Core PHP Programming: Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. Foreword
3. Preface
4. Acknowledgments
5. PROGRAMMING WITH PHP
   1. AN INTRODUCTION TO PHP
      1. The Origins of PHP
      2. What Makes PHP Better than Its Alternatives
      3. Interfaces to External Systems
      4. How PHP Works with the Web Server
      5. Hardware and Software Requirements
      6. Installation on Apache for UNIX
      7. Installation on IIS for Windows NT
      8. Editing Scripts
      9. Algorithms
      10. What a PHP Script Looks Like
      11. Saving Data for Later
      12. Receiving User Input
      13. Choosing between Alternatives
      14. Repeating Code
      15. Conclusion
   2. VARIABLES, OPERATORS, AND EXPRESSIONS
      1. Identifiers
      2. Data Types
      3. Variable Creation and Scope
      4. Assigning Values to Variables
      5. Retrieving Values
      6. Freeing Memory
      7. Constants
      8. Operators
      9. Logical and Relational Operators
      10. Bitwise Operators
      11. Miscellaneous Operators
      12. Assignment Operators
      13. Expressions
   3. CONTROL STATEMENTS
      1. True and False
      2. The if Statement
      3. The ? Operator
      4. The switch Statement
      5. Loops
      6. The while Statement
      7. The break Statement
      8. The continue Statement
      9. The do...while Statement
      10. The for Statement
      11. The foreach Statement
      12. exit, die, and return
      13. Evaluation of Boolean Expressions
   4. FUNCTIONS
      1. Declaring a Function
      2. The return Statement
      3. Scope and the global Statement
      4. Arguments
      5. Recursion
      6. Dynamic Function Calls
   5. ARRAYS
      1. Single-Dimensional Arrays
      2. Indexing Arrays
      3. Initializing Arrays
      4. Multidimensional Arrays
      5. Casting Arrays
      6. Referencing Arrays Inside Strings
   6. CLASSES AND OBJECTS
      1. Defining a Class
      2. Creating an Object
      3. Accessing Properties and Methods
   7. I/O AND DISK ACCESS
      1. HTTP Connections
      2. Writing to the Browser
      3. Output Buffering
      4. Environment Variables
      5. Getting Input from Forms
      6. Cookies
      7. File Uploads
      8. PUT Method Requests
      9. Reading and Writing to Files
      10. Sessions
      11. The include and require Functions
6. FUNCTIONAL REFERENCE
   1. I/O FUNCTIONS
      1. Sending Text to the Browser
      2. Output Buffering
      3. Files
      4. Compressed File Functions
      5. POSIX
      6. Debugging
      7. Session Handling
      8. Shell Commands
      9. HTTP Headers
      10. Network I/O
      11. FTP
   2. DATA FUNCTIONS
      1. Data Types, Constants, and Variables
      2. Arrays
      3. Hashing
      4. Strings
      5. Encoding and Decoding
      6. Encryption
      7. Regular Expressions
      8. Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions
   3. MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS
      1. Common Math
      2. Random Numbers
      3. Arbitrary-Precision Numbers
   4. TIME, DATE, AND CONFIGURATION FUNCTIONS
      1. Time and Date
      2. Alternative Calendars
      3. Configuration
   5. IMAGE FUNCTIONS
      1. Analyzing Images
      2. Creating JPEG, PNG, and WBMP Images
   6. DATABASE FUNCTIONS
      1. dBase
      2. DBM-style Database Abstraction
      3. filePro
      4. Informix
      5. InterBase
      6. mSQL
      7. MySQL
      8. ODBC
      9. Oracle
      10. Postgres
      11. Sybase
   7. MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
      1. Apache
      2. Aspell
      3. COM
      4. Gettext
      5. IMAP
      6. Java
      7. LDAP
      8. Semaphores
      9. Shared Memory
      10. SNMP
      11. WDDX
      12. XML
7. ALGORITHMS
   1. SORTING, SEARCHING, AND RANDOM NUMBERS
      1. Sorting
      2. Bubble Sort
      3. Quicksort
      4. Built-In Sorting Functions
      5. Sorting with a Comparison Function
      6. Searching
      7. Indexing
      8. Random Numbers
      9. Random Identifiers
      10. Choosing Banner Ads
   2. PARSING AND STRING EVALUATION
      1. Tokenizing
      2. Regular Expressions
      3. Defining Regular Expressions
      4. Using Regular Expressions in PHP Scripts
   3. DATABASE INTEGRATION
      1. Building HTML Tables from SQL Queries
      2. Tracking Visitors with Session Identifiers
      3. Storing Content in a Database
      4. Database Abstraction Layers
   4. NETWORK
      1. HTTP Authentication
      2. Controlling Browser Cache
      3. Setting Document Type
      4. Email with Attachments
      5. Verifying an Email Address
   5. GENERATING GRAPHICS
      1. Dynamic Buttons
      2. Generating Graphs on the Fly
      3. Bar Graphs
      4. Pie Charts
      5. Stretching Single-Pixel Images
8. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
   1. INTEGRATION WITH HTML
      1. Sprinkling PHP within an HTML Document
      2. Using PHP to Output All HTML
      3. Separating HTML from PHP
      4. Creating <SELECT> Fields
      5. Passing Arrays in Forms
   2. DESIGN
      1. Writing Requirements Specifications
      2. Writing Design Documents
      3. Using CVS
      4. Modularization Using include
      5. FreeEnergy
      6. FastTemplate
      7. Midgard
      8. Ariadne
      9. Preserving State and Providing Security
      10. Cloaking
      11. URLs Friendly to Search Engines
      12. Running a Script Regularly
   3. EFFICIENCY AND DEBUGGING
      1. Measuring Performance
      2. Fetching Database Query Results
      3. When to Store Content in a Database
      4. In-Line Debugging
      5. Remote Debugging
      6. Simulating HTTP Connections
9. BACKSLASH CODES
10. ASCII CODES
11. OPERATORS
12. PHP TAGS
13. PHP COMPILE-TIME CONFIGURATION
14. INTERNET RESOURCES
    1. Portals
    2. Software
    3. Jobs and Services
15. PHP STYLE GUIDE
    1. Comments
    2. Function Declarations
    3. Compound Statements
    4. Naming
    5. Expressions