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How to Add AI to your Website with Thesys Agent Builder to Build a PHP Billing Software Chatbot in Practice

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:45:01 GMT

How to Add AI to your Website with Thesys Agent Builder to Build a PHP Billing Software Chatbot in Practice

By Manuel Lemos

In the previous article, I explained what a chatbot is and how you can quickly add a chatbot to a website that you are developing using the Thesys Agent Builder.

Read this continuation article to learn how you can implement a real chatbot application using the Thesys Agent Builders to build an application that lets users request details of the bills they have to pay for a company.

How to Build Chatbots that Respond with an Interactive UI Instead of Text

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:20:02 GMT

How to Build Chatbots that Respond with an Interactive UI Instead of Text

By Manuel Lemos

Chatbots are tools that allow users to interact with automated software to respond to user inquiries on a website or application.

The first wave of chatbots used to interact with users only with text user interfaces.

Modern chatbots are evolved and can respond with user interface elements that are easier to understand, require that the users read less text, and allow users to request that websites or applications respond with actions in fewer steps.

Read this article to learn how you can implement modern chatbots to help the users of your websites or applications to get greater satisfaction by interacting with your chatbots in a simpler way.

How to Develop Web Services APIs Faster and Win Prizes

Tue, 17 Mar 2026 15:15:01 GMT

How to Develop Web Services APIs Faster and Win Prizes

By Manuel Lemos

Developing a Web services API is a good way to provide a valuable service to other people or companies that may be willing to pay for the benefits of providing an API.

Like any software project, it may take a significant amount of time to develop an API.

Read this article to learn how you can reduce the time that an API takes to be developed and win prizes for developing great APIs and participating in the Apify $1M challenge.

How to Meet Lovely People Near You Using the Weekend Club Application to Have Better Personal Life

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 02:12:33 GMT

How to Meet Lovely People Near You Using the Weekend Club Application to Have Better Personal Life

By Manuel Lemos

As a developer, you also have a personal life that involves relationships with people that you love.

Developers that are lonely would be happier if they could relate with people they love.

Read this article to discover how to find people that you love near the location where you live using the Weekend Club application.

Google Search API PHP Example Tutorial with Demo to Get the First Web Pages and Images as a JSON Array

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 03:41:30 GMT

Google Search API PHP Example Tutorial with Demo to Get the First Web Pages and Images as a JSON Array

By Ash Kiswany

Appearing in the Google Search results is very important these days but it is not that easy. The competition is very high and your pages need to rank with the right keywords.

Finding if you are ranking with the right keywords is very difficult. You need to take every keyword and test it against a search, then look for your site in the search results list. However, Google blocks scripts that scrape the search result pages.

Fortunately there is an official API from Google that lets you search for certain keywords and you can use it from PHP or any other language.

Read this article to learn how to use the Google Search API from PHP to automate searches and find your site in the results.

What Are the PHP Trends in 2025

Fri, 31 Oct 2025 02:18:31 GMT

What Are the PHP Trends in 2025

By Manuel Lemos

The PHP Classes site is now 26 years old.

This site would not be useful for all these years if it did not adapt to the changes in the PHP community.

Read this short article to learn more about what we see as trends that the PHP community of today will follow for the next year.

Learning from PHP Log to File Example

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 01:29:22 GMT

Learning from PHP Log to File Example

By van Gato

Logging is a common activity that most applications must perform to keep track of activities, just in case you need to analyse past activities to find the cause for any issues.

Read this article to learn from examples on how to implement logging techniques that can be used in PHP storing the logged information in files.

How to Sell Products to PHP Developers Using Sponsorships

Tue, 12 Aug 2025 05:30:38 GMT

How to Sell Products to PHP Developers Using Sponsorships

By Manuel Lemos

There are PHP developers that have developed nice products or services that are useful to other PHP developers.

However, many developers who have tried to sell their PHP products or services to other developers have been unable to do so due to their lack of practical knowledge about business design patterns.

Read this article to learn about some of the most important business design patterns you need to know and practice, succeeding as a business owner who sells your products and services to other PHP developers.

Refactor More Than Code: Learn about Refactoring PHP Code and Other Tools and Methods to Improve Your Code

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:15:02 GMT

Refactor More Than Code: Learn about Refactoring PHP Code and Other Tools and Methods to Improve Your Code

By Manuel Lemos

Refactoring is an activity that developers can do to improve their code beneficially.

The benefits of refactoring code include improving the maintainability of a project, improving the code performance, and reducing bugs.

Read this short article to learn how you can learn more about code refactoring methods and tools from the Code & Character newsletter.

Build AI Agents That Run Your Day - While You Focus on What Matters

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 03:46:29 GMT

Build AI Agents That Run Your Day - While You Focus on What Matters

By Manuel Lemos

One of the most promising areas for software developers to progress in the career is indeed artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence agents allow developers to build systems that can automate the completion of tasks on behalf of the users.

Read this article to learn how you can enroll in a masterclass to learn how you can build your own artificial intelligence agents to use in the software applications that you develop.