Beginning Php5

, by Mercer, Dave W.; Kent, Allan; Nowicki, Steven D.; Mercer, David; Squier, Dan; Choi, Wankyu; Eide-Goodman, Heow; Lecky-Thompson, Ed; Morgan, Clark

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ISBN: 9780764557835 | 0764557831
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/16/2004

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What is this book about? Beginning PHP5 is a complete tutorial in PHP5's language features and functionality, beginning with the basics and building up to the design and construction of complex data-driven Web sites. Fully functioning applications are developed through the course of the book. Other features of the book include installation guide and troubleshooting tips, introduction to relational databases, practical working examples and applications, and a detailed language reference. Here are the new topics in this edition: OOP PEAR GTK MSI CLI SQLite Error handling with try/catch

Introduction

xix

Getting Up and Running

(30)

The Roots of PHP

(1)

Installing, Configuring, and Running PHP

(4)

System Requirements

(1)

php.ini, the PHP Configuration File

(1)

Setting Up a Test Machine

(1)

Network Connections

(1)

Where Do You Start?

(1)

Running PHP5

(1)

Installing PHP5 with Linux and Apache

(13)

Choosing Your Installation Method

(10)

Setting up Apache for PHP

(3)

Installing PHP5 on Windows 2000/Internet Information Server (IIS) 5

(7)

Downloading PHP5

(2)

php.ini and Extensions

(4)

Testing and Troubleshooting

(2)

Configuring PHP

(1)

php.ini

(1)

PHP Extensions

(1)

Caching

(1)

Summary

(1)

Exercise

(1)

Writing Simple Programs

(32)

Create a Simple PHP Program

(5)

Explore Some Details

(1)

How PHP Code Works

(3)

How Online PHP Programs Run

(1)

Web Communications: Internet Protocols and HTTP

(5)

TCP/IP

(1)

The HTTP Protocol

(4)

Using Variables in PHP

(5)

Issues Concerning Creating Variables

(4)

Defined Constants

(1)

Operators and Expressions

(16)

PHP Operators

(1)

PHP Expressions

(1)

Operator Types

(11)

Arrays

(4)

Summary

(1)

Exercises

(1)

PHP, HTML, and State

(60)

HTML Primer

(4)

The HTML Document Type Definition

(1)

The Form and Input Elements

(2)

Accessing PHP and HTTP Data

(5)

Predefined Variables

(2)

Variables in HTTP Request and Response

(1)

SuperGlobal Arrays

(3)

Links

(1)

Query Strings

(1)

HTML (Web) Forms

(34)

HTML Form Elements

(5)

HTML Form Fields (Controls) and PHP

(29)

The Concept of State

108

(12)

State Maintenance

108

(8)

Native Sessions in PHP

116

(4)

Summary

120

(1)

Exercise

120

(3)

Decisions, Loops, and Arrays

123

(64)

Designing PHP Program Logic

123

(4)

Problem Statement

123

(1)

Writing Pseudo Code

124

(1)

Boolean Logic

125

(2)

Conditional or Branching Statements

127

(18)

An Example of Branching

128

(1)

if Statements

129

(11)

switch Statements

140

(5)

Loops and Arrays

145

(40)

Loops

145

(16)

Arrays

161

(24)

Summary

185

(1)

Exercise

185

(2)

Robust and Healthy Code

187

(44)

Testing and Debugging

187

(2)

Values That Break Your Code

188

(1)

Basic Error Types

189

(1)

Debugging PHP Script

189

(9)

Understanding PHP Error Messages

189

(1)

Syntax Errors

190

(3)

Logic Errors

193

(1)

Runtime Errors

193

(5)

Debugging and Handling Errors in PHP5

198

(1)

Preventing the Display of Private Information

198

(1)

Roll-Your-Own Debugging Tools

198

(1)

Form Validation

199

(21)

Using the exit Statement

200

(4)

String Validation and Regular Expressions

204

(9)

Validating Data Entry

213

(5)

Using Regexps to Check File Path Parameters

218

(2)

Handling Errors Gracefully

220

(9)

Configuring PHP for Error Handling

220

(2)

Try/Catch---New in PHP5

222

(7)

