Furqan Khyraj

How to take Screen Shot in Huawei Honor 3C

2014-06-16T23:29:00.000-07:00

How to take Screen Shot in Huawei Honor 3C

To take a screenshot or screen capture on the Huawei Honor:

Hold down the POWER button and the VOLUME DOWN button simultaneously.

All screenshot images taken using the methods described above are saved by default to the Pictures folder on your phones internal SD card. You can also see the captured images in the picture Gallery.

LOCATE Function jBase

2014-06-16T00:49:00.001-07:00

Locate Function with Example

Locate Function finds exact String in array, it return position of element.

Code:

SUBROUTINE PK.M.LOCATE

$INSERT I_COMMON

$INSERT I_EQUATE

GOSUB INIT.FILES

GOSUB PROCESS

PROCESS:

LENGTH = DCOUNT(CHK.ARR,FM)

*CRT "LENGTH = ":LENGTH

NAME = 'Furqan'

LOOP

WHILE POS LT LENGTH

CRT I

LOCATE NAME IN CHK.ARR SETTING POS THEN

CRT CHK.ARR<POS>:POS

CHK.ARR<POS> := '!'

I +=1

END

REPEAT

FOR I = 1 TO LENGTH

CRT CHK.ARR<I>

NEXT I

RETURN

INIT.FILES:

CHK.ARR = ''

I = ''

POS = ''

CHK.ARR <-1> = '12Monday'

CHK.ARR <-1> = '14Tuesday'

CHK.ARR <-1> = 'Furqan'

CHK.ARR <-1> = '32Thursday'

CHK.ARR <-1> = '36Saturday'

CHK.ARR <-1> = '38Sunday'

CHK.ARR <-1> = 'Furqan'

CHK.ARR <-1> = '58Wednesday'

CHK.ARR <-1> = '60Thursday'

RETURN

OUTPUT

Useful jBase Commands

2014-06-13T04:21:00.000-07:00

Useful jBase Commands

JBASETHREADCreate	command	Starts a thread.
JBASETHREADStatus	command	Shows the status of all running threads.

For Any Help Email Me Furqan Khyraj

T24 Technical Consultant

Useful jBase Functions

2014-06-13T04:14:00.000-07:00

Here is the list of use Full jBase Functions.

