mysqldump is a useful utility for dumping the contents of an entire database to an SQL file. [code] mysqldump --user=dbusername --password=dbpassword db_name_here > db_name_here.sql [/code] By default the –opt option is enabled, which is a shorthand option for specifying the Continue reading
cURL is used to interact with remote URLs without needing a user to initiate the process (e.g. by clicking on a form submit button). cURL is useful for submitting HTTP POST/PUT/DELETE requests when dealing with web services. PHP has inbuilt Continue reading
[code] #Activate the rewrite engine if it isn't so already RewriteEngine on #intercept all HTTP requests to the site that do not have a 'www.' at the beginning of the Domain name #and then force a redirect to the same Continue reading
Sending a plain-text e-mail through PHP is a simple process [php] mail ($to, $subject, $message, $headers); [/php] The $to parameter can look like: example@mysite.com example@mysite.com, user@mysite.com Example Sr <example@mysite.com>, Example Jr <user@mysite.com> Common headers to use in your messages: [php] Continue reading
htpasswd is a command line tool for creating and updating user authentication files. These files are primarily used by apache to authenticate HTTP users. Creating a password file [code] htpasswd -c /path/to/.htpasswd username [/code] Adding a user & password [code] Continue reading
PHP 5′s DOM Functions (or extension) allows you to create and manipulate XML documents. In fact, it can also be used to create and manipulate any documents adhering to the DOM3 specifications such as HTML and XHTML documents. Creation of Continue reading
If you have successfully obtained a calendar feed, you should receive some XML looking like this [xml] http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/vinoajtest%40gmail.com/public/basic 2007-04-08T03:38:29.000Z Vinoaj Vijeyakumaar Vinoaj Vijeyakumaar Vinoaj Vijeyakumaar vinoajtest@gmail.com Google Calendar 1 1 25 http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/vinoajtest%40gmail.com/public/basic/12ps2qhasoejgtf8uo89des4f0 2007-04-08T03:35:52.000Z 2007-04-08T03:36:23.000Z When: Mon Apr 9, 2007 [/xml] Continue reading
Making changes to your data and accessing private data will require the passing of an authentication token with your requests. You need to make use of the AuthSub Interface to acquire a token. Acquiring and manipulating tokens The workflow of Continue reading
The Zend Framework provides a PHP client library package that allows for easy interaction with GData services. Setting up your application to work with the package is simple. Download a copy of the Zend Framework from: http://framework.zend.com/download/tgz Unzip the contents Continue reading