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by Janet Valade
PHP 5
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Sections
« prev | next »- Introduction
- About This Book
- How to Use This Book
- Foolish Assumptions
- How This Book Is Organized
- Part I: Say Hello to the PHP Scripting Language
- Part II: Variables and Data
- Part III: Basic PHP Programming
- Part IV: Common PHP Applications
- Part V: The Part of Tens
- Part VI: Appendixes
- Icons Used in This Book
- Chapter 1
- Getting Familiar with PHP
- Considering the Various Uses for PHP
- Using PHP for Web applications
- Using PHP for database applications
- Using PHP with your file system
- Using PHP for system commands
- Understanding How PHP Works
- PHP as a general-purpose language
- PHP for the Web
- Keeping Up with Changes in PHP
- PHP 5
- Previous versions of PHP
- Establishing Your Web Environment
- Using an existing Web environment
- Choosing a Web hosting company
- Setting up your own Web environment
- Testing PHP
- Setting Up PHP for General- Purpose Scripting
- Configuring PHP
- Using Tools to Build PHP Scripts
- Programming editors
- Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
- Writing PHP Statements
- Building Scripts
- Adding PHP statements to HTML pages
- Using PHP independent of the Web
- Writing Your First Script
- Discovering More about Output Statements
- Processing PHP output statements
- Using special characters in output statements
- Documenting the Script
- Naming variables
- Naming Variables
- Assigning and Displaying Variable Values
- Creating variables
- Displaying variable values
- Writing Your First Script That Uses Variables
- Discovering More about Output Statements with Variables
- Using Variable Variables
- Removing Variables
- Working with Constants
- Creating constants
- Understanding when to use constants
- Displaying constants
- Utilizing built-in PHP constants
- Handling Error Messages
- Changing the error level for your Web site
- Changing the error level for a script
- Sending messages to a log
- Advanced error handling
- Understanding data types
- Understanding Data Types
- Assigning data types
- Type casting
- Working with Numbers
- Performing mathematical operations
- Formatting numbers for output
- Working with Character Strings
- Using special characters in strings
- Comparing single-quoted strings and double-quoted strings
- Escaping characters
- Joining strings together
- Manipulating strings
- Formatting output strings
- Working with Dates and Times
- Formatting dates
- Storing a timestamp in a variable
- Creating and Working with Arrays
- Creating arrays
- Viewing arrays
- Modifying arrays
- Removing values from arrays
- Sorting Arrays
- Using Arrays in Statements
- Using arrays in echo statements
- Using arrays in list statements
- Walking through an Array
- Traversing an array manually
- Using foreach to walk through an array
- Finding Array Size
- Converting Arrays into Strings (And Vice Versa)
- Converting Variables into Arrays (And Vice Versa)
- Splitting and Merging Arrays
- Comparing Arrays
- Working with Other Array Operations
- Summing arrays
- Removing duplicate items
- Exchanging keys and values
- Multidimensional Arrays
- Creating multidimensional arrays
- Viewing multidimensional arrays
- Using multidimensional arrays in statements
- Walking through a multidimensional array
- Built-in PHP Arrays
- Using superglobal arrays
- Using $_SERVER and $_ENV
- Using $argv and $argc
- Changing the Order of Statement Execution
- Setting Up Conditions
- Using comparison operators
- Checking variable content
- Pattern matching with regular expressions
- Joining multiple comparisons
- Using Conditional Statements
- Using if statements
- Using switch statements
- Repeating Actions by Using Loops
- Using for loops
- Using while loops
- Using do..while loops
- Avoiding infinite loops
- Breaking out of a loop
- Inserting Code in Your Script
- Including files
- Storing include files
- Setting up include directories
- Creating Reusable Code (Functions)
- Defining functions
- Using variables in functions
- Passing values to a function
- Returning a value from a function
- Using built-in functions
- Handling Errors
- Introducing Object-Oriented Programming
- Objects and classes
- Properties
- Methods
- Inheritance
- Object-oriented concepts PHP 5 omits
- Developing an Object-Oriented Program
- Choosing objects
- Selecting properties and methods for each object
- Creating and using the class
- Defining a Class
- Writing a class statement
- Setting properties
- Using $this
- Adding methods
- Writing the constructor
- Putting it all together
- Using a Class
- Making Properties and Methods Private
- Using Exceptions
- Copying Objects
- Destroying Objects
- Securing Your Web Site
- Ensuring the security of the host computer
- Keeping information private
- Being cautious of information from users
- Using a secure Web server
- Displaying Static Web Pages
- Working with HTML Forms
- Collecting information from Web site visitors
- Receiving the information
- Checking the information
- Cleaning information
- Overcoming Statelessness
- Navigating Web Sites with Multiple Pages
- Echoing links
- Using forms
- Relocating users
- Moving Information from Page to Page
- Adding information to the URL
- Passing information via cookies
- Passing information using HTML forms
- Using PHP sessions
- Uploading Files
- Using a form to upload a file
- Accessing information about an uploaded file
- Moving uploaded files to their destination
- Using JavaScript with PHP
- Adding JavaScript code to a PHP script
- Using PHP variables with JavaScript
- Using Flat Files
- Accessing files
- Writing to a file
- Reading from a file
- Exchanging data with other programs
- Working with Databases
- Understanding database software
- Understanding database support in PHP
- Communicating with your database
- Using PHP with a database
- Handling errors
- Using SQLite
- Managing Files
- Getting information about files
- Copying, renaming, and deleting files
- Organizing files
- Using Operating System Commands
- Using backticks
- Using the system function
- Using the exec function
- Using the passthru function
- Understanding security issues
- Using FTP
- Logging in to the FTP server
- Getting a directory listing
- Downloading and uploading files with FTP
- Other FTP functions
- Using E-Mail
- Setting up PHP to send e-mail
- Sending e-mail messages
- Sending e-mail attachments
- Investigating the Basic Extensions
- Taking a Look at Standard Extensions
- Using PEAR
- Finding a PEAR Package
- Setting up PEAR
- Installing a PEAR package
- Using a PEAR package
- Accessing a PEAR package
- The Part of Tens
- Ten Things to Look For When Troubleshooting a Script
- Missing Semicolons
- Not Enough Equal Signs
- Misspelled Variable Names
- Missing Dollar Signs
- Troubling Quotes
- Invisible Output
- Numbered Arrays
- Including PHP Statements
- Missing Mates
- Confusing Parentheses and Brackets
- The PHP Web Site
- PHP Lists
- Zend
- PHP Builder
- Black Beans
- PHP Beginners
- PHP Dev Center
- PHPMac.com
- PHP Editors
- SourceForge.net
- Free PHP Hosting Directory
- My Web Site
- Installing PHP on Computers Running Unix/Linux
- Before installing on Unix/Linux
- Installing on Unix/Linux
- Alternative method for installing with Apache
- Installing PHP on Computers Running Mac OS X
- Before installing on Mac
- Installing on Mac
- Installation Options for Unix/Linux/Mac
- Configuring on Unix/Linux/Mac
- Installing PHP on Computers Running Windows
- Installing PHP CGI with the PHP installer
- Installing PHP manually
- Configuring PHP and your Web server on Windows computers
- Array Functions
- Date and Time Functions
- File System Functions
- HTTP and Mail Functions
- Mathematical Functions
- PHP Options and Information Functions
- String Functions
- Variable Functions
- Index
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