The eBook PHP Tutorials – Programming with mySQL and PHP, has been updated to cover a number of additions.
The main change has been clarification of the use of mysqli rather than mysql for connecting to databases. This has meant a number of code examples have been modified to cover the changes.
The latest version is available on amazon at:
This announces the latest version of PHP Tutorials: Programming with PHP and mySQL – a Kindle eBook
The new version improves the formatting of code blocks with colour representation of code, adds some extra descriptions to the preface and adds some more code examples.
The latest version is available on amazon at:
To remove depreciated messages form displays you can use the ~E_DEPRECATED value in the error_reporting function something like the following :
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_DEPRECATED & ~E_NOTICE);
In version PHP 5 there is a new warning state of E_STRICT
To remove there warning messages use :
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_STRICT);
Depreciated functions still exist and you get the warning. So they work as expected. However in a future version they might disappear.
PHP-Register is a new PHP / mySQL application that is used to easily create forms that collect data from your visitors before they are directed to a page of your choice.
The application is easy to instal on on Linux type web server or Windows web server providing it has PHP and mySQL.
In the administration pages you can create forms with each form having input boxes of text, textarea, drop down lists, checkboxes or radio buttons. Each input may have validation allowing you to define the data that a visitor can enter.
For full details, refer to http://www.withinweb.com/phpregister/
Sometimes it may be necessary to use a different version of PHP on a web folder rather than the default. This may be when you have an application that only works on later versions of PHP as it contains functions that only work on later versions of PHP.
On some web servers this can be done using AddHandler in an htaccess file in the folder that you want a different version of PHP in.
So for version PHP 5.1
AddHandler application/x-httpd-php5 .php5 .php4 .php .php3 .php2 .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd-php5 .php5 .php4 .php .php3 .php2 .phtml
You should check with your hosting to make sure that this will work of course.
EasyPHP 12.1
If you install EasyPHP and find that it displays a blank page when you try to access the administration page, and it just sits there waiting for 127.0.0.1, then this may be caused by a bug in Internet Explorer when working with the particular version of Apache.
To overcome this, try the administration page http://localhost/home/ using FireFox or Chrome.
When I downloaded EasyPHP and installed it on my Windows 8 laptop, it appeared to start correctly with the EasyPHP icon in the tray, but it would not load the web pages at http://127.0.0.1
This is how I solved it:
If PHP returns messages saying that functions have depreciated, this is a warning to indicate that the code that you are running has functions in your installed version of PHP that will be removed at some time in the future by a later version of PHP.
This may occur if one day your web host suddenly decides to upgrade their servers to a new version of PHP. You should make sure that you are on the mailing lists for your hosting company so that you will be notified of changes that may cause issues.
Depreciated functions still exist and you get warnings. So they work as expected. However in a future version of PHP, they might disappear. It’s a way to signal changes to users which have code based on an older PHP version.
Normally the deprecated features get removed after some time, but it’s not predictable how long this takes.
So if you see these warnings, update the code. Most often the PHP documentation has more information why something has been deprecated and what to do. Most often it’s an improvement.
Changing to a new version of PHP will mean that you will have access to the latest features of the language, however, it may mean that older versions of an application will either fail or display warning messages.
You have to decide if you want your application to operate over different PHP platforms – if you do then you have to code with common functions that are in all versions of PHP.