@	function	Cursor and screen manipulation.
ABS	function	Returns absolute value.
ABSS	function	Returns absolute value of elements in a dynamic array
ADDS	function	Adds corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays.
ALPHA	function	Returns Boolean result for alphabetic check.
ANDS	function	Create a dynamic array of logical AND of corresponding elements from two arrays.
ASCII	function	EBCDIC to ASCII conversion function.
ASSIGNED	function	Returns Boolean result for variable assignment.
BITAND	function	Performs a bitwise AND comparison of two integers.
BITCHANGE	function	Toggles the state of the specified bit.
BITCHECK	function	Returns the current value of the specified bit.
BITLOAD	function	Assigns values in the local bit table.
BITNOT	function	Returns the bitwise negation of an integer specified by a numeric expression.
BITOR	function	Performs a bitwise OR comparison of two integers.
BITRESET	function	Resets the value of the specified bit.
BITSET	function	Sets the value of the specified bit.
BITTEST	function	Tests the bit number of the integer specified by an expression.
BITXOR	function	Performs a bitwise XOR comparison of two integers.
BYTELEN	function	returns the length of the expression as the number of bytes rather than the number of characters.
CALLONEXIT	function	specifies the name of a subroutine to call when the program terminates
CATS	function	Concatenates corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays.
CHANGE	function	Sub-string replacement.
CHANGE	function	Adjust existing time stamp to return new timestamp value.
CHAR	function	Returns the ASCII equivalent of a numeric expression.
CHARS	function	Returns the ASCII equivalents of the numeric expressions in a dynamic array.
CHDIR	function	Changes the current directory.
CHECKSUM	function	Returns numeric checksum for the supplied expression.
COL1 / COL2	functions	Position determination subsequent to use of the FIELD function.
COMPARE	function	Compares two strings.
CONVERT	function	Converts a character string to another.
COS	function	Returns the cosine of an angle.
COUNT	function	Returns the number of times that one string occurs in another.
COUNTS	function	Counts the number of times a substring is repeated in each element of a dynamic array.
DATE	function	Returns the date in internal form.
DCOUNT	function	Counts the number of elements in a string separated by a specified delimiter.
DECRYPT	function	Decodes an encrypted string.
DIR	function	Returns information about a file.
DIVS	function	Divides corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays.
DIV	function	Calculates the value of the quotient after division of the dividend by the divisor.
DOWNCASE	function	Converts all uppercase characters in an expression to lowercase.
DQUOTE	function	Encloses a value in double quotation marks.
DROUND	function	Performs double-precision rounding on a value.
DTX	function	Returns the hexadecimal representation of a decimal expression.
DYNTOXML	function	Converts a dynamic array to XML.
EBCDIC	function	Converts a string value from ASCII to EBCDIC.
ENCRYPT	function	Encrypts strings.
EQS	function	Tests if elements of one dynamic array are equal to the elements of another dynamic array.
EREPLACE	function	Replace substring in an expression with another substring.
EXP	function	Returns the mathematical constant e to the specified power.
EXTRACT	function	Archaic method of extracting elements from a dynamic array.
FADD	function	Performs addition on two floating point numbers.
FDIV	function	Performs division on two floating point numbers.
FIELD	function	Returns one or more delimited fields from a string.
FIELDS	function	Returns a dynamic array of delimited fields from a dynamic array of strings.
FILEINFO	function	Returns information on a specified file variable
FMT	function	Formats a string to a specified pattern.
FMTS	function	Formats the elements of a dynamic array for output.
FMUL	function	Performs multiplication on two floating point numbers.
FOLD	function	Re-delimits a specified string with attribute marks.
FSUB	function	Performs subtraction on two floating point numbers.
GES	function	Compares corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays.
GETCWD	function	Returns the name of the current working directory.
GETENV	function	Determines the value of the specified environment variable.
GROUP	function	Returns one or more delimited fields from a string.
ICONV	function	Converts data in external format to internal format.
ICONVS	function	Converts elements of a dynamic array to internal format.
IFS	function	returns a dynamic array whose elements are chosen individually from one of two arrays based on the contents of a third array.
INDEX	function	Returns the position of a character or characters within another string.
INDICES	function	Returns information about a file's secondary index.
INMAT	function	Returns the number of dimensioned array elements.
INSERT	function	Allows the insertion of elements into a dynamic array.
INT	function	Truncates a numeric value to the nearest integer.
IOCTL	function	Returns file information.
ISALPHA	function	Checks that an expression consists entirely of alphabetic characters.
ISALNUM	function	Checks that an expression consists entirely of alphanumeric characters.
ISCNTRL	function	Checks that an expression consists entirely of control characters.
ISDIGIT	function	Checks that an expression consists entirely of numeric characters.
ISPRINT	function	Checks that an expression consists entirely of printable characters.
ISSPACE	function	Checks that an expression consists entirely of space type characters.
ISUPPER	function	Checks that an expression consists entirely of upper case characters.
JBASECOREDUMP	function	Dumps a portion of the application to an external file for later analysis.
KEYIN	function	Reads a single character from the input buffer and returns it.
