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Microsoft Word - Core PHP Programming Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites

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  • Foreword....................................................................................................................

  • Preface........................................................................................................................

  • Acknowledgments..................................................................................................

  • Part I: PROGRAMMING WITH PHP...................................................................

  • Chapter 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO PHP........................................................

    • The Origins of PHP.............................................................................................

    • What Makes PHP Better than Its Alternatives........................................

    • Interfaces to External Systems....................................................................

    • How PHP Works with the Web Server........................................................

    • Hardware and Software Requirements......................................................

    • Installation on Apache for UNIX...................................................................

    • Installation on IIS for Windows NT.............................................................

    • Editing Scripts......................................................................................................

    • Algorithms.............................................................................................................

    • What a PHP Script Looks Like.......................................................................

    • Saving Data for Later.......................................................................................

    • Receiving User Input.........................................................................................

    • Choosing between Alternatives....................................................................

    • Repeating Code...................................................................................................

    • Conclusion.............................................................................................................



  • Chapter 2. VARIABLES, OPERATORS, AND EXPRESSIONS...................

    • Identifiers..............................................................................................................

    • Data Types............................................................................................................

    • Variable Creation and Scope..........................................................................

    • Assigning Values to Variables........................................................................

    • Retrieving Values...............................................................................................

    • Freeing Memory..................................................................................................

    • Constants...............................................................................................................

    • Operators...............................................................................................................

    • Logical and Relational Operators.................................................................

    • Bitwise Operators...............................................................................................

    • Miscellaneous Operators..................................................................................

    • Assignment Operators......................................................................................

    • Expressions...........................................................................................................



  • Chapter 3. CONTROL STATEMENTS................................................................

    • True and False.....................................................................................................

    • The if Statement..............................................................................................

    • The? Operator....................................................................................................

    • The switch Statement.....................................................................................

    • Loops.......................................................................................................................

    • The while Statement.......................................................................................

    • The break Statement.......................................................................................

    • The continue Statement................................................................................

    • The do...while Statement...........................................................................

    • The for Statement............................................................................................

    • The foreach Statement..................................................................................

    • exit, die, and return.....................................................................................

    • Evaluation of Boolean Expressions..............................................................



  • Chapter 4. FUNCTIONS........................................................................................

    • Declaring a Function.........................................................................................

    • The return Statement.....................................................................................

    • Scope and the global Statement...............................................................

    • Arguments.............................................................................................................

    • Recursion...............................................................................................................

    • Dynamic Function Calls....................................................................................



  • Chapter 5. ARRAYS................................................................................................

    • Single-Dimensional Arrays.............................................................................

    • Indexing Arrays...................................................................................................

    • Initializing Arrays...............................................................................................

    • Multidimensional Arrays..................................................................................

    • Casting Arrays.....................................................................................................

    • Referencing Arrays Inside Strings...............................................................



  • Chapter 6. CLASSES AND OBJECTS.............................................................

    • Defining a Class................................................................................................

    • Creating an Object...........................................................................................

    • Accessing Properties and Methods............................................................



  • Chapter 7. I/O AND DISK ACCESS................................................................

    • HTTP Connections............................................................................................

    • Writing to the Browser...................................................................................

    • Output Buffering...............................................................................................

    • Environment Variables...................................................................................

    • Getting Input from Forms.............................................................................

    • Cookies.................................................................................................................

    • File Uploads........................................................................................................

    • PUT Method Requests.....................................................................................

    • Reading and Writing to Files........................................................................

    • Sessions...............................................................................................................

    • The include and require Functions.......................................................



  • Part II: FUNCTIONAL REFERENCE.................................................................

  • Chapter 8. I/O FUNCTIONS..............................................................................

    • Sending Text to the Browser.......................................................................

    • Output Buffering...............................................................................................

    • Files........................................................................................................................

    • Compressed File Functions...........................................................................

    • POSIX....................................................................................................................

    • Debugging...........................................................................................................

    • Session Handling..............................................................................................

