PHP is an open source, server-side, HTML-embedded web-scripting language for creating dynamic web pages. Not only browser-independent, PHP offers simple cross-platform solutions for e-commerce, and web and database-driven applications. Enter Professional PHP4. This book will show you exactly how to create fantastic web applications that scale well, utilize databases optimally, and connect to a back-end network using a multi-tiered approach. This book also teaches PHP by coding FTP and e-mail clients, advanced data structures, session management, and secure programming.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: PHP Roadmap Chapter 2: Installation Chapter 3: PHP Fundamentals Chapter 4: PHP Structures Chapter 5: Object-Oriented Programming with PHP Chapter 6: Debugging Chapter 7: User Input and Regular Expressions Chapter 8: Sessions and Cookies Chapter 9: File Handling Chapter 10: Coding FTP Clients Chapter 11: E-Mail and News Chapter 12: Retrieving E-Mail and News Chapter 13: Networking and TCP/IP Chapter 14: LDAP Chapter 15: Introduction to Multi-Tier Development Chapter 16: A WAP Study Case Chapter 17: PHP and MySQL Chapter 18: PHP and PostgreSQL Chapter 19: PHP and ODBC Chapter 20: Non-Web PHP Programming Chapter 21: PHP XML Chapter 22: Internationalization Chapter 23: Security Chapter 24: Optimization Chapter 25: PHP Extension Libraries Chapter 26: User Privilege System