LATIN1	function	Converts a UTF-8 byte sequence to it's Binary or Latin equivalent.
LEFT	function	Extracts the first n characters from a string.
LEN	function	Returns the character length of an expression.
LENS	function	Returns a dynamic array of the number of bytes in each element of a dynamic array.
LENDP	function	Returns the display length of and expression.
LES	function	Determines whether elements of one dynamic array are less than or equal to the corresponding element in another dynamic array.
LN	function	Returns the value of the natural logarithm of a supplied expression.
LOCALDATE	function	Returns an internal date using the specified Timestamp and TimeZone combination.
LOCALTIME	function	Returns and internal time using the specified Timestamp and TimeZone combination.
LOWCASE	function	Converts all uppercase characters in an expression to lowercase.
LOWER	function	Lowers delimiters in a string to their next lowest value.
MAKETIMESTAMP	function	Generates a Timestamp using internal date, time and timezone.
MAXIMUM	function	Returns the highest numerical value in a dynamic array.
MATCHES	function	Allows pattern matching to be applied to an expression.
MATCHFIELD	function	Checks a string against a match pattern.
MINIMUM	function	Returns the lowest numerical value in a dynamic array.
MOD	function	Returns the arithmetic modulo of two numeric expressions.
MODS	function	Creates a a dynamic array from the remainder of the division of the elements in two dynamic arrays.
MULS	function	Divides corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays.
NEG	function	Returns the inverse of a value.
NEGS	function	Returns the negative values for the elements of a dynamic array.
NES	function	Determines whether the elements of one dynamic array are equal to the corresponding elements in another dynamic array.
NOT	function	Inverts the Boolean value of an expression.
NOTS	function	Returns a dynamic array of the logical complement of the elements of a dynamic array.
NUM	function	Returns Boolean true if the supplied value is numeric.
NUMS	function	Determines whether the elements of a dynamic array are numeric.
OCONV	function	Converts data in internal format to external format.
OCONVS	function	Converts the elements of a dynamic array to external format.
ORS	function	Creates a dynamic array of the logical OR of the corresponding elements of two dynamic arrays.
PUTENV	function	Sets environment variables for the current process.
PWR	function	Raises a number to a specified power.
QUOTE	function	Encloses a value in double quotation marks.
RAISE	function	Raises delimiters in a string to their next highest value.
RECORDLOCKED	function	Returns the status of a record lock.
REGEXP	function	Pattern matching with regular expressions.
REM	function	Returns the arithmetic modulo of two numeric expressions.
REMOVE	function	Successively extracts delimited strings from a dynamic array.
REPLACE	function	Archaic method of replacing elements in dynamic arrays.
RIGHT	function	Extracts the last n characters from a string.
RND	function	Generates a random number.
SADD	function	Performs string addition.
SDIV	function	Performs string division.
SENTENCE	function	Returns the command used to invoke a program and the arguments it was given.
SEQ	function	Returns the numeric ASCII value of a character.
SEQS	function	Converts a dynamic array of ASCII characters to their numeric string equivalents.
SIN	function	Returns the sine of an angle.
SMUL	function	Performs string multiplication.
SORT	function	Sorts a dynamic array.
SOUNDEX	function	Converts strings to their phonetic equivalents.
SPACE	function	Generates strings of spaces.
SPACES	function	Generates a dynamic array with elements comprising of blank spaces.
SPLICE	function	Creates a dynamic array from the element by element concatenation of two dynamic arrays.
SPOOLER	function	Returns spooler information.
SQRT	function	Returns the square root of a number.
SQUOTE	function	Encloses a value in single quotation marks.
SSUB	function	Performs string subtraction.
STATUS	function	Determines cause of a file open failure.
STOP	function	Program termination.
STR	function	Performs string duplication.
STRS	function	Generates a dynamic array containing the specified number of repetitions of each element of a dynamic array
SUBS	function	Subtracts corresponding elements in two dynamic arrays.
SUBSTRINGS	function	Returns sub-strings of elements from a dynamic array.
SUM	function	Sums elements of a dynamic array.
SYSTEM	function	Returns system information.
SWAP	function	Sub-string replacement.
TAN	function	Returns the tangent of an angle.
TIME	function	Returns the current system time.
TIMEDATE	function	Returns the current time and date.
TIMEDIFF	function	Returns the interval between two timestamps as a dynamic array.
TIMEOUT	function	Terminates a READBLK or READSEQ statement.
TIMESTAMP	function	Returns a UTC timestamp as decimal seconds.
TRANS	function	Retrieves a field from a file.
TRANSQUERY	function	Used to determine if currently in a transaction.
TRIM	function	Removes characters from a string.
TRIMB	function	Removes trailing blanks.
TRIMBS	function	Removes trailing spaces and tabs from elements of a dynamic array.
TRIMF	function	Removes leading blanks.
TRIMFS	function	Removes leading spaces and tabs from elements of a dynamic array.
UNASSIGNED	function	Returns Boolean result for variable assignment.
UNIQUEKEY	function	Returns a unique 16-byte character key.
UPCASE	function	Converts all lowercase characters in an expression to uppercase.
UTF8	function	Converts a latin1 or binary string into the UTF-8 equivalent byte sequence.
WRITEXML	function	Writes an XML record to a hashed file.
XLATE	function	Retrieves a field from a file.
XMLTODYN	function	Converts XML to a dynamic array.
XMLTOXML	function	Transforms XML using an XSL
XTD	function	Returns the decimal representation of a hexadecimal expression.

