specializing in digital media technologies

• Introduction
  • What is PHP?
  • Why Use PHP
  • How PHP Works
  • What You'll Need
  • About This Book
  • PHP: VQS Companion Web Site
• Chapter 1: Getting Started With PHP
  • Basic Syntax
  • Sending Data to the Browser
  • Testing Your Script
  • Sending Text to the Browser
  • Sending HTML to the Browser
  • Using White Space in PHP (and HTML)
  • Adding Comments to Your Scripts
• Chapter 2: Variables
  • What are Variables?
  • Variable Syntax
  • Types of Variables
  • Assigning Values to Variables
  • Predefined Variables
• Chapter 3: HTML Forms and PHP
  • Creating a Simple Form
  • Using Get or Post
  • Receiving Data from a Form in PHP
  • Inputting Data Manually
• Chapter 4: Using Numbers
  • Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing
  • Formatting Numbers
  • Incrementing and Decrementing a Number
  • Using Multiple Operators
  • Using Built-in Mathematical Functions
• Chapter 5: Using Strings
  • Trimming Strings
  • Connecting Strings (Concatenation)
  • Encoding and Decoding Strings
  • Encrypting and Decrypting Strings
  • Pulling Out Parts from a String
• Chapter 6: Control Structures
  • The If Conditional
  • More Operators
  • Using Else
  • Using Elseif
  • The Switch Conditional
  • The While Loop
  • The For Loop
• Chapter 7: Using Arrays
  • Creating an Array
  • Adding Items to an Array
  • Accessing Array Elements
  • Sorting Arrays
  • Transforming Between Strings and Arrays
  • Creating an Array from a Form
  • Creating Multidimensional Arrays
• Chapter 8: Regular Expressions
  • What are Regular Expressions?
  • Defining a Simple Pattern
  • Matching Patterns
  • Defining More Complicated Patterns
  • Matching and Replacing Patterns
• Chapter 9: Creating Functions
  • Creating and Using Simple Functions
  • Creating and Calling Functions that Take Arguments
  • Creating and Using Functions that Return a Value
  • Variables and Functions
• Chapter 10: Files and Directories
  • File Permissions
  • Writing to Files
  • Reading from Files
  • Directories
  • Handling File Uploads
  • Renaming and Deleting Files and Directories
• Chapter 11: Databases
  • Connecting to and Creating a Database
  • Creating a Table
  • Sending Data to a Database
  • Retrieving Data from a Database
• Chapter 12: Cookies
  • Creating and Reading from Cookies
  • Adding Parameters to a Cookie
  • Deleting a Cookie
• Chapter 13: Creating Web Applications
  • Using include and require
  • Determining the Date and Time
  • Using http Headers
  • Sending Email
• Chapter 14: Debugging
  • Common Errors
  • Error Reporting and Logging
  • Debugging Detective Work
  • Using the Die Statement
• Appendix A: Installation and Configuration
  • Installing on a Linux Server
  • Installing on a Windows 2000 Server
  • Configuration
• Appendix B: Security
  • Cryptography and SSL
  • Writing Secure PHP
  • Security Resources
• Appendix C: PHP Resources
  • The PHP Manual
  • Web Sites and Newsgroups
  • Database Resources
  • Advanced Topics
  • Tables

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