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Chapter 1 Introducing PHP - To help you quickly get up to speed in this regard, this chapter will get you acquainted with PHP’s features and version-specific differences.Chapter 2 Configuring Your Environment - In Chapter 2, prepare to get your hands dirty, as you’ll delve into the PHP installation and configuration process, and learn more about what to look for when searching for a Web hosting provider. Chapter 3 PHP Basics - You’ll begin your foray into the PHP language by creating your first PHP-driven Web page and learning about the language’s fundamental features. Chapter 4 Functions - This chapter is devoted to the construction and invocation of functions, reusable chunks of code intended to perform a specific task. Chapter 5 Arrays - This chapter introduces PHP’s array features, covering the languages’s vast swath of array management and manipulation capabilities. Chapter 6 Object-Oriented PHP - This chapter focuses on yet another very important topic: object-oriented programming. This topic has a particularly special role in PHP 5 because the process was entirely redesigned for this major release. Chapter 7 Advanced OOP Features - This chapter expands upon this introductory information, covering topics such as inheritance, interfaces, abstract classes, and more. Chapter 8 Error and Exception Handling - This chapter introduces yet another new, and certainly long-awaited, feature of PHP 5: exception handling. Chapter 9 Strings and Regular Expressions - This chapter takes an in-depth look at PHP’s string-parsing capabilities, covering the language’s powerful regular expression features, and offering insight into many of the powerful string-manipulation functions. Chapter 1 0 Working with the File and Operating System - This chapter examines another set of well-worn functions: those devoted to working with the file and operating system. Chapter 1 1 PEAR - You’ll be introduced to the PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR) and the online community repository for distributing and sharing code. Chapter 1 2 Date and Time - This chapters introduce additional packages, as appropriate, showing you how they can really speed development and enhance your application’s capabilities. Chapter 1 3 Forms - This chapter focuses on the topic that is likely responsible for piquing your interest in learning more about PHP: user interactivity. Chapter 1 4 Authenticating Your Users - This chapter shows you how to protect the sensitive areas of your Web site by forcing users to supply a username and password prior to entry. Chapter 1 5 Handling File Uploads - This chapter discusses another popular PHP feature—handling file uploads via the browser. Chapter 1 6 Networking - This chapter introduces in great detail the highly useful Web development topic of tracking users via session handling. Chapter 1 7 PHP and LDAP - This chapter introduces one of the most powerful examples of how to use PHP effectively with other enterprise technologies, showing you just how easy it is to interact with your preferred directory server using PHP’s LDAP extension. Download free pdf ebooks on PHP:Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional 3rd Edition
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Chapter 1 Introducing PHP - To help you quickly get up to speed in this regard, this chapter will get you acquainted with PHP’s features and version-specific differences.