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Is “PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition)” outdated book? [closed]
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Is “PHP and MySQL Web Development, 4th ed.” an outdated book to learn from?
I know some basics about PHP and MySQL and now I want to extend my knowledge. ...
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When should I start the server side coding?
I am creating a website, where users can upload their own videos. So far I am just building the main structure with HTML and CSS. Is it a better practice to write server-side code before the site ...
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How do I approach this PHP/MYSQL query?
I have a reservation system that I have coded and my final task is to allow the user to enter a set of dates and then show them all available options.
The reservation table is set up with unit_id, ...
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Is database based chat room bad idea?
Most of simple "group chat" systems are based on local file storage logs (e.g. log.txt ).
I'm developing a simple group chat (under 20 users simultaneity ) with jQuery/AJAX.
So basically, ...
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Most common website scalability pitfalls
We are designing a website/web application where we hope to to achieve high user counts and, in general, lots of use. More specifically, we intend to be using PHP as the programming/scripting language ...
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In which format should I sent the values in database in PHP?
I am developing an application which is based on the quiz contest for competetive exams. The user can give different categories of tests, which will contain different types of questions of following ...
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Which of the following data duplication options across shards is recommended?
High performance mysql book suggests that for sharding a blog application, one may want to put comments data across 2 shards: first, on the shard of a person posting comment, and on the shard where ...
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Is using dynamically generated code as cache a good idea?
I have a web search interface that can compare products in a table. This data set changes a few times a week.
I have been storing a "DISTINCT" list (used for parametric selection) in a cache table. ...
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Technique for multiple users on same datasets
This is more a learning question than coding, but I'm certain it's a common issue for anyone developing administration systems or applications in php/mysql/js etc.
I've developed quite a complex ...
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General approach to re-factoring an large, very badly written legacy system [closed]
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Techniques to re-factor garbage and maintain sanity?
What is a good way to refactor a large, terribly written code base by myself?
Really open question here. I'm not ...
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Struggling as a programmer. Need some advice [closed]
I've been a developer now for a number of years. I'm pretty good at what I do and can "get the job done".
But, there is a difference between "getting the job done" and "doing the job properly". Let's ...
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How To Handle Previously Uploaded Files
I'm new to PHP and MySQL and I've only seen posts related to this on Zend and ASP so I'm looking for some advice to point me in the right direction for a LAMP project.
I'm putting together a webform ...
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Datetime vs Timestamp in MySQL and PHP in practice?
I am not sure how to specify my datatype as datetime or timestamp, I think I will need both of them but on the different events. My website sells products and services worldwide and also have an ...
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Request Information from iPhone/Php developers
recently I hired a freelancer to develop an iPhone application for my website, this application will get information from the DB of the website, normally I should give to him the access to the DB to ...
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How to build completely modular web applications
In the coming months we're going to begin a project where we take a system we've built for a client (v1) and rebuild it from scratch. Our goal with v2 is to make it modular, so that this specific ...
