Programming Php - Brossura

Lerdorf, Rasmus

 
9781565926103: Programming Php

Sinossi

This is a comprehensive guide to PHP, a simple yet powerful language for creating dynamic Web content. It is a detailed reference to the language and its applications, including such topics as form processing, sessions, databases, XML, and graphics and covers PHP 4, the latest version of the language. This book explains PHP language syntax and programming techniques in a clear and concise manner, with numerous examples that illustrate both correct usage and common idioms. The book also includes style tips and practical programming advice that should help you become not just a PHP programmer, but a good PHP programmer. Contents of the book include: information on the basics of the PHP language, including data types, variables, operators, and flow control statements; separate chapters on the fundamental topics of functions, strings, arrays, and objects; coverage of common PHP Web application techniques, such as form processing and validation, session tracking, and cookies; material on interacting with relational databases, such as MySQL and Oracle, using the database-independent PEAR DB library; chapters on generating dynamic images, creating PDF files, and parsing XML files with PHP; and advanced topics, like creating secure script, error handling, performance tuning, and writing your own C language extensions to PHP.

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L'autore

started the PHP Project back in 1995 and has been actively involved in PHP development ever since. Also involved in a number of other Open Source projects, Rasmus is a longtime Apache contributor and foundation member. He is the author of the first edition of the PHP Pocket Reference, and the co-author of Programming PHP.

Kevin Tatroe has been a Macintosh and Unix programmer for ten years. Being lazy, he's attracted to languages and frameworks that do much of the work for you, such as the AppleScript, Perl, and PHP languages and the WebObjects and Cocoa programming environments. Kevin, his wife Jenn, his son Hadden, and two cats live on the edge of the rural plains of Colorado, just far away enough from the mountains to avoid the worst snowfall, and just close enough to avoid tornadoes. The house is filled with LEGO creations, action figures, and other toys.

Contenuti

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

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