to the fourth part of the series Understanding Destructors in PHP 5. Made up of five comprehensive tutorials this series brings to you the foundations of how to declare and implement destructors in PHP 5-driven classes. And it tackles this process from a practical point of view since you ll be able to learn these methods by using copious examples….

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Last week we looked at an in-depth explanation of the JavaScript code. This week, we conclude the series with a line-by-line walkthrough of the JavaScript code and describe the server-side classic ASP script code. By Rob Gravelle. 0206

In our last article we left off discussing ways to manipulate strings in Python like concatenating repeating escape characters and so forth. In this episode we will pick up where we left off and learn some more ways to work with strings starting with the comparison method….

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Last week we looked at a brief overview of Ajax, relevant JavaScript 1.3 enhancements, how to run the example and using the script within your own Web page. This week we look at additional functionality that you’d like to add to scripts and an in-depth explanation of the JavaScript code. By Rob Gravelle. 0130

Among the improvements that were introduced into the object model of PHP 5 class destructors are quite possibly one of the easiest to learn and implement. As you may have heard a destructor is a special kind of method that is called automatically by the PHP interpreter right before destroying a particular object. So if you re interested in learning how to use them in your own PHP 5-driven applications you should start reading this article series …

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Welcome to the third installment of the series Using Yahoo Web Services with PHP 5. If you re a PHP programmer who wants to learn how to incorporate the useful web services offered by Yahoo then this series of articles might be what you re looking for. You ll find numerous code samples to help you start using these popular web services within your own PHP 5 applications….

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This week you’ll learn about AP (or Absolutely Positioned) Elements. These are CSS-driven “content blocks” in Dreamweaver that can contain text, images, media elements and more. Additionally, you can freely position the AP Element anywhere you want on a page. By Zak Ruvalcaba. 0128

If you have ever programmed before or are a ninety-year-old lady or a cat then you know how useful strings are. If you have been reading these articles you will know that a string is a character a sentence a paragraph a book etc. If you haven t been reading these articles then you re missing an important part of your education as a programmer. Don t keep yourself in the dark start reading …

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Welcome to the second installment of the series Understanding Destructors in PHP 5. Whether you re a PHP programmer who s making their first steps in the area of professional PHP development or an experienced developer with a solid background in object-based PHP programming this article series can provide you with an approachable guide for using destructors in PHP 5-controlled development environments….

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Jason Levitt describes the newly burgeoning field of web authentication APIs, including Yahoo’s BBAuth and Google’s AuthSub.

Last week we continued our discussion of the object-oriented features of PHP 5 by taking a first look at design patterns. This week we will continue looking at design patterns and examine polymorphism. This article the third of four parts is excerpted from chapter two of the book em Advanced PHP Programming em written by George Schlossnagle Sams ISBN 672325616 ….

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In this article the first of a three-part series you will be introduced to the basics of creating directors and builder objects with PHP 5. As usual there will be copious examples to help you quickly start using the builder pattern in your own PHP projects….

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This week you’ll learn how to use JavaScript to work with XML data. Topics convered are obtaining XML documents, loading a document from the network, parsing XML text, XML documents from data islands and manipulating XML with the DOM API. By David Flanagan. 0918

Are you interested in having at your disposal a quick reference for working with the DirectoryIterator class that comes with PHP 5 Then this might be the article that you ve been waiting for Welcome to the second tutorial of the series A Close Look at the DirectoryIterator Class in PHP 5. Over the course of this set of installments you ll find complete coverage of the most important methods bundled with this class and learn how to take advantage of their excellent functionality….

Last week we began our discussion of PHP standalone scripts. This week we ll be talking about child processes shared resources signals and writing daemons. The second of three parts this article is excerpted from chapter five of the book em Advanced PHP Programming em written by George Schlossnagle Sams ISBN 672325616 ..

If you re one of those avid PHP developers who wants to learn how to apply the decorator design pattern within your Web applications then this group of articles might be quite appealing to you. Welcome to the second part of the series Using the Decorator pattern with PHP. Comprised of two parts this series walks you through the core concepts of using this pattern in PHP and shows you its practical edge with numerous hands-on examples….

Having trouble applying Photoshop’s Unsharp Mask filter to your creations? Using the Unsharp Mask can be tricky business, but, as Corrie explains, some good technique, a little patience, and an artistic eye is all you need to sharpen your images to a professional standard.

This week you’re going to learn how to create a Color Picker similar to the one used in Photoshop, but entirely in JavaScript! By Mark Kahn. 0901

If you ve ever been interested in making significant use of PHP outside of a web environment this article will show you how. The first of three parts it is excerpted from chapter five of the book em Advanced PHP Programming em written by George Schlossnagle Sams ISBN 672325616 ….

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