Summary

229

(1)

Exercise

230

(1)

Writing High-Quality Code

231

(28)

Development Planning

231

(3)

Formal Software Development Processes

232

(2)

Optimizing Your Code

234

(1)

Using Coding Standards

234

(2)

Writing User-Defined Functions in PHP

236

(11)

The Structure of Functions

237

(6)

Switching Functions

243

(2)

How Values Get Inside Functions

245

(2)

Scope of Variables

247

(7)

Global and Local Variables

247

(1)

Creating Static Function Variables

248

(3)

Nesting

251

(1)

Recursion

251

(3)

The Include and Require Statements

254

(3)

Things To Be Careful About with Include and Require

257

(1)

Summary

257

(1)

Exercise

258

(1)

Files and Directories

259

(54)

File and Directory Handling

260

(1)

Working with Files

260

(9)

Opening and Closing Files

261

(3)

Getting Information About a File

264

(1)

Reading and Writing to Files

264

(5)

Reading and Writing Characters in Files

269

(3)

Reading Entire Files

272

(2)

Random Access to File Data

274

(4)

Getting Information on Files

278

(4)

Ownership and Permissions

282

(5)

Working with Files You Own

287

(3)

Splitting the Name and Path from a File

287

(1)

Copying, Renaming, and Deleting Files

288

(2)

Working with Directories

290

(10)

Other Directory Functions

292

(2)

Traversing a Directory Hierarchy

294

(1)

Creating a Directory Navigator

295

(5)

Building a Text Editor

300

(7)

Uploading Files

307

(5)

Summary

312

(1)

Exercise

312

(1)

XML

313

(30)

What Is XML?

313

(2)

XML Document Structure

315

(7)

Major Parts of an XML Document

315

(1)

Well-Formed XML Documents

316

(1)

Using XML Elements and Attributes

317

(1)

Valid XML Documents: DTDs and XML Schemas

318

(4)

Web Services

322

(1)

PHP and XML

322

(1)

PHP4 XML Functions

323

(11)

XML Parsers

329

(3)

The Document Object Model

332

(2)

PHP5 XML Functions

334

(6)

The SimpleXML Extension

334

(4)

Changing a Value with simpleXML

338

(2)

Summary

340

(1)

Exercise

341

(2)

An Introduction to Databases and SQL

343

(48)

Storing Data

344

(3)

Databases and Databases

344

(1)

Database Architectures

345

(1)

Choosing a Database

346

(1)

Setting Up MySQL

347

(4)

Installing on Windows

347

(1)

Installing on Linux

348

(2)

Configuring MySQL

350

(1)

Relational Databases

351

(9)

Normalization

352

(3)

Talking to Databases with SQL

355

(5)

A Quick Play with MySQL

360

(7)

Starting the mysql Client Program

360

(1)

Selecting a Database to Use

361

(1)

Looking at Tables Inside a Database

362

(1)

Using SQL to Look at Data

363

(1)

Manipulating Data in a Database

364

(1)

Using GRANT and REVOKE Commands

365

(2)

Connecting to MySQL from PHP

367

(1)

PHP MySQL Connectivity

368

(7)

Basic Connection Functions

368

(3)

Handling Server Errors

371

(4)

Creating Databases and Tables from MySQL

375

(13)

Creating the Sample Database and Tables with PHP

379

(4)

Altering Tables

383

(2)

Inserting Data into a Table

385

(3)

Summary

388

(3)

Retrieving Data from MySQL Using PHP

391

(26)

Retrieving Data Using PHP

391

(3)

SQL Statements for Retrieving Data

394

(10)

Server Functions

394

(1)

Retrieving Fields

395

(5)

Getting Summaries

400

(1)

More Complex Retrievals

401

(3)

Putting It All Together

404

(11)

The common_db.inc File Contents

405

(2)

The userviewer.php File Contents

407

(7)

Using the User Viewer

414

(1)

Summary

415

(2)

Using PHP to Manipulate Data in MySQL

417

(44)

Inserting Records Using PHP

417

(3)

Special Characters

418

(1)

htmlspecialchars()

419

(1)

Updating and Deleting Records in Tables

420

(2)

Working with Date and Time Type Fields

422

(4)

Getting Information on Database Tables

426

(5)

ENUM Options and Field Defaults

431

(4)

Creating a User Registration Script

435

(7)

435

(5)

Choosing Actions to Take

440

(2)

Creating an Access Logger Script

442

(7)

auth_user.php

442

(2)

access_logger.php

444

(5)

Creating a User Manager

449

(9)

userman.php

449

(8)

Choosing an Action to Take

457

(1)

Summary

458

(1)

Exercises

459

(2)

An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

461

(32)

What Is Object-Oriented Programming?

