Most of the PHP code you’ll need for your WordPress install can be found in the codex. The codex is simply a huge repository of instructions, code and support. It’s a wonderful place for WordPress developers to hang out because, not only does it contain much of what you’ll need to answers questions and solve […]
PHP Coding Tips, Tutorials & Techniques
The PHP section includes posts and articles that cover tips, tutorials and best practices for various areas of coding websites with Hypertext Preprocessor. Discussion includes how to effectively utilize PHP to build dynamic, database driven websites and applications. Additional topics include syntax and structure, datatypes, operators, conditionals, loops and functions.
Working With PHP in WordPress
It’s the strangest thing – since I’ve begun delving into the world of coding, I’ve heard very little in terms of PHP. It seems that the majority of folks who are attempting to get into this field are more concerned with JavaScript, Python and the plethora of tools that emerge daily. That strikes me as […]
Understanding the WordPress Loop
If you’ve either looked into developing with WordPress or have developed with WordPress for any length of time, I’m sure you’ve heard of the “WordPress Loop.” The loop is one area of WordPress that you don’t want to skimp on. In order to be proficient in development, it’s important to understand exactly what’s going on. […]
Creating & Including WordPress Header & Footer Files
In most WordPress installs (and websites in general) headers and footers are consistent across many pages. Unless there are special sections that are unique to the majority, visitors will see the same layout, with perhaps some dynamic content, at the top of the page and at the bottom of the page. These layouts are pulled […]
Internal PHP Functions
I am currently embarking in the final stage of Hampton Paulk’s “PHP Functions” course at Treehouse. It’s been a good one so far. I’ve learned a lot. Hampton has a way of feeding information just slow enough as to be easily absorbed. In this post, I’m going to go over functions that are internal, or […]
PHP Function Returns
Today, I’m going to continue on with my interpretation, or should I say – basically – my notes, on Hampton Paulk’s “PHP Functions” class over at Treehouse. I’ve been enjoying Hampton’s style and his teaching is remarkably understandable. In this post, I’m going to go over PHP function returns. Now, before I started writing today, […]
Working With PHP Functions
In this post, I’m going to talk about working with functions in PHP. In order to do that though, I think we should first get a working definition of what exactly a function is. Much like in other programming languages, a function in PHP is a section of code that receives input, completes a set […]
Conditional Statements & Loops in PHP
For this last section of my PHP series, I’m going to discuss conditional statements and loops in PHP. These two areas truly are at the heart of this programming language, so it’s important to get a solid understanding of what they do and how they work. Conditional Statements In the most basic sense, conditional statements […]
Operators in PHP
In PHP, operators are used to manipulate or perform operations on variables and values. And just like other programming languages, there are quite a few operators. These operators can be grouped under specific headings to help keep things a bit more organized. I’ll go over each group below. Before I begin though, I thought I’d […]
PHP Data Types
Do you remember back when I talked about variables in PHP? If not, you really should check out my post as I covered a lot of ground. If you don’t have the time, I’ll give you a very quick refresher here. Variables are containers to store data. It’s like you carve out spaces in your […]