Phorm is an excellent form processor written in PHP that I use on a number of websites. Here's some copy-and-paste code that will come in handy if you require a drop down menu with U.S. states and Canadian provinces on your form.
First, here's the PHP code for your form's config file.
Now here's the HTML […]

Recently, a security vulnerability was reported in the the design of the Pingback specification. Basically, the specification fails to include a service or URL authentication model, making it susceptible to abuse.
This issue affects several software packages that implement pingbacks, including Wordpress 2.0.7, yet there has been little information posted about this on WordPress.org. WordPress 2.1 […]

International PHP Magazine is running a poll on their website right now about the best PHP MVC framework. What surprises me is that the editors left out Code Igniter! Admittedly, Code Igniter implements a loose MVC pattern that does not require Models. Perhaps this was the reason for the exclusion? CakePHP is running away with […]

Last night, I installed some development software on my new laptop, but rather than install Apache, PHP and MySQL manually as I've done in the past, I opted to use WAMP5. Wow, talk about easy! WAMP5 installed the aforementioned apps (as well as phpMyAdmin) in just a couple of clicks, and provides me with easy […]

I'm still biding my time on the topic of the ideal PHP framework. I have yet to use a framework for a project, but I read just about anything I can get my hands on that compares frameworks and identifies their features and benefits in an effort to trim down my choices and find the […]

The PHP Security Consortium has released its new project, PHPSecInfo, a tool that mimics the behaviour of the phpinfo() function by generating a report about the security of the PHP installation on a server.
Installation is a piece of cake: just upload the files and then run the index.php in your browser!
PHPSecInfo is simple and […]