584. How Can PHP Compare Two Images for Similarity
Updated on: 2017-10-12
Posted on: 2017-07-18
Some applications need to able to tell if two images are similar in the sense that they show the same thing. The PHP Compare Images Similarity class can be used for that purpose.
Read this article to learn about this class and how you can use it in PHP applications for checking if two images are the same or not.
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Read this article to learn about this class and how you can use it in PHP applications for checking if two images are the same or not.
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Updated on: 2017-06-12
Posted on: 2017-06-08
Many PHP applications need to process Excel files for many purposes.
Read this article to learn how to easily import an Excel file in XLSX format and insert the data in a MySQL database using the SimpleXLSX package.
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Read this article to learn how to easily import an Excel file in XLSX format and insert the data in a MySQL database using the SimpleXLSX package.
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Updated on: 2017-04-18
Posted on: 2017-04-18
This tutorial is about how to install and use the Laravel using Composer in Linux Ubuntu operating system.
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Updated on: 2017-04-05
Posted on: 2017-04-05
This is the March 2017 edition of the podcast hangout recorded by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins to comment on the latest outstanding PHP articles published recently.
In this edition they discuss articles about the difference between using the old MySQL extension, MySQLi and PDO, controlling an Android device using PHP code running on the device with Termux, and a comparison of WordPress security plugins.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video to learn more about these PHP articles.
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In this edition they discuss articles about the difference between using the old MySQL extension, MySQLi and PDO, controlling an Android device using PHP code running on the device with Termux, and a comparison of WordPress security plugins.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video to learn more about these PHP articles.
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Updated on: 2018-03-05
Posted on: 2017-03-28
If you ever tried to get attention to your Open Source software work but it did not get very far, now you can learn how to fix that.
Thanks to basic data mining techniques on search engine traffic statistics and business intelligence methods, it is possible to help you to optimize the content that you publish to promote your Open Source work beyond the traditional methods of publishing the code in a repository and waiting to see what happens.
Read this article and watch a demo video about search engine optimization tool that is being used to optimize the content of many Open Source projects to leverage the number of interested users.
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Thanks to basic data mining techniques on search engine traffic statistics and business intelligence methods, it is possible to help you to optimize the content that you publish to promote your Open Source work beyond the traditional methods of publishing the code in a repository and waiting to see what happens.
Read this article and watch a demo video about search engine optimization tool that is being used to optimize the content of many Open Source projects to leverage the number of interested users.
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Updated on: 2017-02-23
Posted on: 2017-02-23
This is the February 2017 edition of the podcast hangout recorded by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins to comment on the latest outstanding PHP articles published recently.
In this edition they discuss articles about the fastest method to evaluate the performance of a PHP Web application hire a server that can handle its needs in terms of CPU, RAM and disk, sending postal mail and cheques using an API, gamify a site the site link secret path, parsing and converting text with an amount in English to the respective number, and a simple tutorial on how to use MySQL with PDO in PHP 7.
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In this edition they discuss articles about the fastest method to evaluate the performance of a PHP Web application hire a server that can handle its needs in terms of CPU, RAM and disk, sending postal mail and cheques using an API, gamify a site the site link secret path, parsing and converting text with an amount in English to the respective number, and a simple tutorial on how to use MySQL with PDO in PHP 7.
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Updated on: 2018-05-08
Posted on: 2017-02-22
WordPress is the most popular Web publishing platform. Since it is used by many Web site owners, it is also a target of many security exploits.
Many WordPress site owners do not know enough about security to protect their sites from being abused. Therefore they need to use plugins and tools to help them prevent and eventually fix security issues.
Read this this article to compare the features of the most recommended WordPress security plugins so you can pick one that addresses your needs.
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Many WordPress site owners do not know enough about security to protect their sites from being abused. Therefore they need to use plugins and tools to help them prevent and eventually fix security issues.
Read this this article to compare the features of the most recommended WordPress security plugins so you can pick one that addresses your needs.
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Updated on: 2017-02-25
Posted on: 2017-02-08
Since PHP 7 was introduced and PHP 5 end of support life was reached, many hosting companies dropped PHP 5 from their servers and PHP developers were forced to migrate their code to work with PHP 7.
One of the changes of PHP 7 was the discontinuation of the original MySQL extension. Developers had to choose to migrate their code to use either the MySQLi or and the PDO extension.
Read this article to learn about the differences and decide which is the best for you to migrate your code to work on PHP 7 or later, as well learn about some recommended packages that use PDO or MySQLi for performing common database purposes like backup, security, user registration and login, database abstraction, ORM (Object-Relational Mapping), etc..
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One of the changes of PHP 7 was the discontinuation of the original MySQL extension. Developers had to choose to migrate their code to use either the MySQLi or and the PDO extension.
Read this article to learn about the differences and decide which is the best for you to migrate your code to work on PHP 7 or later, as well learn about some recommended packages that use PDO or MySQLi for performing common database purposes like backup, security, user registration and login, database abstraction, ORM (Object-Relational Mapping), etc..
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Updated on: 2017-01-30
Posted on: 2017-01-30
This is the January 2017 edition of the podcast hangout recorded by Manuel Lemos and Arturs Sosins to comment on the latest outstanding PHP articles published recently.
In the edition they discuss articles about PHP performance comparison and evolution since PHP 5 to PHP 8 or PHP 7.2, a tool for helping to develop scalable PHP applications, tutorial on how to create a PHP secure login and registration system, and tutorial on processing Word Processing documents in RTF format.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video to learn more about these PHP articles.
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In the edition they discuss articles about PHP performance comparison and evolution since PHP 5 to PHP 8 or PHP 7.2, a tool for helping to develop scalable PHP applications, tutorial on how to create a PHP secure login and registration system, and tutorial on processing Word Processing documents in RTF format.
Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video to learn more about these PHP articles.
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Updated on: 2017-01-27
Posted on: 2017-01-27
Lob is a suite of REST APIs for building applications for the enterprise market. It provides very useful services controlled via a Web API that allow businesses to order the print and deliver materials by postal mail.
The most interesting API is a print and mail service that enables companies to send postcards, letters, checks, and more, with the same as effort as sending emails.
Read this article to learn how to take advantage of the LOB APIs to send all these types of physical world mailings from PHP applications.
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The most interesting API is a print and mail service that enables companies to send postcards, letters, checks, and more, with the same as effort as sending emails.
Read this article to learn how to take advantage of the LOB APIs to send all these types of physical world mailings from PHP applications.
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