This is How Globus Works

2014-06-12T22:32:00.000-07:00

Model Bank – installation

1. Shortcuts, applications basics

2. Application data, LIVE and NAU files, record status, audit trail, LIST basics, INT applications

3. FIN and CUS applications, history file, “F” VOC entries, COMPANY, EVAL in LIST

4. SELECT and SELECT lists, COUNT, “SAVING” and “UNIQUE” in SELECT

Navigation in Classic

1. Introduction into programs and subroutines, conclusion for applications

2. Introduction into OFS, more about functions, setup OFS.SOURCE,tSS, simple enquiry output OFS -inputting an application record: VERSION creation, “VALIDATE” option, couple of tests, STANDARD.SELECTION check

Writing a simple T24 subroutine

1. Getting application information from a routine

2. OFS – application record creation – continued, overrides,fields GTS.CONTROL and NO.OF.AUTH VERSION routines – AUT.NEW.CONTENT, R.NEW, application insert file

3. OFS.REQUEST.DETAIL

4. Manual transaction input in comparison with OFS, GTSACTIVE variable

5. Browser client – jboss, jBASE agent, logging in

6. Transaction input under Browser, debugging

7. TODAY variable, date format in T24, edit mode in Classic,API for dates manipulation

8. Global variables again – their lifetime, writing a PROGRAM, CRT

9. CHECK.REC.RTN – error raising, other VERSION routines – notes

10. Programming language overview, writing a simple game

11. Local applications, code rating, enrichment, AUTO.ID.START, SEARCH, jBASE file types, jstat

Oopsie! Toddler Buys Car on eBay with Dad's Smartphone

2013-07-13T18:40:00.001-07:00

The next time a toddler asks to play with your smartphone, you might want to think twice.

A 14-month-old girl in Portland, Ore. went on a little shopping spree on on her dad's eBay app. Okay, not so little — she bought a 1962 Austin Healey Sprite.

SEE ALSO: 10 Terrific iPad Apps for Toddlers

In good condition, the Sprite is a sweet set of wheels, but this car is a real fixer-upper — you'll see. But in an adorable twist of events, the father plans to keep the car and restore it to give to his daughter for her 16th birthday or high school graduation.

source: Mashable

US Govt is Watching Your Emails, Images, Videos, Search History, Skype Calls, Files, Chats

2013-06-10T23:41:00.000-07:00

There are chances that you might have thought of being watched by US government through Gmail, Facebook and other internet giants who are holding your sensitive and most private data.

The news is that all your fears were real, as a new secret document has proven the existence of a US government program that grants NSA (National Security Agency) and FBI the direct access to the servers of Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Skype, Yahoo, Apple and other internet companies, from where they can extract any user information at their will.

Named as PRISM, the program was sanctioned by President Bush in 2007, which is now renewed again by President Obama in December 2012.

