How to Use a PHP Datatables AJAX JSON Helper to Generate AJAX Request Responses Needed to Implement User-Friendly Sites By Manuel Lemos Using AJAX to implement PHP Web applications is a good idea because it can provide a better user experience by allowing users to interact with the applications quickly. Usually, AJAX-based applications need to retrieve data from the web server to update the current page without causing a page to reload. A datatable is a way of gathering information on the server side, such as from database query results. The datatable can be serialized in JSON format and r ..read more

How to Use a WordPress Podcast Player Plugin to Publish a Podcast in WordPress Site By Manuel Lemos WordPress is a popular content management system that plugins can extend to add more functionality to sites that use it. This package provides a plugin for WordPress that allows site owners to quickly import podcast episodes from other podcast publication platforms like Spotify and Anchor ..read more

How to Use a PHP Artificial Intelligence Library to Implement a PHP Voice Chat Application That Translates Speech to Other Languages By Manuel Lemos Artificial intelligence-based tools like ChatGPT and Google Translate allow users to interact with these applications to ask for solutions to their problems, like answering questions or translating sentences to other languages. This package implements a PHP application that uses the ChatGPT and Google Translate APIs to demonstrate how to implement a voice chat feature in any PHP application ..read more

How Can PHP Store Passwords Securely Using a Redis Server to Make the Application Credentials Available to One or More Web Servers By Manuel Lemos Credentials are usually used to authenticate users. For instance, a username and a password are used to access a database server. When credentials have a fixed value, developers often store them in a PHP configuration script. When you want to change the credentials, it is better to store them in central storage that can be accessed by different parts of the application that need those credentials. This package uses a Redis server to store and re ..read more

Why Now It Is a Good Time to Upgrade to PHP 8.3 - The Smooth PHP 8.3 Upgrade Guide By Manuel Lemos Every time there is a new PHP release announcement, many developers want to upgrade immediately, justifying their decision with the justification that newer versions are more secure. Upgrading is good when it is a smooth process. The reality of an upgrade process will be soft if you take the proper steps to deal with the many changes made in PHP in the newer release. Read this short article to learn why now is an excellent time to start upgrading to PHP 8.3 and how you can upgrade your applica ..read more

How to Implement a PHP IP Lookup Server that Uses the RDAP to Provide More Detailed Information About IP Address Than using the Whois Protocol By Manuel Lemos RDAP is an Internet protocol that allows information about IP addresses and domains to be answered. It is a successor of the Whois protocol. RDAP allows query processing using HTTP requests and getting query responses in JSON format. So, the RDAP server responses are more accessible to parse and process than the WHOIS server responses because, nowadays, it is easy to parse data in JSON format in PHP and many other languages. This pac ..read more

4 Artificial Intelligence Software for Development That Can Make Your Developer Life Better By Manuel Lemos Artificial Intelligence is only helpful if you can apply it in developing software tools that help you become more productive. Artificial intelligence tools can be helpful in many areas of development, such as code auto-complete, solutions after presenting problems in natural language, image recognition, and pair programming ..read more

How Can a PHP Form Add Fields Dynamically Using AJAX Requests Sent with jQuery By Manuel Lemos Some PHP applications need to display listings, and users need to be able to edit the values shown on the page using a form field. When the listings need to change according to the user's intentions, the forms may have to be changed to add or remove entries to the listings. Check this PHP script that can display a form with a listing that contains form inputs. It allows users to add or remove entries to the listing. The forms can be updated dynamically to add or remove listing entries using AJAX r ..read more

How Can You Use PHP Markdown Parser to Text Documents as HTML in a Secure Way in Web Pages By Manuel Lemos Markdown is a popular format used to represent text that may have marks to format the way it can appear on HTML pages. GitHub is a platform that popularized the use of Markdown to render formatted text for the descriptions of the repository hosted in GitHub. GitHub added support to more custom Markdown tags. The resulting format is called Github Flavored Markdown. This package can parse and render GitHub Flavored Markdown text ..read more

How to Implement a PHP Active Record Behavior to Store Uploaded Files as Model Class Properties By Manuel Lemos Active Record is a well-known software design pattern used to store and retrieve model objects, for instance, from SQL database tables. Usually, model class objects have properties with small-sized types. To store data that can be larger, it is better to use files or large object (LOB) database files. This package implements a behavior class that can process file uploads for model class properties of large sizes ..read more