PHP is currently one of the most popular server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language on the Web. It's specifically designed for Web site creation and is frequently being used to replace the functionality created by Perl to write CGI scripts. PHP's popularity and easier-to-learn appeal has spawned a new breed of programmer, those who are only familiar with and only use PHP. Sharpen your PHP skills with the fully revised and updated, PHP 5 Advanced for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickPro Guide! Filled with fifteen chapters of step-by-step content and written by best-selling author and PHP programmer, Larry Ullman, this guide teaches specific topics in direct, focused segments, shows how PHP is used in real-world applications, features popular and most-asked-about scripts, and details those technologies that will be more important in the future. You'll learn about object-oriented programming, PHP interactions with a server, XML, RSS, Networking with PHP, image and PDF generation, and more. More Reviews and RecommendationsBiographyLarry Ullman is Lead PHP Programmer and Directory of Digital Media Technology at DMC Insights, Inc., a firm specializing in information technology. He is the author of several books on PHP, MySQL, Web development, and other programming languages. In addition to writing, he develops dynamic Web applications, conducts training seminars, and teaches PHP programming for the Web through the University of California at Berkeley Extension Online. Customer Reviews PHP 5 Advanced 3 Table of Contents 7 Introduction 10 Chapter 1: Advanced PHP Techniques 18 Multidimensional Arrays 19 Advanced Function Definitions 35 The Heredoc Syntax 48 Using printf() and sprintf() 54 Chapter 2: Developing Web Applications 60 Documenting Code 61 Code Style and Structure 64 Modularizing a Web Site 66 Affecting the Browser Cache 91 Chapter 3: Advanced Database Concepts 98 Storing Sessions in a Database 99 Working with U.S. Zip Codes 113 Creating Stored Functions 127 Displaying Results Horizontally 133 Chapter 4: Security Techniques 140 Remembering the Basics 141 Validating Form Data 143 Using PECL Filter 153 Authentication with PEAR Auth 160 Using MCrypt 174 Chapter 5: E-commerce Techniques 186 E-commerce Concepts 187 Creating the Database 188 Creating the Configuration File 200 Making the Template 207 Creating the Index Page 214 Browsing by Category 216 Showing a Product 222 Implementing a Shopping Cart 229 Validating Credit Cards 241 Chapter 6: Basic Object-Oriented Programming 250 OOP Theory 251 Defining a Class 252 Creating an Object 257 The $this Attribute 261 Creating Constructors 268 Creating Destructors 273 Autoloading Classes 277 Chapter 7: Advanced OOP 280 Advanced Theories 281 Inheriting Classes 283 Inheriting Constructors and Destructors 288 Overriding Methods 293 Access Control 298 Using the Scope Resolution Operator 306 Creating Static Members 311 Abstract Classes and Methods 317 Chapter 8: Real-World OOP 326 Catching Exceptions 327 Extending the Exception Class 334 Creating a Shopping Cart Class 345 Using the Cart Class 357 Chapter 9: Networking with PHP 364 Accessing Other Web Sites 365 Working with Sockets 372 Performing IP Geolocation 380 Using cURL 385 Chapter 10: PHP and the Server 390 Compressing Files 391 PHP-GTK 402 Establishing a cron 416 Scheduling Tasks on Windows 419 Using COM with PHP 421 Chapter 11: PHP’s Command-Line Interface 434 Testing Your Installation 435 Executing Bits of Code 439 Creating a Command-Line Script 441 Running a Command-Line Script 445 Working with Command-Line Arguments 449 Taking Input 454 Chapter 12: Using PEAR 460 Using Benchmark 461 Using HTML_QuickForm 473 Using Mail_Mime 486 Chapter 13: Ajax 498 Introduction to Ajax 499 A Simple Example 501 Full-Fledged Ajax 523 Debugging Ajax Applications 540 Chapter 14: XML and PHP 546 What Is XML? 547 XML Syntax 549 Attributes, Empty Elements, and Entities 553 Document Type Definitions 557 Parsing XML 565 Creating an RSS Feed 579 Index 586 A 586 B 587 C 588 D 590 E 591 F 593 G 596 H 596 I 597 J 597 K 598 L 598 M 598 N 600 O 600 P 601 Q 603 R 603 S 604 T 606 U 607 V 607 W 608 X 609 Y 609 Z 609
PHP is currently one of the most popular server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language on the Web. It's specifically designed for Web site creation and is frequently being used to replace the functionality created by Perl to write CGI scripts. PHP's popularity and easier-to-learn appeal has spawned a new breed of programmer, those who are only familiar with and only use PHP.
Sharpen your PHP skills with the fully revised and updated, PHP 5 Advanced for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickPro Guide! Filled with fifteen chapters of step-by-step content and written by best-selling author and PHP programmer, Larry Ullman, this guide teaches specific topics in direct, focused segments, shows how PHP is used in real-world applications, features popular and most-asked-about scripts, and details those technologies that will be more important in the future. You'll learn about object-oriented programming, PHP interactions with a server,
Sharpen your PHP skills with the fully revised and updated, PHP 5 Advanced for the World Wide Visual QuickPro Guide ! Filled with fourteen chapters of step-by-step content and written by best-selling author and PHP programmer, Larry Ullman , this guide teaches specific topics in direct, focused segments, shows how PHP is used in real-world applications, features popular and most-asked-about scripts, and details those technologies that will be more important in the future. You'll learn about object-oriented programming, PHP interactions with a server, XML, RSS, Networking with PHP, image and PDF generation, and more. Filled with 15 chapters of step-by-step content and written by bestselling author and PHP programmer Ullman, this guide teaches specific topics in direct, focused segments, shows how PHP is used in real-world applications, features popular and most-asked-about scripts, and details those technologies that will be more important in the future