Under this program, tech giants gave the direct access to its servers to US government agencies, through which they can grab any information they want, without any hurdle.

The information that NSA can access may include your emails, chats, search history, images, videos, skype calls (even the content of skype calls), YouTube videos (even those which are private), files that are stored in your computer, call records of your smartphones, SMS, MMS, places you visit and much more.

Microsoft joined this program before anyone, followed by Yahoo and Google. Facebook, Skype, Youtube, AOL and Apple are also the program partners who have given the direct access and they can obtain information of any kind for any user who uses these services.

Dropbox is likely to be added in the list of partner companies soon.

PRISM enables US government agencies to reach directly into the servers of the participating companies and obtain both stored communications as well as perform real-time collection on targeted users.

Interestingly, US agencies call PRISM “one of the most valuable, unique and productive accesses for NSA”.

Another fact, which may worry our local “Privacy and Internet Freedom Activists” to a greater level is that Pakistan is second largest spying target of NSA, after Iran. Over 13.5 billion reports were gathered from Pakistan in March 2013 only.

Given the amount of data we share with these companies, including our personal and private information, this revelation is alarming and raise countless serious questions, concerning the morality of tech companies and US government.

Via Guardian

Convert Month Number to Month Name in PHP

2013-05-27T04:38:00.004-07:00

Here is a quick code to convert Month Number to Month Name

<?php $monthNumber = 5; $monthName = date("F", mktime(0, 0, 0, $monthNumber, 10)); echo $monthName; ?>

OutPut:
May

Send email using gmail’s smtp server using PHP

2013-05-25T00:54:00.000-07:00

This tutorial explains how to “Send Mail using SMTP and PHP” using SMTP credentials

You need to install two pear packages, Mail and SMTP. Code is quite self-explanatory.

<?php

require_once "Mail.php";

$from = "test@gmail.com";

$to = "test2@gmail.com";

$subject = "Email Subject";

$body = "Content For the email";

$config=array(

'host' => 'ssl://smtp.googlemail.com',

'port' => 465,

'auth' => true,

'username' => 'write your gmail username here',

'password' => 'write your gmail password here'

);

$headers=array(

'From' => $from,

'To' => $to,

'Subject' => $subject

);

$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',$config);

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

if(!(PEAR::isError($mail)))

{

echo "Mail sent successfully!"; // On Success

}

else

{

echo $mail->getMessage(); // On Failure

}

Google Buzz Is Going To Shut Down

2013-05-25T00:16:00.000-07:00

In October 2011 google announced that Google Buzz was shutting down. On or after 17 July 2013, Google will take the last step in the shut-down and will save a copy of your Buzz posts to your Google Drive, a service for storing files online. Google will store two (2) types of files to your Google Drive and the newly-created files will not count against your storage limits.

The first type of file will be private, only accessible to you, containing a snapshot of the Google Buzz public and private posts that you authored.
The second type of file will contain a copy of only your Google Buzz public posts. By default it will be viewable by anyone with the link and may appear in search results and on your Google Profile (if you've linked to your Buzz posts). Note, any existing links to your Google Buzz content will redirect users to thisfile.
Any comments that you made on other users' posts will only be saved to those users' files and not to yours. Once the change described in this email is final, only that user will be able to change the sharing settings of those files. This means that if you have commented on another author's private post, that author could choose to make that post and its comments public. If you would like to avoid that possibility, delete all your Buzz content now.
The new Google Drive files will only contain comments from users who previously enabled Google Buzz, and the files will not contain comments that were deleted prior to moving the data to your Google Drive.

Once the files have been created, they will be treated the same as any other Drive file. They are yours to do with as you please. This includes downloading them, updating who can access them or deleting them.

Before these files are created, you can view the Google Buzz posts that you have authored here. If you do not want any of your Buzz posts or comments to be saved to Google Drive files, you can immediately delete your Google Buzz account and data.

