Mastering PHP 4.1 (eBook)

Jeremy Allen is an application developer for elliptIQ Inc.in Atlanta. He has been developing software, ranging from multiusergames to corporate intranets, for six years and has been creatingprograms in PHP since 1997. His wide variety of web applicationsranges from content management systems to insurance apps.Charles Hornberger is a software developer and writerliving in Los Angeles. He has been using PHP since 1997 to buildonline stores, corporate intranets, web news sites, and meta-searchengines. He is also a senior software developer for the webdevelopment and hosting company Nothing Special Network Services(www.nothingspecial.com).

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.