Timothy Boronczyk is a native of Syracuse, New York, where he lives with no wife and no cats. He has a degree in Software Application Programming, is a Zend Certified Engineer, and a Certified Scrum Master. By day, Timothy works as a developer at ShoreGroup, Inc. By night, he freelances as a writer and editor. Timothy enjoys spending what little spare time he has left visiting friends, dabbling with Esperanto, and sleeping with his feet off the end of his bed.
Timothy's articles
Learn how to write a genetic algorithm, a procedure that solves problems using operations that emulate the natural processes involved in evolution.
Have you ever wanted to build a JavaScript game but didn't know where to start? Learn how to quickly create a simple, fun game to share with friends.
Read Git Hooks for Fun and Profit and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Nginx is eating into Apache’s marketshare, and running PHP behind nginx with FastCGI is becoming an increasingly commonplace alternative.
In this article, Timothy Boronczyk shares his prediction about what will be the PHP in the future.
See hows easy it is to implement the SessionHandlerInterface interface to override PHP's default behavior and store session information in a Redis database.
There are many ways to interact with external processes; see how to use PHP's proc_open() function to easily achieve interprocess communication (IPC).
Learn what information is needed in your composer.json file and how to list your library on Packagist so others can easily find it.
Learn how counting systems are structured, how to convert between various number system, and how to use binary operators in PHP.
A one-time URL is a specially crafted address that is valid for one use only. See how to generate, implement, and expire one-time URLs.
If you've decided to use a frameworkthen it's beneficial to compare your needs with the features of the various offerings to ensure the best fit possible.
Middleware is an eloquent solution for implementing various aspects of your Slim app. See how Slim middleware works and how you can implement your own.
The start of the new year is often a time for resolutions. This year, make a practical resolution: write for PHPMaster!
It's Halloween time! See some scary PHP behavior and some spooky ways in which developers have twisted the language to do their bidding.
Learn how overcome many of the obstacles when compiling on Windows and successfully compile PHP with both static and dynamic PHP extensions.
Learn how your Windows-based PHP applications can access the Windows registry with functions made available from the win32std PHP extension.
The simplicity and creativity of these PHP snippets will inspire you to write better and more creative code in your own day-to-day endeavors.
Learn how to leverage wide-spread mobile devices and IP-Telephony by implementing multi-factor authentication using Twilio and PHP.
This is the second part of the series: PHP Master | REST - Can You do More than Spell It?. In this topic, we'll talk about how awesome REST are. Enjoy!
Need to protect your image files with watermarks? Learn what makes an effective watermark and use the Imagick extension to easily add one to any image.
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Read Hosted PostgreSQL with Heroku and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Avoid installation, configuration, and maintenance hassles by using the cloud-hosted PostgreSQL database service Heroku Postgres.
If you're a PHP developer who's ready to hang up your novice hat for good and become a professional, then you definitely need this book!
Superglobals are specially-defined array variables in PHP that make it easy you to access information about a request or its context.
File uploads is an important feature of many sites we use on a daily basis. Learn how you how you can support uploading files with PHP.
Learn the easiest way to migrate refactor your existing PHP code away from using the now-deprecated MySQL extension to PDO.