| Chapter 1. Getting Started with PHP
- Basic XHTML Syntax
- Basic PHP Syntax
- Testing Your Script
- Sending Text to the Browser
- Sending HTML to the Browser
- Using White Space in PHP and HTML
- Adding Comments to Your Scripts
Chapter 2. Variables
- What Are Variables?
- Variable Syntax
- Types of Variables
- Assigning Values to Variables
- Understanding Quotation Marks
Chapter 3. HTML Forms and PHP
- Creating a Simple Form
- Using GET or POST
- Receiving Data from a Form in PHP
- Displaying Errors
- Error Reporting
- The Register Globals Problem
- Manually Sending Data to a Page
Chapter 4. Using Numbers
- Creating the Form
- Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying, and Dividing
- Formatting Numbers
- Using Multiple Operators
- Incrementing and Decrementing a Number
- Creating Random Numbers
Chapter 5. Using Strings
- Creating the HTML Form
- Connecting Strings (Concatenation)
- Combating Magic Quotes
- HTML and PHP
- Encoding and Decoding Strings
- Replacing Parts of a String
- Other String Functions
Chapter 6. Control Structures
- Creating the HTML Form
- The if Conditional
- Using else
- More Operators
- Using elseif
- The Switch Conditional
- The for Loop
Chapter 7. Using Arrays
- What Is an Array?
- Creating an Array
- Adding Items to an Array
- Accessing Array Elements
- Creating Multidimensional Arrays
- Sorting Arrays
- Transforming Between Strings and Arrays
- Creating an Array from a Form
Chapter 8. Creating Web Applications
- Creating Templates
- Using External Files
- Using Constants
- Working with the Date and Time
- Handling HTML Forms with PHP, Revisited
- Making Forms Sticky
- Sending Email
- Output Buffering
- Manipulating HTTP Headers
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Chapter 9. Cookies and Sessions
- What Are Cookies?
- Creating Cookies
- Reading from Cookies
- Adding Parameters to a Cookie
- Deleting a Cookie
- What Are Sessions?
- Creating a Session
- Accessing Session Variables
- Deleting a Session
Chapter 10. Creating Functions
- Creating and Using Simple Functions
- Creating and Calling Functions that Take Arguments
- Setting Default Argument Values
- Creating and Using Functions that Return a Value
- Understanding Variable Scope
The following chapters are optional based on student interest and
course timing.
Chapter 11. Files and Directories
- File Permissions
- Writing to Files
- Locking Files
- Reading from Files
- Handling File Uploads
- Navigating Directories
- Creating Directories
- Reading Files Incrementally
Chapter 12. Intro to Databases
- Introduction to SQL
- Connecting to MySQL
- MySQL Error Handling
- Creating and Selecting a Database
- Creating a Table
- Inserting Data into a Database
- Retrieving Data from a Database
- Deleting Data in a Database
- Updating Data in a Database
Chapter 13. Regular Expressions
- What Are Regular Expressions?
- Matching Patterns
- Using Literals
- Using Metacharacters
- Using Quantifiers
- Using Classes
- Matching and Replacing Patterns
Appendix A Installation and Configuration
- Installing on Windows 2000
- Installing on Mac OS X
- Using the MySQL Monitor
- Creating MySQL Users
- PHP Configuration
Appendix B. Resources
- Online PHP Resources
- Database Resources
- Advanced Topics
- Top Ten Frequently Asked Questions (or Problems)
- Tables
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