Google to Launch Galaxy S4

2013-05-23T00:23:00.001-07:00

At its famed I/O Conference, Google, instead of announcing a new Nexus smartphone, Google has announced that it will be selling the Galaxy S 4 instead with stock Android OS. The phone will come with the same specs as the original Galaxy S 4 with the only difference being the original, skin-free Android UI instead of Samsung’s own Touchwiz with Nature UI.

The phone will also lose the exclusive Samsung apps but will come with an unlocked bootloader so there won’t be any end of possibilities. And of course, the updates will be coming to this phone before any other existing Android device on the market, thanks to Google’s trusty, uncompromised support.

The phone will come with 16 GBs of expandable storage and will be available for $649 or Rs. 70K at launch. The version of Android running is unknown though as Google might announce a new version of Android in the very conference this phone was announced it but we can’t say that for sure.

The phone will be available at Google’s own Google Play Store initially.

In case you’ve forgotten, these are the specs of the Samsung Galaxy S 4:

Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean customized with Samsung’s Nature UI
5 inch display with Full HD resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels
Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection and super sensitive screen
7.9mm thick
Weight: 130 grams
Octa-core Exynos processor with 8 cores and PowerVR SGX 544MP3 GPU
2 GB RAM with 16/32/64 GB expandable storage
13 megapixel rear-camera with HDR and 1080p Full HD video recording
Optical Image Stabilization
2 megapixel 1080p Full HD front-camera
Bluetooth 4.0, microUSB 2.0, USB-OTG, IR Blaster, Wifi Hotspot, GPS
2600 mAh battery
Available in White Frost and Black mist colors

source:propakistani.pk

PHP Useful Functions

2011-02-28T23:32:00.001-08:00

Functions with Arbitrary Number of Arguments

You may already know that PHP allows you to define functions with optional arguments. But there is also a method for allowing completely arbitrary number of function arguments.
First, here is an example with just optional arguments:

// function with 2 optional arguments
function foo($arg1 = '', $arg2 = '') {

 echo "arg1: $arg1\n";
 echo "arg2: $arg2\n";

}

foo('hello','world');
/* prints:
arg1: hello
arg2: world
*/

foo();
/* prints:
arg1:
arg2:
*/

Now, let’s see how we can build a function that accepts any number of arguments. This time we are going to utilize func_get_args():

// yes, the argument list can be empty
function foo() {

 // returns an array of all passed arguments
 $args = func_get_args();

 foreach ($args as $k => $v) {
  echo "arg".($k+1).": $v\n";
 }

}

foo();
/* prints nothing */

foo('hello');
/* prints
arg1: hello
*/

foo('hello', 'world', 'again');
/* prints
arg1: hello
arg2: world
arg3: again
*/

php tutorial part II

2011-02-27T23:26:00.000-08:00

Introduction

In the last part of the tutorial I explained some of the advantages of PHP as a scripting language and showed you how to test your server for PHP. In this part I will show you the basics of showing information in the browser and how you can use variables to hold information.

Printing Text

To output text in your PHP script is actually very simple. As with most other things in PHP, you can do it in a variety of different ways. The main one you will be using, though, is print. Print will allow you to output text, variables or a combination of the two so that they display on the screen.

The print statement is used in the following way:

print("Hello world!");

I will explain the above line:

print is the command and tells the script what to do. This is followed by the information to be printed, which is contained in the brackets. Because you are outputting text, the text is also enclosed instide quotation marks. Finally, as with nearly every line in a PHP script, it must end in a semicolon. You would, of course, have to enclose this in your standard PHP tags, making the following code:

Which will display:

Hello world!

on the screen.

Variables

As with other programming languages, PHP allows you to define variables. In PHP there are several variable types, but the most common is called a String. It can hold text and numbers. All strings begin with a $ sign. To assign some text to a string you would use the following code:

$welcome_text = "Hello and welcome to my website.";

This is quite a simple line to understand, everything inside the quotation marks will be assigned to the string. You must remember a few rules about strings though:

Strings are case sensetive so $Welcome_Text is not the same as $welcome_text
String names can contain letters, numbers and underscores but cannot begin with a number or underscore
When assigning numbers to strings you do not need to include the quotes so:

$user_id = 987

would be allowed.

