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One of the first PHP function you write for your website, should be a safety check to prevent users adding potentially harmful data in forms, which could give them access to your database. Without fail, in every website I use a version of the following code: 1234567function clean($str) {     $str = @trim($str);   [...]

I recently found a lovely calendar, built by Stefano Verna in standard HTML, jQuery and CSS — it was perfect for my needs, but needed a little more work…

When building e-commerce solutions for UK websites, sooner or later you’ll need to tackle the issue of VAT. This simple function gives you a solution to adding VAT onto individual item costs.

Ever needed to know how many words were in a string? This simple PHP function provides you with the answer!

Web developers attempting to build accessible websites often make the same mistakes over and over again. Posted here are 10 quick guidelines to ensure you don’t fall into the same trap.

I recently stumbled upon “We Are Colorblind.com”, an American site set-up to provide examples of which colours and patterns people with colour blindness have the most trouble distinguishing.

Does your website have a funky background image? Great! Now, how does the text appear to visitors who haven’t loaded that image? This post examines a back-up colour for your backgrounds.

Need to quickly convert Hexidecimal colour values to RGB, or indeed, vice versa? The function in this post does all the work for you!

Since the start of February 2010, PayPal’s IPN has stopped working for many users, and it’s automated notifications are causing consternation throughout the web community. Find out more here.

From today, you can access and use the new Frecosse Web Development Toolbox — completely free of charge!