PHP 5 For Dummies

Janet Valade is the author of PHP & MySQL For Dummies. In addition, she has authored and revised chapters for several Linux books and for a Webmaster certification book. Janet Valade has 20 years experience in the computing field. She worked as a Web designer/programmer for an engineering firm. Prior to that, Janet worked for several years in a university environment as a systems analyst. During her tenure, she supervised the installation and operation of computing resources, designed and developed a data archive, provided technical support for faculty and students, wrote numerous technical papers, and developed and presented seminars and workshops on a variety of technology topics.

Introduction. Part I: Say Hello to the PHP Scripting Language.

Chapter 1: Getting to Know PHP.

Chapter 2: Setting Up the Environment.

Chapter 3: Creating Your First PHP Script.

Part II: Variables and Data.

Chapter 4: Using Variables in PHP Scripts.

Chapter 5: Working with Data.

Chapter 6: Storing Data in Groups by Using Arrays.

Part III: Basic PHP Programming.

Chapter 7: Controlling the Flow of the Script.

Chapter 8: Reusing PHP Code.

Chapter 9: Object-Oriented Programming Meets PHP.

Part IV: Common PHP Applications.

Chapter 10: The Basics of Web Applications.

Chapter 11: Other Web Applications.

Chapter 12: Storing Data with PHP.

Chapter 13: PHP and Your Operating System.

Chapter 14: PHP Extensions.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 15: Ten Things to Look For When Troubleshooting a Script.

Chapter 16: Ten PHP Resources You Can’t Live Without.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Installing PHP.

Appendix B: Useful PHP Built-in Functions.

Index.