Outputting Variables

To display a variable on the screen uses exactly the same code as to display text but in a slightly different form. The following code would display your welcome text:

As you can see, the only major difference is that you do not need the quotation marks if you are printing a variable.

Formatting Your Text

Unfortunately, the output from your PHP programs is quite boring. Everything is just output in the browser's default font. It is very easy, though, to format your text using HTML. This is because, as PHP is a server side language, the code is executed before the page is sent to the browser. This means that only the resulting information from the script is sent, so in the example above the browser would just be sent the text:

Hello and welcome to my website.

This means, though, that you can include standard HTML markup in your scripts and strings. The only problem with this is that many HTML tags require the " sign. You may notice that this will clash with the quotation marks used to print your text. This means that you must tell the script which quotes should be used (the ones at the beginning and end of the output) and which ones should be ignored (the ones in the HTML code).

For this example I will change the text to the Arial font in red. The normal code for this would be:

As you can see this code contains 4 quotation marks so would confuse the script. Because of this you must add a backslash before each quotation mark to make the PHP script ignore it. The code would chang
e to:

You can now include this in your print statement:

print("Hello and welcome to my website.");

which will make the browser display:

Hello and welcome to my website.

because it has only been sent the code:

Hello and welcome to my website.

This does make it quite difficult to output HTML code into the browser but later in this tutorial I will show you another way of doing this which can make it a bit easier.

