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Programming PHP
By Rasmus Lerdorf, Kevin Tatroe
Publisher	: O'Reilly
Pub Date	: March 2002
ISBN	: 1-56592-610-2
Pages	: 524
	Copyright
		Preface
			Audience for This Book
			Structure of This Book
			Conventions Used in This Book
			Comments and Questions
			Acknowledgments
		Chapter 1.  Introduction to PHP
			Section 1.1.  What Does PHP Do?
			Section 1.2.  A Brief History of PHP
			Section 1.3.  Installing PHP
			Section 1.4.  A Walk Through PHP
		Chapter 2.  Language Basics
			Section 2.1.  Lexical Structure
			Section 2.2.  Data Types
			Section 2.3.  Variables
			Section 2.4.  Expressions and Operators
			Section 2.5.  Flow-Control Statements
			Section 2.6.  Including Code
			Section 2.7.  Embedding PHP in Web Pages
		Chapter 3.  Functions
			Section 3.1.  Calling a Function
			Section 3.2.  Defining a Function
			Section 3.3.  Variable Scope
			Section 3.4.  Function Parameters
			Section 3.5.  Return Values
			Section 3.6.  Variable Functions
			Section 3.7.  Anonymous Functions
		Chapter 4.  Strings
			Section 4.1.  Quoting String Constants
			Section 4.2.  Printing Strings
			Section 4.3.  Accessing Individual Characters
			Section 4.4.  Cleaning Strings
			Section 4.5.  Encoding and Escaping
			Section 4.6.  Comparing Strings
			Section 4.7.  Manipulating and Searching Strings
			Section 4.8.  Regular Expressions
			Section 4.9.  POSIX-Style Regular Expressions
			Section 4.10.  Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions
		Chapter 5.  Arrays
			Section 5.1.  Indexed Versus Associative Arrays
			Section 5.2.  Identifying Elements of an Array
			Section 5.3.  Storing Data in Arrays
			Section 5.4.  Multidimensional Arrays
			Section 5.5.  Extracting Multiple Values
			Section 5.6.  Converting Between Arrays and Variables
			Section 5.7.  Traversing Arrays
			Section 5.8.  Sorting
			Section 5.9.  Acting on Entire Arrays
			Section 5.10.  Using Arrays
		Chapter 6.  Objects
			Section 6.1.  Terminology
			Section 6.2.  Creating an Object
			Section 6.3.  Accessing Properties and Methods
			Section 6.4.  Declaring a Class
			Section 6.5.  Introspection
			Section 6.6.  Serialization
		Chapter 7.  Web Techniques
			Section 7.1.  HTTP Basics
			Section 7.2.  Variables
			Section 7.3.  Server Information
			Section 7.4.  Processing Forms
			Section 7.5.  Setting Response Headers
			Section 7.6.  Maintaining State
			Section 7.7.  SSL
		Chapter 8.  Databases
			Section 8.1.  Using PHP to Access a Database
			Section 8.2.  Relational Databases and SQL
			Section 8.3.  PEAR DB Basics
			Section 8.4.  Advanced Database Techniques
			Section 8.5.  Sample Application
		Chapter 9.  Graphics
			Section 9.1.  Embedding an Image in a Page
			Section 9.2.  The GD Extension
			Section 9.3.  Basic Graphics Concepts
			Section 9.4.  Creating and Drawing Images
			Section 9.5.  Images with Text
			Section 9.6.  Dynamically Generated Buttons
			Section 9.7.  Scaling Images
			Section 9.8.  Color Handling
		Chapter 10.  PDF
			Section 10.1.  PDF Extensions
			Section 10.2.  Documents and Pages
			Section 10.3.  Text
			Section 10.4.  Images and Graphics
			Section 10.5.  Navigation
			Section 10.6.  Other PDF Features
		Chapter 11.  XML
			Section 11.1.  Lightning Guide to XML
			Section 11.2.  Generating XML
			Section 11.3.  Parsing XML
			Section 11.4.  Transforming XML with XSLT
			Section 11.5.  Web Services
		Chapter 12.  Security
			Section 12.1.  Global Variables and Form Data
			Section 12.2.  Filenames
			Section 12.3.  File Uploads
			Section 12.4.  File Permissions
			Section 12.5.  Concealing PHP Libraries
			Section 12.6.  PHP Code
			Section 12.7.  Shell Commands
			Section 12.8.  Security Redux
		Chapter 13.  Application Techniques
			Section 13.1.  Code Libraries
			Section 13.2.  Templating Systems
			Section 13.3.  Handling Output
			Section 13.4.  Error Handling
			Section 13.5.  Performance Tuning
		Chapter 14.  Extending PHP
			Section 14.1.  Architectural Overview
			Section 14.2.  What You'll Need
			Section 14.3.  Building Your First Extensions
			Section 14.4.  The config.m4 File
			Section 14.5.  Memory Management
			Section 14.6.  The pval/zval Data Type
			Section 14.7.  Parameter Handling
			Section 14.8.  Returning Values
			Section 14.9.  References
			Section 14.10.  Global Variables
			Section 14.11.  Creating Variables
			Section 14.12.  Extension INI Entries
			Section 14.13.  Resources
			Section 14.14.  Where to Go from Here
		Chapter 15.  PHP on Windows
			Section 15.1.  Installing and Configuring PHP on Windows
			Section 15.2.  Writing Portable Code for Windows and Unix
			Section 15.3.  Interfacing with COM
			Section 15.4.  Interacting with ODBC Data Sources
		Appendix A.  Function Reference
			Section A.1.  PHP Functions by Category
			Section A.2a.  Alphabetical Listing of PHP Functions (a-e)
			Section A.2b.  Alphabetical Listing of PHP Functions (f-i)
			Section A.2c.  Alphabetical Listing of PHP Functions (j-q)
			Section A.3d.  Alphabetical Listing of PHP Functions (r-z)
		Appendix B.  Extension Overview
			Section B.1.  Optional Extensions Listing
		Colophon
		Index