    • Shell Commands...............................................................................................

    • HTTP Headers....................................................................................................

    • Network I/O........................................................................................................

    • FTP.........................................................................................................................



  • Chapter 9. DATA FUNCTIONS.........................................................................

    • Data Types, Constants, and Variables.....................................................

    • Arrays....................................................................................................................

    • Hashing................................................................................................................

    • Strings..................................................................................................................

    • Encoding and Decoding.................................................................................

    • Encryption...........................................................................................................

    • Regular Expressions........................................................................................

    • Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions......................................................



  • Chapter 10. MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS..................................................

    • Common Math...................................................................................................

    • Random Numbers............................................................................................

    • Arbitrary-Precision Numbers........................................................................



  • Chapter 11. TIME, DATE, AND CONFIGURATION FUNCTIONS..........

    • Time and Date...................................................................................................

    • Alternative Calendars.....................................................................................

    • Configuration.....................................................................................................



  • Chapter 12. IMAGE FUNCTIONS....................................................................

    • Analyzing Images.............................................................................................

    • Creating JPEG, PNG, and WBMP Images................................................



  • Chapter 13. DATABASE FUNCTIONS............................................................

    • dBase....................................................................................................................

    • DBM-style Database Abstraction................................................................

    • filePro....................................................................................................................

    • Informix...............................................................................................................

    • InterBase.............................................................................................................

    • mSQL.....................................................................................................................

    • ODBC.....................................................................................................................

    • Oracle....................................................................................................................

    • Postgres...............................................................................................................

    • Sybase..................................................................................................................



  • Chapter 14. MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS...............................................

    • Apache..................................................................................................................

    • Aspell.....................................................................................................................

    • COM.......................................................................................................................

    • Gettext..................................................................................................................

    • IMAP......................................................................................................................

    • Java........................................................................................................................

    • LDAP......................................................................................................................

    • Semaphores.......................................................................................................

    • Shared Memory.................................................................................................

    • SNMP.....................................................................................................................

    • WDDX....................................................................................................................

    • XML........................................................................................................................



  • Part III: ALGORITHMS.......................................................................................

  • Chapter 15. SORTING, SEARCHING, AND RANDOM NUMBERS........

    • Sorting..................................................................................................................

    • Bubble Sort.........................................................................................................

    • Quicksort.............................................................................................................

    • Built-In Sorting Functions.............................................................................

    • Sorting with a Comparison Function.........................................................

    • Searching.............................................................................................................

    • Indexing...............................................................................................................

    • Random Numbers............................................................................................

    • Random Identifiers..........................................................................................

    • Choosing Banner Ads......................................................................................



  • Chapter 16. PARSING AND STRING EVALUATION..................................

    • Tokenizing...........................................................................................................

    • Regular Expressions........................................................................................

    • Defining Regular Expressions......................................................................

    • Using Regular Expressions in PHP Scripts..............................................



  • Chapter 17. DATABASE INTEGRATION........................................................

    • Building HTML Tables from SQL Queries.................................................

    • Tracking Visitors with Session Identifiers...............................................

    • Storing Content in a Database....................................................................

    • Database Abstraction Layers.......................................................................



  • Chapter 18. NETWORK.......................................................................................

    • HTTP Authentication........................................................................................

    • Controlling Browser Cache...........................................................................

    • Setting Document Type.................................................................................

    • Email with Attachments.................................................................................

    • Verifying an Email Address...........................................................................



  • Chapter 19. GENERATING GRAPHICS..........................................................

    • Dynamic Buttons..............................................................................................

    • Generating Graphs on the Fly.....................................................................

    • Bar Graphs..........................................................................................................

    • Pie Charts............................................................................................................

    • Stretching Single-Pixel Images...................................................................



  • Part IV: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING..............................................................

  • Chapter 20. INTEGRATION WITH HTML......................................................

    • Sprinkling PHP within an HTML Document.............................................

    • Using PHP to Output All HTML.....................................................................

    • Separating HTML from PHP..........................................................................

    • Creating