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Essential Skills--Made Easy!
Learn how to build dynamic, data-driven Web applications using PHP. Covering the latest release of this cross-platform, open-source scripting language, PHP: A Beginner's Guide teaches you how to write basic PHP programs and enhance them with more advanced features such as MySQL and SQLite database integration, XML input, and third-party extensions. This fast-paced tutorial provides one-stop coverage of software installation, language syntax and data structures, flow control routines, built-in functions, and best practices.
Designed for Easy Learning:
Key Skills & Concepts--Lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
Ask the Expert--Q&A sections filled with bonus information and helpful tips
Try This--Hands-on exercises that show how to apply your skills
Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered
Tips--Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
Cautions--Errors and pitfalls to avoid
Self-Tests--Chapter-ending quizzes to test your knowledge
Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated
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McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
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Höhe: 231 mm
Breite: 186 mm
Dicke: 25 mm
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978-0-07-154901-1 (9780071549011)
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Vikram Vaswani is the founder and CEO of Melonfire (http://www.melonfire.com/), a company specializing in software consultancy and content creation and syndication services. He is also the author of PHP Programming Solutions, How to do Everything with PHP and MySQL, and MySQL: The Complete Reference (all McGraw-Hill/Osborne titles) and XML and PHP (New Riders Publishing). He is also the author of numerous well-received articles on open-source technologies (including Perl, Python, XML and the very popular PHP 101 series), all written with the goal of making complex technologies accessible and understandable to novice users. He has been developing software since 1995, was first introduced to PHP in 1998, and hasn't looked back since. He is regular columnist with Zend Technologies (creators of PHP), as well as with IBM DeveloperWorks, CNET Builder.com, DevX.com and other OSS sites.
Part I: Understanding PHP Basics
Chapter 1. Introducing PHP
Chapter 2. Using Variables and Operators
Chapter 3. Controlling Program Flow
Chapter 4. Working with Arrays
Chapter 5. Using Functions and Classes
Part II: Working with Data from Other Sources
Chapter 6. Working with Files and Directories
Chapter 7. Working with Databases and SQL
Chapter 8. Working with XML
Chapter 9. Working with Cookies, Sessions, and Headers
Part III: Security and Troubleshooting
Chapter 10. Handling Errors
Chapter 11. Securing PHP
Chapter 12. Expanding PHP
Part IV: Appendixes
Appendix A. Installing and Configuring Required Software
Appendix B. Answers to Self Test
Index
