PHP Format Any Time/Date for MySQL

April 20th, 2005

Many people find the act of formatting a date or time for input into a MySQL database tedious. It's actually very simple. Here is a function that will take a timestamp value such as time() or a human readable string and format it for MySQL. MySQL format is: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS'
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PHP MySQL Database Class

April 19th, 2005

A class for very basic MySQL database connectivity. Written to reduce redundant code in my own projects aswell as aid in debugging and error reporting during the developement phase. Currently connects to a database, execute external files containing SQL commands, insert and update from an array of key => value pairs, insert and update with sql command, query (one result), query (multiple rows), and dump a select query to a table. The zip file contains the class aswell as a demonstration script. Read the rest of this entry »