There is no doubt that PHP is among the top web development languages used. I have used it for smaller projects and always used a plain text editor (Notepad++) for development, but if you are serious about PHP coding you need a full blown IDE. If you don’t have one already, check out this article which compares 8 PHP IDE’s. Both commercial and free...

OK, time to get a bit more technical. In order to customize your WordPress theme, you will need to understand enough PHP to do a few basic things. WordPress (and the themes it uses) are entirely based on the PHP scripting language. In this video, I will show you some basic PHP – concentrating on those concepts you’ll need most often in your WordPress...

Continuing the subject of useful command line tools, I ran across one today which I am really thankful I found: Blat. Blat is a command line SMTP mailer. It is simple to use, just “install” Blat by specifying the default SMTP server and from address to use and then you can email text files with a single command line instruction. This is ideal for...

This tip is for developers out there who know PHP. If you have ever wanted to convert your PHP scripts into a standalone Windows executable program there are several options out there for you. First, there are the “standard” PHP to EXE compilers you can get such as Bambalam or PriadoBlender. However, a more intriguing option is WinBinder. WinBinder,...