Upload an image or file to your server without using your FTP.

We will discuss the common filesystem functions available to you. First of all, in order to do anything with a file, we must first open it. To do so we will use the following line:

Type exactly like below in Notepad or any other HTML Editor and save it as date.php in your localhost.

Do you have a big list of links in your database that you want to display but only want to show ones that are still in existance? Well theres a very easy method for doing so. All you need is the fsockopen() function. Here is an example:

This is a very simple code and works for anybody who is behind proxies and people who are not. This might be usfull if your have cable users visiting your site.

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Note 1: You don't have to know PHP programming to do this tutorial. Note 2: I assume that your server supports files with .php extension. If not, you won't be able to do this tutorial. For more info on how to install PHP on your PC go to Php.net...