Handling dates and times in PHP and MySQL can be a tricky task at times, and that’s why in this article Dennis Pallett discusses the date/time problem, and gives a solid solution.

In this second part of the ‘Creating a chat script with PHP and Ajax’, we start from scratch and create a PHP-based chatroom, using Ajax, the Prototype JS library and JSON. Live demo and project files included.

Whenever you create a PHP script, you’re bound to run into errors, even after hours and hours of testing. In this article, Dennis Pallett shows you how to handle and log these errors.

In this article Dennis Pallett takes a look at ten popular PHP frameworks and compares them. Includes a complete comparison chart of each framework.

PHP scripts can also be executed as command line scripts, and in this tutorial Dennis Pallett takes you through the basics of PHP command line scripts.

The long-awaited Zend Framework has finally been released, and in this article Dennis Pallett takes a first look at what it has to offer.

If you’re still new to PHP’s file functions, check out this article, where you will learn almost every aspect of handling files in PHP: reading, writing, copying, deleting, and more!

In this article Dennis Pallett will talk you through the common pitfalls of password security in PHP, and how to prevent them.

Learn more about XML-RPC and web services in this tutorial, in which Dennis Pallett will show you how to create your own XML-RPC web service and client.

In this follow-up tutorial on ‘Creating a file manager with PHP’, Dennis Pallett shows you how to create a completely secure file manager!