Demos & Snippets

Log and block email spam IPs w/ PHP + .htaccess | Created: 29th Aug 18
Getting spam delivery failure messages in your inbox? Use PHP to log spammer IPs and block them from further attacks on the mail server with .htaccess.

AJAX & PHP 5-Star Rating with Flat File Storage | Created: 16th May 18
Log and display votes with this 5-star rating system. Votes are saved to a .txt file. Average and totals are displayed in real time. One vote per device.

Scheduled 'SiteShow' Slides with PHP | Created: 30th Sep 16
Building on the 'SiteShow' with Controls demo, this article shows you how to adapt the scripts to schedule in slides for specific times, days or dates.

Display Excerpts From an RSS Feed, with Pagination | Created: 10th Feb 16
PHP5 reads an RSS file and outputs HTML excerpts, with 'read more' links leading to the full story. Pagination displays a long RSS over many pages.

XML to HTML with SimpleXML (PHP) | Created: 13th Jan 16
This tutorial shows how to extract XML data (tags and attributes) and parse it into web pages as HTML, with the help of PHP5's SimpleXML extension.

AJAX & PHP Click-Counter with Flat File Storage | Created: 17th Nov 15
Log and display clicks on any HTML element. Counts are saved to a .txt file with PHP, while AJAX displays increasing counts in real time. No page refresh!

Opt-Out of Responsive Design + Save Cookie | Created: 16th Apr 15
This PHP script allows users to opt-out of RWD and view fixed width desktop layouts on mobile devices. A cookie saves layout selection for 30 days.

PHP Style/ Content Switcher + Save Cookie | Created: 19th Dec 14
Here is a simple PHP script to change stylesheets or load in alternative content (conditional loading), with cookies to store user selection.