PHP Phrasebook
- PHP PHRASEBOOK: ESSENTIAL CODE AND COMMANDS
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- We Want to Hear from You
- Reader Services
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Manipulating Strings
- Comparing Strings
- Checking Usernames and Passwords
- Converting Strings into Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
- Using Line Breaks
- Encrypting Strings
- Checksumming Strings
- Extracting Substrings
- Protecting Email Addresses Using ASCII Codes
- Scanning Formatted Strings
- Getting Detailed Information About Variables
- Searching in Strings
- Using POSIX Regular Expressions
- Using Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions
- Finding Tags with Regular Expressions
- Validating Mandatory Input
- Validating Numbers (and Other Data Types)
- Validating Email Addresses
- Search and Replace
- Chapter 2. Working with Arrays
- Accessing All Elements of Numerical Arrays
- Accessing All Elements of Associative Arrays
- Accessing All Array Elements in Nested Arrays
- Turning an Array into Variables
- Converting Strings to Arrays
- Converting Arrays to Strings
- Sorting Arrays Alphabetically
- Sorting Associative Arrays Alphabetically
- Sorting Nested Arrays
- Sorting Nested Associative Arrays
- Sorting IP Addresses (as a Human Would)
- Sorting Anything
- Sorting with Foreign Languages
- Applying an Effect to All Array Elements
- Filtering Arrays
- Getting Random Elements Out of Arrays
- Chapter 3. Date and Time
- Using Text Within date()
- Automatically Localizing Dates
- Manually Localizing Dates
- Using the Current Date the U.S.U.K.European Way
- Formatting a Specific Date
- Validating a Date
- Calculating a Relative Date
- Creating a Sortable Time Stamp
- Converting a String into a Date
- Determining Sunrise and Sunset
- Using Date and Time for Benchmarks
- Using Form Fields for Date Selection
- Create Self-updating Form Fields for Date Selection
- Calculating the Difference Between Two Dates
- Using GMT DateTime Information
- Chapter 4. Interacting with Web Forms
- Sending Form Data Back to the Current Script
- Reading Out Form Data
- Coping with Magic Quotes
- Checking Whether a Form Has Been Submitted
- Saving Form Data into a Cookie
- Prefilling Text Fields and Password Fields
- Prefilling Multiline Text Fields
- Preselecting Radio Buttons
- Preselecting Check Boxes
- Preselecting Selection Lists
- Preselecting Multiple Selection Lists
- Processing Graphical Submit Buttons
- Checking Mandatory Fields
- Checking Selection Lists
- Writing All Form Data into a File
- Sending All Form Data Via Email
- Getting Information About File Uploads
- Moving Uploaded Files to a Safe Location
- Chapter 5. Remembering Users (Cookies and Sessions)
- Understanding Cookies
- Creating a Cookie
- Reading Out Cookies
- Getting Rid of Magic Quotes in Cookies
- Setting a (Reasonable) Expiry Date
- Setting a Client-Specific Expiry Date
- Deleting a Cookie
- Making Cookies Accessible for Several Domains
- Checking Whether the Client Supports Cookies
- Saving Multiple Data in One Cookie
- Saving the User s Language Preference
- Understanding Sessions
- Where to Store the Sessions
- How to Maintain the Session State
- Activating Sessions
- Reading and Writing Sessions
- Closing Sessions
- Changing the Session ID
- Creating Dynamic, Session-Aware Links
- Implementing a Custom Session Management
- Creating a Secured Area with Sessions
- Creating a Secured Area Without Sessions
- Chapter 6. Using Files on the Server File System
- Opening and Closing Files
- Reading from Files
- Writing to Files
- Locking Files
- Using Relative Paths for File Access
- Avoiding Security Traps with File Access
- Working with CSV Data
- Parsing INI Files
- Retrieving File Information
- Copying, Moving, and Deleting Files
- Browsing the File System
- Using PHP Streams
- Using Bzip2 Archives
- Returning Files with an HTTP Request
- Chapter 7. Making Data Dynamic
- Connecting to MySQL
- Connecting to MySQLi
- Sending SQL to MySQL
- Prepared Statements with MySQL
- Retrieving Results of a Query to MySQL
- Connecting to SQLite
- Sending SQL to SQLite
- Retrieving Results of a Query to SQLite
- Connecting to PostgreSQL
- Sending SQL to PostgreSQL
- Updating Data in PostgreSQL
- Retrieving Results of a Query to PostgreSQL
- Connecting to Oracle
- Sending SQL to Oracle
- Retrieving Results of a Query to Oracle
- Connecting to MSSQL
- Sending SQL to MSSQL
- Retrieving Results of a Query to MSSQL
- Connecting to Firebird
- Sending SQL to Firebird
- Retrieving Results of a Query to Firebird
- Connecting Via PDO
- Sending SQL Via PDO
- Retrieving Results of a Query Via PDO
- Chapter 8. Using XML
- Parsing XML with SAX
- Using DOM in PHP 4 to Read XML
- Using DOM in PHP 5 to Read XML
- Using DOM in PHP 4 to Write XML
- Using DOM in PHP 5 to Write XML
- Using SimpleXML
- Transforming XML with XSL and PHP 4
- Transforming XML with XSL and PHP 5
- Validating XML
- Chapter 9. Communicating with Others
- Connecting with HTTP Servers
- Connecting with FTP Servers
- Checking Whether a Server Is Still Reacting
- Creating a Web Service with PEAR::XML-RPC
- Consuming a Web Service with PEAR::XML-RPC
- Creating a Web Service with NuSOAP
- Automatically Generating WSDL with NuSOAP
- Consuming a Web Service with NuSOAP
- Creating a Web Service with PEAR::SOAP
- Automatically Generating WSDL with PEAR::SOAP
- Consuming a Web Service with PEAR::SOAP
- Creating a Web Service with PHP 5 s SOAP Extension
- Consuming a Web Service with PHP 5 s SOAP Extension
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