Website localization in PHP episode 1: Translate strings
Presenting a web site in multiple languages is a serious problem even when using dynamic server side technologies. In this article series, we'll try to figure out how to come out of common troubles. We'll start talking about string translation using a Pear module called Translation2.
Database abstraction in PHP with MDB2
Coming from a Windows environment, the first thing I noticed about PHP was the lack of a standardized way to access databases across vendors. That is, you want to connect to a MySQL server, you use the command mysql_connect(); , for PostgreSQL it is pg_connect(); , for Microsoft SQL server is mssql_connect(); .
How to separe PHP code and HTML presentation with Smarty, part 2: installation
Note: this is article is cut in parts, this is the the second one. Visit the first one if you don't know what Smarty is and why to use it. The post supposes basic PHP programming skills.
Ok, last time we examined the goods and bads of using Smarty, this time we'll install it.