Mastering PHP 4.1
1st Edition
Published on 22. April 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
709 pages
978-0-7821-2924-3 (ISBN)
Description
Build Dynamic, Database-Driven Web Sites
PHP is a fully developed, server-side embedded scripting language, and its importance for web application development has grown with the rise of the Apache web server. Are you a novice programmer? This book starts with the basics and takes you wherever you want to go. A seasoned pro? You'll be amazed at how much you can capitalize on PHP's power and object-oriented support, and how it leverages your knowledge of other languages. Finally, if you're a PHP user in search of an authoritative reference, you need look no further. Mastering PHP 4.1 guides you through all levels of real-world web programming problems and provides expert advice on which solutions work best.
Coverage Includes:
* Reading and writing files
* Validating data with regular expressions
* Accessing MySQL and PostgreSQL databases
* Accessing LDAP servers
* Generating images and PDF documents on the fly
* Building authentication and access-control systems
* Sending e-mail and building web-to-e-mail interfaces
* Creating your own classes
* Closing common security holes in PHP scripts
* Parsing and generating XML documents
* Using sessions to store persistent data
* Debugging misbehaving scripts
* Encrypting and decrypting sensitive data
PHP is a fully developed, server-side embedded scripting language, and its importance for web application development has grown with the rise of the Apache web server. Are you a novice programmer? This book starts with the basics and takes you wherever you want to go. A seasoned pro? You'll be amazed at how much you can capitalize on PHP's power and object-oriented support, and how it leverages your knowledge of other languages. Finally, if you're a PHP user in search of an authoritative reference, you need look no further. Mastering PHP 4.1 guides you through all levels of real-world web programming problems and provides expert advice on which solutions work best.
Coverage Includes:
* Reading and writing files
* Validating data with regular expressions
* Accessing MySQL and PostgreSQL databases
* Accessing LDAP servers
* Generating images and PDF documents on the fly
* Building authentication and access-control systems
* Sending e-mail and building web-to-e-mail interfaces
* Creating your own classes
* Closing common security holes in PHP scripts
* Parsing and generating XML documents
* Using sessions to store persistent data
* Debugging misbehaving scripts
* Encrypting and decrypting sensitive data
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Jeremy Allen is an application developer for elliptIQ Inc. in Atlanta. He has been developing software, ranging from multiuser games to corporate intranets, for six years and has been creating programs in PHP since 1997. His wide variety of web applications ranges from content management systems to insurance apps.
Charles Hornberger is a software developer and writer living in Los Angeles. He has been using PHP since 1997 to build online stores, corporate intranets, web news sites, and meta-search engines. He is also a senior software developer for the web development and hosting company Nothing Special Network Services (www.nothingspecial.com).
Charles Hornberger is a software developer and writer living in Los Angeles. He has been using PHP since 1997 to build online stores, corporate intranets, web news sites, and meta-search engines. He is also a senior software developer for the web development and hosting company Nothing Special Network Services (www.nothingspecial.com).
Content
Introduction. Part 1: The Basics of PHP. Chapter 1: Beginning Your Exploration of PHP. Chapter 2: Variables. Chapter 3: Operators and Expressions. Chapter 4: Flow Control and Functions. Chapter 5: Strings and Arrays. Part 2: Programming Principles and PHP. Chapter 6: Object--Oriented Programming. Chapter 7: Debugging and Errors. Part 3: Letting the Data Flow. Chapter 8: SQL and Database Interaction. Chapter 9: Forms and User Interaction. Chapter 10: Data Validation. Chapter 11: Sessions. Chapter 12: Security. Chapter 13: Files and Networking. Part 4: How PHP Is Connected. Chapter 14: Web Application Development. Chapter 15: XML and XHTML. Chapter 16: LDAP. Part 5: Using PHP in the Real World. Chapter 17: PDF. Chapter 18: Generating Graphics. Chapter 19: E--Mail. Appendixes. Appendix A: A Crash Course on Installing PHP. Appendix B: PHP Configuration Options. Appendix C: XHTML Entities. Index.