At some point or other, pretty much every web developer has wondered if there's an easy way to create an image from a text variable in PHP. There are many potential uses for this, the simplest of which being aesthetics. A heading rendered as a JPEG or GIF can make use of anti-aliasing for the [...]

One of the most common areas of functionality in any web application is the use of authentication. Basically it's away of allowing your users & visitors to register, and then have permission-based access to certain tools and data. There are many ways to implement this, but why re-invent the wheel?

Using a color picker is a very common tool. After all, who can remember RGB and HEX codes for colors anyways? With sites becoming as application-like as they are, you may be in the situation that you need to add a color selection tool, or color picker to your own site.

Every week I look at the PHP Classes newsletter to see if there are any cool new submissions. This one is perhaps the most exciting and promising that I've seen in a while!

Local search is quickly becoming one of the hottest topics in online marketing and search in general. It's becoming much easier to search online for a local pizza shop than it is to check the yellow pages!