Hey guys, I hope everyone has had a great start to the new year. If you're just joining us, we're making hedgeclipper: a user log-in system. Last time, we outlined the basics of how hedgeclipper will work, and wrote a controller function for the whole thing. This time, we're going to focus on checking if the user is logged in or not. Before we start demanding a username and password, we're going to check if our user already logged in on a previous page visit. Have a look: ...
. Who Is This For? I'm going to make some assumptions about you, as a programmer: You're probably not an expert with PHP, but you know at least "the basics." If you're a copy+paste PHP coder, that's okay, but hopefully you won't be once we're done.You have some patience. Yes, you want to see results; but you can trust that they're coming.You're "okay" with doing things you've never tried before. There are some things I would like you to know ...
Updated 01-13-2013 at 11:30 PM by traq (added 'expiry' config option)
Last week, I wrote about taking a "PHP-first" approach to programming - program first, output last. But what should go first in your program? M-V-C You may have heard about something called "MVC" (Model-View-Controller). If not, here's your crash course: Model Your Model is all of the information needed/used by your program. [Hopefully], the Model is well-organized. Think of it in terms of note-taking: notes are easier to ...
Many PHP tutorials begin with an introduction to the "basics" of the language: the <?php ?> tags, and usually the echo construct. For example, something like this: PHP Code: <html> <head> <title>My First PHP Page</title> </head> <body> <?php echo "Hello World!"; ?> </body> </html> Before I blast this, I want to ...
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Updated 11-03-2012 at 01:27 AM by traq