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Professional PHP4

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  • Offers a simple and universal cross-platform solution for e-commerce, complex web, and database-driven applications

  • A resource for working PHP developers who want to take their skills to the next level

  • Includes case studies on a user privilege system and a multi-tiered WML-based shopping cart

  • Covers installation on Unix, Windows, and MacOS X, PHP with PostgreSQL and ODBC, PHP support for LDAP, PHP with MySQL, PHP’s interactions with XML, multi-tiered development using PHP, and PHP extension libraries

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Table of contents (27 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N2-xvi
  2. Introduction

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 1-8
  3. PHP Roadmap

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 9-14
  4. Installation

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 15-60
  5. PHP Fundamentals

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 61-88
  6. PHP Structures

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 89-112
  7. Object-Oriented Programming with PHP

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 113-152
  8. Debugging

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 153-182
  9. User Input and Regular Expressions

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 183-214
  10. Sessions and Cookies

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 215-242
  11. File Handling

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 243-280
  12. Coding FTP Clients

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 281-318
  13. E-Mail and News

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 319-378
  14. Retrieving E-Mail and News

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 379-442
  15. Networking and TCP/IP

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 443-478
  16. LDAP

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 479-524
  17. Introduction to Multi-Tier Development

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 525-542
  18. A WAP Case Study

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 543-620
  19. PHP and MySQL

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 621-664
  20. PHP and PostgreSQL

    • Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant et al.
    Pages 665-690

About this book

PHP is an open source, server-side, HTML-embedded web-scripting language for creating dynamic web pages. Not only browser-independent, PHP offers simple cross-platform solutions for e-commerce, and web and database-driven applications.

Enter Professional PHP4. This book will show you exactly how to create fantastic web applications that scale well, utilize databases optimally, and connect to a back-end network using a multi-tiered approach. This book also teaches PHP by coding FTP and e-mail clients, advanced data structures, session management, and secure programming.

About the authors

Luis Argerich is a development and technology manager for Salutia, a leading health-solutions provider in South America, and a teacher at the University of Buenos Aires. Luis has been interested in PHP since version 2.0 and has used it in conjunction with XML for projects such as search engines, transactional systems, web applications, web services, and others.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Professional PHP4

  • Authors: Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant, Andrew Hill, Chris Hubbard, James Moore, Devon O’Dell, Jon Parise, Harish Rawat, Tarique Sani, Christopher Scollo, Deepak Thomas, Chris Ullman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1120-4

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Luis Argerich 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-59059-248-9Published: 29 August 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-1120-4Published: 21 August 2003

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 1008

  • Topics: Web Development, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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eBook USD 39.99
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  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 49.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

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