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PHP for the World Wide Web (Visual QuickStart Guide)

ISBN: 0201727870
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2001
Pages: 116

Authors: Larry Ullman

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• Main Page
• Table of content
• Copyright
• Special thanks
• Introduction
• What is PHP?
• Why Use PHP
• How PHP Works
• What You ll Need
• About This Book
• Companion Web Site
• Chapter 1. Getting Started with PHP
• Basic Syntax
• Sending Data to the Browser
• Testing Your Script
• Sending Text to the Browser
• Sending HTML to the Browser
• Using White Space in PHP (and HTML)
• Adding Comments to Your Scripts
• Chapter 2. Variables
• What are Variables?
• Variable Syntax
• Types of Variables
• Numbers
• Strings
• Arrays
• Assigning Values to Variables
• Predefined Variables
• Chapter 3. HTML Forms and PHP
• Creating a Simple Form
• Using Get or Post
• Receiving Data from a Form in PHP
• Inputting Data Manually
• Chapter 4. Using Numbers
• Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing
• Formatting Numbers
• Incrementing and Decrementing a Number
• Using Multiple Operators
• Using Built-in Mathematical Functions
• Chapter 5. Using Strings
• Trimming Strings
• Connecting Strings (Concatenation)
• Encoding and Decoding Strings
• Encrypting and Decrypting Strings
• Pulling Out Parts from a String
• Chapter 6. Control Structures
• The If Conditional
• More Operators
• Comparison
• Logical
• Using Else
• Using Elseif
• The Switch Conditional
• The While Loop
• The For Loop
• Chapter 7. Using Arrays
• Creating an Array
• Adding Items to an Array
• Accessing Array Elements
• Sorting Arrays
• Transforming Between Strings and Arrays
• Creating an Array from a Form
• Creating Multidimensional Arrays
• Chapter 8. Regular Expressions
• What are Regular Expressions?
• Defining a Simple Pattern
• Matching Patterns
• Defining More Complicated Patterns
• Matching and Replacing Patterns
• Chapter 9. Creating Functions
• Creating and Using Simple Functions
• Creating and Calling Functions that Take Arguments
• Creating and Using Functions that Return a Value
• Variables and Functions
• Setting default argument values
• Chapter 10. Files and Directories
• File Permissions
• Writing to Files
• Reading from Files
• Directories
• Handling File Uploads
• Renaming and Deleting Files and Directories
• Chapter 11. Databases
• Connecting to and Creating a Database
• Creating a Table
• Sending Data to a Database
• Retrieving Data from a Database
• Chapter 12. Cookies
• Creating and Reading from Cookies
• Adding Parameters to a Cookie
• Deleting a Cookie
• Chapter 13. Creating Web Applications
• Using include and require
• Determining the Date and Time
• Using HTTP Headers
• Sending Email
• Chapter 14. Debugging
• Common Errors
• Error Reporting and Logging
• Debugging Detective Work
• Using the Die Statement
• Appendix A. Installation and Configuration
• Installing on a Linux Server
• Installing on a Windows 2000 Server
• Configuration
• Appendix B. Security
• Cryptography and SSL
• Writing Secure PHP
• Security Resources
• Appendix C. PHP Resources
• The PHP Manual
• Web sites and Newsgroups
• Database Resources
• Advanced Topics
• Tables