Chapter 8

Server-Side Programming with PHP

Having discussed in Chapter 5 some important basics of PHP and simple form processing, we are now ready to go in-depth and put PHP to use in practical situations as well as present additional aspects of PHP. We will see best practices of PHP in

•  Dynamic page templates

•  Integrated form delivery and processing

•  File and directory manipulation

•  Session control

•  User authentication and login support

•  Security code verification

•  Delivering different content types

•  Image manipulation and processing

•  Content editing and management

•  Error reporting and debugging

As we discuss these applications, we will also introduce important PHP language constructs such as function definitions, reference ...

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