PHP 5 Unleashed

Chapter 1. Basic PHP Development

IN THIS CHAPTER

• How PHP Scripts Work

• Basic PHP Syntax

• Basic PHP Data Types

• Variable Manipulation

• Control Structures

• User-Defined Functions

• Dynamic Variables and Functions

• Multiple File PHP Scripts

• References

• Strings in PHP

• Comparing Strings

• Advanced String Comparison

• Search, Replacement, and Explosion

• Formatting Strings

• Strings and Locales

• Formatting Date and Time Values

PHP represents a powerful Web-scripting language that has continued to grow since the release of PHP 3 in 1997. From a development standpoint, PHP supports such an incredible range of Internet technologies that it has become the favorite Web-scripting language on the Internet today. This chapter is designed to bring you up to speed with the fundamentals of PHP ...