So you've decided simply uploading images isn't your style and you want to learn how to store images in mysql. Well, there are pro's and cons but purely opinionated. Deciding which is best is up to you. However, In my practice in this, i've come to the conclusion that file uploading is more convientent when mass uploading and mass displaying images (like in an affiliate script). Mysql image storing is better for displaying images such as avatars on single pages, because, if you plan on displaying many many images using mysql storage, problems could occur.

Shows you how I made my upload files form(s) in the Media Administration area. (Does NOT require globals to be on.)

This article will touch on two skills in the interface between PHP and HTML forms, specifically in working with hidden fields, and as a bonus, in passing arrays in an HTML form.If you've been on the web at all, you've gone through multipart forms, where you fill out, let's say, section one, click submit, and fill in section two, etc.. This makes sense from dividing the forms into chunks, controlling the amount of information received, and also for verfication. If we want the user to set up an account with us, we might want to make sure that the username and password they select are unique before we have them fill out much else.

This Massive User Registration tutorial covers all the aspects of preparing a user registration process (Form creation, form processing and validating, redirection to custom error pages, database table creation and data insertion): this part teaches you how to process the values of the form, validate them and redirect the users to custom error pages

Explains how form processing works, giving examples. Learn how to send emails from forms! Also briefly starts on the topic of security.

This tutorial teaches you how to process a simple feedback form. It records the date and time that the user logged into the system and saves this information, in addition to the user's name and email address, in several cookies. Upon subsequent logins, the code checks whether the user is a new or repeat user and displays information accordingly.

When a user hits submit, what can we do?

PHP provides a convenient way to send email through the mail() function. This function is a great way to send mail using a simple and standard interface that hides the complexity and quirks of various system programs that are responsible for sending mail. (Sendmail and Qmail are two examples of popular mail programs you would have to talk to directly if the mail() function did not exist). This tutorial will introduce you to the basics of sending mail from PHP scripts and making a simple feedback form.

This tutorial is intended for programmers interested in experimenting with complex user interface elements. In particular, this tutorial explores using PHP to generate JavaScript based on data in a database. Previous experience with JavaScript will help you appreciate the chainedSelectors class, but is not strictly necessary. You should be familiar with using MySQL's command-line interface.

Most dynamic web sites rely heavily on forms. From user authentication to entry of news items, we use forms to accept user input. There are many different ways we can validate data from the user. In this tutorial, we will examine several of the more common items that need validation and provide examples for each. We will also explore how to check documents for misspelled words and suggest proper replacements.