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Learning PHP 5
A Pain-Free Introduction to Building Interactive Web Sites
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- Table of Contents
- + Preface
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Orientation and First Steps
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Working with Text and Numbers
- + Making Decisions and Repeating Yourself
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Working with Arrays
- + Functions
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Making Web Forms
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Storing Information with Databases
- Organizing Data in a Database
- Connecting to a Database Program
- Creating a Table
- Putting Data into the Database
- Inserting Form Data Safely
- Generating Unique IDs
- A Complete Data Insertion Form
- Retrieving Data from the Database
- Changing the Format of Retrieved Rows
- Retrieving Form Data Safely
- A Complete Data Retrieval Form
- MySQL Without PEAR DB
- Chapter Summary
- Exercises
- + Remembering Users with Cookies and Sessions
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Handling Dates and Times
- + Working with Files
- + Parsing and Generating XML
- + Debugging
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What Else Can You Do with PHP?
- Graphics
- Shockwave/Flash
- Browser-Specific Code
- Sending and Receiving Mail
- Uploading Files in Forms
- The HTML_QuickForm Form-Handling Framework
- + Classes and Objects
- Advanced XML Processing
- SQLite
- Running Shell Commands
- Advanced Math
- Encryption
- Talking to Other Languages
- IMAP, POP3, and NNTP
- Command-Line PHP
- PHP-GTK
- Even More Things You Can Do with PHP
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Installing and Configuring thePHPInterpreter
- + Regular Expression Basics
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Answers To Exercises
- Index
PHP has gained a following among non-technical web designers who need to add interactive aspects to their sites. Offering a gentle learning curve, PHP is an accessible yet powerful language for creating dynamic web pages. As its popularity has grown, PHP's basic feature set has become increasingly more sophisticated. Now PHP 5 boasts advanced features--such as new object-oriented capabilities and support for XML and Web Services--that will please even the most experienced web professionals while still remaining user-friendly enough for those with a lower tolerance for technical jargon.
If you've wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven't known where to start, then Learning PHP 5 is the book you need. If you've wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven't known where to start, then Learning PHP 5 is the book you need. With attention to both PHP 4 and the new PHP version 5, it provides everything from a explanation of how PHP works with your web server and web browser to the ins and outs of working with databases and HTML forms. Written by the co-author of the popular PHP Cookbook, this book is for intelligent (but not necessarily highly-technical) readers. Learning PHP 5 guides you through every aspect of the language you'll need to master for professional web programming results. This book provides a hands-on learning experience complete with exercises to make sure the lessons stick.
Learning PHP 5 covers the following topics, and more:
How PHP works with your web browser and web server
PHP language basics, including data, variables, logic and looping
Working with arrays and functions
Making web forms
Working with databases like MySQL
Remembering users with sessions
Parsing and generating XML
Debugging
Written by David Sklar, coauthor of the PHP Cookbook and an instructor in PHP, this book offers the ideal classroom learning experience whether you're in a classroom or on your own. From learning how to install PHP to designing database-backed web applications, Learning PHP 5 will guide you through every aspect of the language you'll need to master to achieve professional web programming results.
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Computers > Programming > General
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Publication year : 2007
License: All rights reserved ©
Times read: 2,228

