The PHP Anthology: Object Oriented PHP Solution, Volume 1

<div><p>A compilation of best practice solutions to common Web Development problems in PHP, focusing on the achievement of practical goals by applying well-structured, object orientated software design principles.</p><p>Volume 1 covers the foundations of PHP including writing portable and reusable code, storing and extracting data from files, manipulating text, working with email and error handling.</p><p>In addition to being an excellent reference with over 60 customizable solutions, the book acts as an excellent primer for Object Orientated Programming. PHP 5 has now been released and has been given significant OOP features, which are a must-learn for PHP Developers.</p><p>All code in the book is backwards compatible with earlier versions of PHP.</p></div>

Preface
Who should read this book?
What’s covered in this book?
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Acknowledgements
PHP Basics
Where do I get help?
How do I fix an error that PHP finds in my script?
How do I include one PHP script in another?
How do I write portable PHP code?
Further Reading
Object Oriented PHP
What are the basics of object oriented PHP?
How do references work in PHP?
How do I take advantage of inheritance?
How do objects interact?
Further Reading
PHP and MySQL
How do I access a MySQL database?
How do I fetch data from a table?
How do I resolve errors in my SQL queries?
How do I add or modify data in my database?
How do I solve database errors caused by quotes/apostrophes?
How do I create flexible SQL statements?
How do I find out how many rows I’ve selected?
After inserting a row, how do I find out its row number?
How do I search my table?
How do I back up my database?
How do I repair a corrupt table?
Do I really need to write SQL?
Further Reading
Files
How do I read a local file?
How do I modify a local file?
How do I get information about a local file?
How do I examine directories with PHP?
How do I display the PHP source code online?
How do I store configuration information in a file?
How do I access a file on a remote server?
How do I use FTP from PHP?
How do I manage file downloads with PHP?
How do I create compressed ZIP/TAR files with PHP?
Further Reading
Text Manipulation
How do I solve problems with text content in HTML documents?
How do I make changes to the contents of a string?
How do I implement custom formatting code?
How do I implement a bad word filter?
How do I validate submitted data?
How do I filter out undesirable HTML code?
Further Reading
Dates and Times
How do I store dates in MySQL?
How do I solve common date problems?
How do I build an online calendar?
How do I deal with time zones?
How do I time a PHP script?
How do I schedule batch jobs with PHP?
Further Reading
Images
MIME Types
How do I create thumbnail images?
How do I add a watermark to an image?
How do I display charts and graphs with PHP?
How do I prevent “hot linking” of images?
Further Reading
Email
How do I simplify the generation of complex emails?
How do I add attachments to messages?
How do I send HTML email?
How do I mail a group of people?
How do I handle incoming mail with PHP?
Further Reading
Web Page Elements
How do I display data in a table?
How do I build a result pager?
How do I handle HTML forms in PHP?
How do I upload files with PHP?
How do I build effective navigation with PHP and MySQL?
How do I make “search engine friendly” URLs in PHP?
Further Reading
Error Handling
How do I implement a custom error handler with PHP?
How do I log and report errors?
How do I display errors gracefully?
Further Reading

PHP Configuration
Configuration Mechanisms
Key Security and Portability Settings
Includes and Execution Settings
Error-Related Settings
Miscellaneous Settings
Hosting Provider Checklist
General Issues
PHP-Related Issues
Security Checklist
The Top Security Vulnerabilities
Working with PEAR
Installing PEAR
The PEAR Package Manager
Installing Packages Manually
Index