Beginning PHP and Oracle : From Novice to

Beginning PHP and Oracle: From Novice to Professional offers comprehensive information on using the PHP scripting language in conjunction with Oracle's database platform. PHP is one of the most prominent open source technologies in the area of web development, while Oracle is one of the most widely deployed and used database products. You'll learn to reap the benefits of these core technologies by using them in unison to create dynamic, data-driven web applications. The book is packed with practical examples based on the many years of real-world experience of authors W Jason Gilmore and Bob Bryla. This book is an ideal read for web designers or programmers wanting to create applications with PHP in an Oracle environment.

Introducing PHP	p. 1
Configuring your environment	p. 9
PHP basics	p. 39
Functions	p. 81
Arrays	p. 91
Object-oriented PHP	p. 117
Advanced OOP features	p. 139
Error and exception handling	p. 151
Strings and regular expressions	p. 163
Working with the file and operating system	p. 195
PEAR	p. 219
Date and time	p. 229
Forms	p. 249
Authentication	p. 261
Handling file uploads	p. 277
Networking	p. 287
PHP and LDAP	p. 305
Session handlers	p. 319
Templating with smarty	p. 339
Web services	p. 361
Secure PHP programming	p. 387
SQLite	p. 407
Introducing PDO	p. 425
Building Web sites for the world	p. 441
MVC and the zend framework	p. 449
Introducing Oracle	p. 463
Installing and configuring Oracle Database XE	p. 469
Oracle Database XE administration	p. 481
Interacting with Oracle Database XE	p. 501
From databases to datatypes	p. 513
Securing Oracle Database XE	p. 535
PHP's Oracle functionality	p. 565
Transactions	p. 591
Using HTMLöTable with advanced queries	p. 601
Using views	p. 621
Oracle PL/SQL subprograms	p. 633
Oracle triggers	p. 649
Indexes and optimizing techniques	p. 661
Importing and exporting data	p. 675
Backup and recovery	p. 687
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