PHP Tutorials

Here are a few tutorials covering the basics of PHP, as well as a couple of scripts you can download, use, and perhaps learn from. An overview of CSS, and how to use it.

Get Started
An overview of PHP, and how to use it.

Extras
A few things that are helpful to know when using PHP.

Variables
Using variables in PHP scripts.

Forms
An example form script using variables.

Cookies
Store and track user data while they travel through your website.

Sessions
A more secure method than cookies.

Comment Forms
How to write a comment form script.

Query Strings
How to have URLs like index.php?x=about or index.php?about

Flat File Databases
Storing information in text files if you have no MySQL access.

PHP and MySQL
How to connect to a MySQL database with PHP code.

Inserting MySQL Data
How to enter information into a MySQL database with PHP code.

Reading MySQL Data
How to read data from a MySQL database with PHP code.

All the Code
The entire example MySQL guestbook script.

User Registration
Make a user sign-up & log-in script with PHP and MySQL.

The Sign-Up Script
Write form and script to enable users to sign up.

The Log-In Script
Write form and script to enable users to log in once they have signed up.

The Log-Out Script
Write the script that will log users out of the system when they're done.

All the Code
The entire example user registration script.