Posts Tagged ‘php’
Sending HTML/Plain Text Mail Simultaneously using PHP
Posted on June 29, 2002 by snipe in PHP/mySQL
Although I expect this article to cause a few ruffled feathers amongst the programming community (since most of them are against HTML email), there are times when the client will ask for it anyway, so you have to know how to do it. We had run into difficulty finding a straight answer on this topic, [...]
Displaying file sizes in human readable format
Posted on June 27, 2002 by snipe in PHP/mySQL
This code prints out “b” for bytes, “m” for megs, etc depending on the file size.
Truncate text to x number of words
Posted on June 27, 2002 by snipe in PHP/mySQL
This code will truncate given text to a certain length, adding “…” where it’s been truncated. For example: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Quisque ac urna a erat pharetra placerat. Sed at tortor id lacus pellentesque malesuada. Suspendisse vitae dui vel velit tincidunt aliquet. Cras condimentum lobortis leo. Integer semper. Nunc semper [...]
Google Style Page Numbering (with x per page and y page numbers displayed)
Posted on June 27, 2002 by snipe in Featured, PHP/mySQL
With just a few modifications, we can create a piece of code that will not only give you x results per page with page numbers, but it will also allow you to specify how many page numbers should appear on the page at any time, much like Google. (For example, if you have hundreds of [...]
Page Numbering (with x results per page)
Posted on June 27, 2002 by snipe in PHP/mySQL
Although there are several examples of this type of code to be found online, I had never found one that easily did what I needed and was flexible enough that we only had to change a few things to use it again – so I wrote my own. It links each page number (except for [...]
Alternating Row Colors in PHP/mySQL
Posted on June 19, 2002 by snipe in PHP/mySQL
Using alternating row colors in a PHP database application is a nice way to give the user some visual differentiation between multiple rows of results – and the best part is that it’s so damn easy. I’m going to assume that you’re using CSS for formatting, but if you are still using HTML to set [...]
PHP/mySQL Breadcrumb Trail
Posted on June 19, 2002 by snipe in Featured, PHP/mySQL
This lets you automatically create a breadcrumb trail navigation through PHP and mySQL, that would look something like: Home >> Parrots >> Red Parrots This type of dynamic breadcrumb trail is only possible when you are storing the menu items (or categories) in a table, that contains at least a name, a category id number [...]