461

(2)

Understanding OOP Concepts

463

(27)

Classes

463

(1)

Objects

464

(13)

Inheritance

477

(9)

Interfaces

486

(3)

Encapsulation

489

(1)

Changes to 00 in PHP5

490

(1)

Summary

491

(1)

Exercises

491

(2)

Working with UML and Classes

493

(36)

The Unified Modeling Language

493

(3)

Why Would You Want to Use UML?

494

(1)

UML Software

494

(1)

Class Diagrams

495

(1)

Creating the Contact Manager

496

(7)

The Contact Manager UML Diagrams

496

(4)

Other Useful UML Diagrams

500

(3)

Creating the Entity Class

503

(6)

Putting It All Together

509

(18)

The PropertyObject Class

509

(3)

The Contact Type Classes

512

(4)

The DataManager Class

516

(1)

The Entity, Individual, and Organization Classes

517

(8)

Making Use of the System

525

(2)

Summary

527

(2)

Pear

529

(38)

What Is PEAR?

529

(5)

How Is PEAR Structured?

530

(2)

Recapping PEAR Standards

532

(2)

Installing PEAR Packages

534

(11)

Finding Your Way Around pear.php.net

534

(1)

Exploring PEAR Classes and Applications

534

(1)

Installing and Using the PEAR Package Manager

535

(10)

Using PEAR Packages

545

(21)

Building an Application Using Two PEAR Components

551

(15)

Summary

566

(1)

PHP5 and E-Mail

567

(18)

E-Mail Background

567

(1)

Internet Mail Protocols

568

(1)

Structure of an E-Mail Message

568

(2)

Sending E-Mail with PHP

570

(5)

Using the mail() Function

570

(2)

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions

572

(2)

PEAR Mail Libraries

574

(1)

Building a Simple PHP E-Mail Application

575

(8)

Summary

583

(1)

Exercises

583

(2)

Generating Graphics

585

(28)

Basics of Computer Graphics

585

(3)

Color Theory

586

(1)

Coordinate Systems

586

(1)

Image Types

587

(1)

Working with Raster Images

588

(10)

Creating a New Image

588

(1)

Allocating Colors

588

(1)

Basic Drawing Functions

589

(9)

Manipulating Raster Images

598

(9)

Opening an Existing Image

598

(2)

Applying a Watermark

600

(4)

Creating Thumbnails

604

(3)

Using Text in Images

607

(5)

Adding Standard Text

607

(2)

Using True Type Fonts

609

(3)

Summary

612

(1)

Exercises

612

(1)

Case Study: A PHP Logging Agent

613

(58)

Why a Logging Agent?

614

(7)

Smarty

615

(5)

PHPUnit

620

(1)

Designing the Logging Agent

621

(7)

The sitelogs.db Database

622

(2)

Using UML to Map Out the Logging Agent

624

(4)

Coding the Solution

628

(26)

Miscellaneous Scripts

628

(4)

Data-Handling Scripts

632

(13)

Validation and Error-Handling Scripts

645

(6)

Presentation Scripts and Templates

651

(3)

Testing the Application

654

(11)

Working with the Logging Agent

665

(5)

userlog.php

666

(1)

Viewing the Logging Agent

666

(4)

Summary

670

(1)

Appendix A: Answers

671

(22)

Appendix B: PHP Functions Reference

693

(72)

Appendix C: Using SQLite

765

(16)

Appendix D: ODBC

781

(14)

Appendix E: PHP CLI

795

(10)

Appendix F: Configuring PHP5

805

(24)

Index

829

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