Linux Guide

by Ying Zhang

Links

- My Homepage
- ppCron
- Nifty PHP Utils
- MyMarket


- Best Text Editor
- Horde
- Freshmeat
- Slashdot


- PHP Builder
- DevShed

Documents

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Displaying Formatted User Input July 19, 2000
(EXTERNAL LINK) A short article on how to display safely formatted output from user input using PHP. Also discusses the dangers of displaying unfiltered output and then provide a safe means of displaying formatted output.


Custom Session Handlers in PHP4 June 1, 2000
(EXTERNAL LINK) A guide on writing custom session handlers in PHP4. The two exmples here demonstrate how to save sessions into a DBM file and a MySQL database.


E-Commerce Tutorial [ Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 ] May 16, 2000
(EXTERNAL LINK) A tutorial on how to build an E-Commerce site, named MyMarket, using PHP4 and MySQL. Topics include product category management, user management, and shopping carts. The source code for MyMarket is at http://mymarket.sourceforge.net.


DHCP Server Step-by-Step Guide Apr 5, 1999
1 minute instructions for setting up a DHCP server to assign IP addresses automatically for your LAN.


IP Masquerading Step-by-Step Guide Sep 10, 1999
1 minute instructions for setting up IP Masquerading to share your Internet connection with many lots of other computers.


Webmail Step-by-Step Guide Sep 7, 1999
Instructions for setting up a fully functional Webmail server, using the Horde/IMP IMAP webmail application.


Apache+mod_ssl+PHP Guide Sep 5, 1999
Very terse instructions on setting up Apache with mod_ssl, PHP, IMAP, XML, and IMAP support.  Also instructions on signing your own certificates.  This is not for the faint of heart (yet).


Samba Step-by-Step Guide September 25, 1999
Instructions on setting up Samba 2.0.3 to share out resources on your Linux box to SMB clients (i.e. Windows).


Web Database Step-by-Step Guide April 22, 1999
Step-by-step instructions on setting up Apache, MySQL, and PHP3. Also walks through the implementation of a simple web-database example.


Vi Quick Reference March 21, 1999
A handy one-page reference consisting of common Vi commands. This should cover 90% of your day-to-day text editing needs.


Using TrueType Fonts in XFree86 Mini-Howto February 21, 1999
A quick one-pager on getting TrueType fonts working in X. This is a must if you use X and haven't already installed the TrueType font server!


Mail Server Mini-Howto January 6, 1999
Instructions on setting up a mail server with SMTP, POP, and IMAP services.


SOCKS5 Proxy Mini-Howto December 14, 1998
Instructions on setting up a SOCKS5 proxy server and setting up clients (eg. ICQ).