http://www.marcfraser.co.uk A Web Design and Development Blog by Marc Fraser. Marc Fraser is a student, situated in Central Scotland. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:06:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I hate smoking. It is a horrible habit, and one that I've never once partaken, if I may add. Basically, my gripe is nowadays when you want to enter a public building (a shopping center for example) you walk in with a headache, choking for breath, all the side effects of ... http://www.marcfraser.co.uk/smoking-outside-public-places-89.htm I've re-signed up to Twitter. Please follow me (@marc_fraser): https://twitter.com/marc_fraser. Thanks Marc http://www.marcfraser.co.uk/twitter-86.htm After 6 months of the iPhone 3G, an upgrade is due! I was so impressed with the iPhone 3G, that I've decided to get the latest version - the iPhone 3GS. It should arrive on Wednesday; how it is getting here I don't yet know. If its Royal Mail, ... http://www.marcfraser.co.uk/new-mobile-phone-84.htm Went shopping today in Edinburgh for a pair of Nike Air Max 90 in full white.  I really like Nike Air Max trainers -  I think they are really comfy. Anyway, after browsing a few shops, I came to the conclusion that I'm looking to buy something which I can't actually ... http://www.marcfraser.co.uk/new-trainers-y3-73.htm (from Full Article) The include command can save you a lot of time as you can create a header, place it in a file and just include that file on every page and the header will be shown. This will also mean that you do not need to edit every page ... http://www.marcfraser.co.uk/php-include-62.htm (from Full Article) In PHP IF statements are extensively used.  It allows you to show the user data depending on certain conditions. The best way to describe it is with the use of an example: You want to build a dashboard with items you do not want all employees to see, ... http://www.marcfraser.co.uk/php-if-statement-60.htm (from Full Article) Here are most types of PHP Operators: Assignment Operators, Arithmetic Operators, Comparison Operators, and String Operators. Assignment Operators We have already met this type. This is where we set a variable equal to something or make a variable equal to another variable. Arithmetic Operators English Operator Example Addition + 1+1 Subtraction - 5-3 Multiplication * 5*2 Division / 10/2 An example of the use of Arithmetic ... http://www.marcfraser.co.uk/php-operators-58.htm (from Full Article) We can display our variables in a meaningful fashion with the use of concatenation. Concatenation makes use of the period (.). Please see the example below which is an example of affixing a value to the end of the variable: [php]<?php $name = “Marc”; $name .= “Fraser”; ?>[/php] Basically what ‘.=’ is doing ... http://www.marcfraser.co.uk/php-concatenation-56.htm (from Full Article) Variables are important to PHP. A variable is a way of storing a value, such as text (“Hello”), numeric values (such as the integer value of 1) and also Boolean values (true and false). A variable can be re-used throughout your code instead of typing out the value ... http://www.marcfraser.co.uk/php-variables-54.htm (from Full Article) Semicolons Semicolons are used extensively in PHP. The semicolon generally (there are exceptions) signifies the end of a PHP statement and should not be forgotten, otherwise unsightly errors will occur. An example will be shown in the Outputting HTML code using PHP section. Outputting HTML code using PHP Outputting HTML code ... http://www.marcfraser.co.uk/outputting-html-using-php-semicolons-50.htm