Book description
Core PHP Programming, Third Edition is the authoritative guide to the new PHP 5 for experienced developers. Top PHP developer Leon Atkinson and PHP 5 contributor/Zend Engine 2 co-creator Zeev Suraski cover every facet of real-world PHP 5 development, from basic syntax to advanced object-oriented development -- even design patterns! It’s all here: networking, data structures, regular expressions, math, configuration, graphics, MySQL/PostgreSQL support, XML, algorithms, debugging, optimization…and 650 downloadable code examples, with a Foreword by PHP 5 contributor and Zend Engine 2 co-creator Andi Gutmans!
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Praise for Core PHP Programming
- Prentice Hall PTR Core Series
- About Prentice Hall Professional Technical Reference
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
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Programming with PHP
- An Introduction to PHP
- Variables, Operators, and Expressions
- Control Statements
- Functions
- Arrays
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Classes and Objects
- Object-Oriented Programming
- The PHP 5 Object Model
- Defining a Class
- Constructors and Destructors
- Cloning
- Accessing Properties and Methods
- Static Class Members
- Access Types
- Binding
- Abstract Methods and Abstract Classes
- User-Level Overloading
- Class Autoloading
- Object Serialization
- Namespaces
- The Evolution of the Zend Engine
- I/O and Disk Access
- Functional Reference
- Algorithms
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Software Engineering
- Integration with HTML
- Design
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Efficiency and Debugging
- Optimization
- Measuring Performance
- Optimize the Slowest Parts
- When to Store Content in a Database
- Debugging Strategies
- Simulating HTTP Connections
- Output Buffering
- Output Compression
- Avoiding eval
- Don't Load Extensions Dynamically
- Improving Performance of MySQL Queries
- Optimizing Disk-Based Sessions
- Don't Pass by Reference (or, Don't Trust Your Instincts)
- Avoid Concatenation of Large Strings
- Avoid Serving Large Files with PHP-Enabled Apache
- Understanding Persistent Database Connections
- Avoid Using exec, Backticks, and system If Possible
- Use php.ini-recommended
- Don't Use Regular Expressions Unless You Must
- Optimizing Loops
- IIS Configuration
- Design Patterns
- Escape Sequences
- ASCII Codes
- Operators
- PHP Tags
- PHP Compile-Time Configuration
- Internet Resources
- PHP Style Guide
- Index
Product information
- Title: Core PHP Programming, Third Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2003
- Publisher(s): Pearson
- ISBN: 0130463469
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