Archive for March, 2003
Link to DVDs through Avantgo
This is the frame-less page of alphabetical DVDs.
Here.
Blocking bots on your site
How to block spambots, ban spybots, and tell unwanted robots to go to hell
I recently woke up to the staggering level of abuse occurring on this web site. This is old news to some, but we all wake up at different times. I’m talking, of course, about automated robots and spiders. They come at all hours, they take as much as they can, and they leave me with the (bandwidth) bill. They do so without respecting the Robot Exclusion Standard, now almost 10 years old. Some come to gather email addresses, which are then sold to spammers; some come to steal images or other content, and republish it without my consent; some come to spy on me and sell information to their clients about perceived violations of copyright, trademark, or some nebulous concept of brand identity.
None of them act in my best interest, or in the interests of my readers.
PHP info from NetworkWorld magazine
How to Build, Install, Secure & Optimize PHP new
Tutorial for using PHP on Apache Web servers.
PHP new
PHP downloads, tutorials, news and other resources.
PHP Manual new
Latest documentation for the language.
Security with PHP Superglobals new
Tutorial on ways to use PHP to minimize the chances of somebody hacking into your site via forms: “Wouldn’t it be great to have a way to isolate variables based on how the data is assigned in the first place?” Linux Journal, 01/07/03.
Switching to PHP: What’s the Language Difference? new
Article intended for coders familiar with languages such as Perl and Visual Basic who want to start learning PHP. From Zend, a PHP vendor.
Using strings in PHP new
“A large portion of Web programming requires strings to be handled and generated, so knowing how to use and handle strings properly is extremely important for PHP programmers. This tutorial starts with the simple constructs used to create strings and moves through to more advanced techniques for string handling.”
Zen of PHP from Network World magazine:
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