matt glaman

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and SQL Injections are some of the biggest security threats to a PHP application.  Every developer has different ways of preventing SQL Injections or malicious JavaScript from being inserted into the database.

If you plan on building a PHP application, you'll probably end up using cookies, especially if there are user accounts. Cookies will allow you to store specific data for a certain amount of time.

The easiest way to learn PHP is to be able to create and edit code and see instant results. When I was younger and learning I couldn't afford to have my own web server so I installed a WAMP environment - I also didn't have a spare machine laying around to toss Linux on.

Mailer is a PHP class to help provide easier use of the PHP mail() function and error support. In all other of my scripts using the mail() function I would have lines upon lines of code just to make sure every thing sent right and provide my own error checking.

I know when I first started out learning PHP it was difficult finding good examples or live demos of simple PHP in use. Often I'd have a large number of files used to demonstrate built in PHP functions.

I've finally started to dive into jQuery. I figured what better way to start than to make a contact form.

DateFormat is a PHP class for easily displaying timestamps in a PHP project, along with displaying a "time since" feature, much like the one used on Facebook and other sites.

Last week I finished my most recent project, Samsara Laser Hair Removal through Ostrowski Enterprises, Inc. Designed the template, uses static content, but created a PHP contact form and testimonial script.

SR Photography offered a nice gesture, if I created a PHP back-end contact form they would take infant pictures of our new born son.  Created a short and simple PHP script with field validation (NOTE: Did not design site or form, just the back-end functionality of the form).

Two years ago I decided to check out an old gaming group that I used to play with years before that. I created a plugin to seamlessly add a ladder system into their web site.  A ladder system is typically used to match one-on-one matches. This allowed the group to add friendly competition without major overhaul of their web site.