Learn PHP from Scratch: A Training Regimen

2011-02-26T14:48:00.000-08:00

Holding the title of “number one”, PHP is the most popular language among developers. Even still, many prefer different languages. Yours truly, for example, is most comfortable when working in the ASP.NET environment. However, because of the enormous success of WordPress, more and more developers have decided to expand their horizons and learn yet another language.
I happen to be one of those very people. As my clients increasingly ask for WordPress implementation, learning PHP has become a requirement. I’m not alone in this endeavor. For those in the same boat, why not take the time and learn with me?
The Mission Statement
Over the course of the next few articles – to be posted each Wednesday – it is my intention to create a “work-out regimen” for all of us. If you’ve been meaning to learn, but haven’t gotten around to it yet, now is the time! On the flip side, for those of you who are PHP ninjas, I respectfully request that you get involved and offer advice to the rest of us. If you’ve benefited from the dozens of tutorials on this site, take a few moments to give back, via the comments section. This will be your one-stop resource for everything PHP. Each Wednesday, I’ll post a training article, as well as a list of resources that will help to explain the concepts in the lesson further. The key here is that I’m a beginner just like everyone else, relatively speaking. We can motivate one another to learn as quickly, and efficiently as possible.
So, why would you learn from a beginner? Try not to think of it as me teaching you. Think of these articles as a community effort where we all help each other. I’ll be learning from many of you in the same way that you learn from me.
Is PHP Similar To Any Other Languages?
Absolutely. I was pleasantly surprised as I began my training. If you have even a modest amount of knowledge when it comes to ASP.NET, Perl, Javascript, or C#, you’ll find that you pick up the syntax quickly.
The Basics
In order to alert the server that we are working with PHP, you’ll need to use the following syntax when adding PHP into your HTML documents:
<?php
...code goes here
?>
We start and end each PHP declaration with “<?php” and “?>”, respectively. Refer back to your code and insert the following:
1.    <?php echo "This is PHP in action"; ?>
Notice that in this second example, we kept everything on one line. Remember, PHP is not white-space sensitive. Here, we are telling the server to “echo”, or write “This is PHP in action” onto the page. Each declaration in our code must have a semicolon appended to the end. Although HTML can be forgiving if you accidentally forget a bracket, PHP unfortunately is not. If you don’t use the correct syntax, you’ll receive an error. In this case, when we only have a single declaration, we could technically get away with leaving the semicolon off. But, it’s always important to follow best practices.
Defining Variables
We can assign values to variables quite easily. Rather than using “var” (C# and Javascript), or “dim” (VB), we can declare a variable in PHP by using the “$” symbol. For instance, let’s say that I want to assign the previous string to a variable called “myVariable”. I would write…
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1.    <?php $myVariable = "This is PHP in action";
2.    echo $myVariable;
3.    ?>
This example will produce the exact same result as the previous two. However, in this scenario, we’ve assigned the string to the variable and then “echoed” the variable instead. Now what if I wanted to concatenate a variable and a string?
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1.    <?php $myVariable = "This is PHP in action.";
2.    echo $myVariable . " My name is Jeffrey Way";
3.    ?>
By using the period, we can combine variables and/or strings.
Inserting Comments Into Your Code
If you’re familiar with CSS and Javascript, you’ll find that inserting comments in PHP is virtually the same.
<?php
# This is a single line comment.
// This is the most common way of commenting out your code.
/* Here is a way to comment over multiple lines. This is the exact
     same way that you would comment in CSS */
?>
Combining HTML With Our PHP
As said previously, remember that PHP and HTML can work in combination. Simply because we’re in the middle of a PHP statement does not mean that we can’t embed elements such as a break or strong tag.
<?php echo "<strong>This text is bold.</strong>"; ?>
Defining Your First Function()
Creating functions in PHP is nearly identical to Javascript’s implementation. The basic syntax is…
<?php
function name ($arguments){
your statement goes here;
}
?>
If we wanted to create a function that “echos” 10 plus 5, we could write…
1.    <?php
2.    function addNumbers (){
3.    echo 10 + 5;
4.    }
5.    addNumbers();
6.    ?>
We’re creating a simple function that will output “15″. We call the function with “addNumbers(). In this case, we aren’t using any arguments. Let’s see how we can implement them in order to make our function more versatile.
1.    <?php
2.    function addNumbers($firstNumber, $secondNumber){
3.    echo $firstNumber + $secondNumber;
4.    }
5.    addNumbers(10, 5);
6.    ?>
Now, our code is much more flexible. When we created our “addNumbers()” function, we added two arguments – $firstNumber and $secondNumber. The function will simply echo the sum of these two variables. When the function is called, we’ll need to pass in our two numbers – addNumbers(10, 5). In a real-world situation, the values for these variables might be taken from a couple of textboxes.

First PHP Class

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PHP is a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive Web pages.

PHP is the widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such as Microsoft's ASP.

What is PHP?

    * PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
    * PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
    * PHP scripts are executed on the server
    * PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL, Generic ODBC, etc.)
    * PHP is an open source software
    * PHP is free to download and use

What is a PHP File?

    * PHP files can contain text, HTML tags and scripts
    * PHP files are returned to the browser as plain HTML
    * PHP files have a file extension of ".php", ".php3", or ".phtml"

What is MySQL?

    * MySQL is a database server
    * MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications
    * MySQL supports standard SQL
    * MySQL compiles on a number of platforms
    * MySQL is free to download and use

PHP + MySQL

    * PHP combined with MySQL are cross-platform (you can develop in Windows and serve on a Unix platform)

Why PHP?

    * PHP runs on different platforms (Windows, Linux, Unix, etc.)
    * PHP is compatible with almost all servers used today (Apache, IIS, etc.)
    * PHP is FREE to download from the official PHP resource: www.php.net
    * PHP is easy to learn and runs efficiently on the server side

Where to Start?

To get access to a web server with PHP support, you can:

    * Install Apache (or IIS) on your own server, install PHP, and MySQL
    * Or find a web hosting plan with PHP and MySQL support

Platform Of this Blog

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This Blog will go with developing tools, and different languages, We will discuss how to customize anything which we like on web.