I was amazed with the simplicity of the CakePHP framework. Its so easy to understand the model view controller and just within minutes we can break down the application like a blog into pieces.

Just i was experimenting i found that making custom layouts with the framework is bit hard to find after i made search in the web. I decided to publish here. You can download and install latest cakephp framework here: cakephp.org

Just a quick tip on basics of CakePHP …

I have been always searching for a PHP function that could rewrite the mysql date to a descriptive PHP date form. Dates stored in MySQL database usually in the format of YYYY-MM-DD.

There will be situations where you might want to output the date stored in mysql in a more descriptive for users in your website. For example you might want to show 2007-03-11 as 11 March 2007 which is more easily readable and easy to understand.

I wrote this MySQL2Date() …

I have experienced many spam attacks on forms which are used for submission or contact forms. Most spammers use this forms to either mass email or in situations you dont use image verification (captcha) these spams will get into your database. Many hosts are very strict about spams and if they find somebody misusing your mail server for spam your host will suspend your account.

I have collected very useful CAPTCHA scripts are of open source and written in PHP. Most …

I am posting here some of the PHP scripts which are must have ones when you develop a site. All of them are licensed under free open source GNU/GPL license.

WordPress  – Very popular blogging script in PHP. You can also create a full scale website with this script. It is free and GPL.

phpBB – A forum script to run a forum in your site.

phpMyAdmin – A Web based Mysql database administration software.

Xampp Server – If you want to run LAMP (linux apache …

WordPress has become so popular and almost every blogger knows about it. Just download the wordpress, install and start blogging. But it isnt enough only with wordpress software. You will need some more additional plugins like socialize plugin /adman (for adsense) to market your blog and of course to make some money.

Here are the must have additional plugins that should be installed with your blog..

Sociable 1.2
Social bookmarking plugin. It allows your readers to bookmark your blog post or page in …

I was having a tricky problem while installing this wordpress. After a quick 5 minute installation everything was just plain text! No images or themes working! All looking plain text only with missing images and backgrounds.

I searched around for hours wordpress support and official site and just could find a fix. Here is the fix!

1. First check whether you have cleared your browser cache and refresh.

2. I think this is the problem with missing .htaccess file. All you have …