PHP: The Complete Reference

PHP is a server-side programming language mainly used for web development and is also used as a general purpose programming language. It has become a rage in the Internet world. PHP: The Complete Reference, as the name suggests is a complete reference guide to the widely popular PHP.

This book deals with explaining how to personalize the PHP work space, define operators and variables, manipulate strings and arrays and the way in which one can use HTML. It also covers details on how to access database information, track client-side preferences using cookies, execute FTP and e-mail transactions and publish your applications to the Web. Additionally, this book deals in PHP's next generation Web 2.0 design features including AJAX, XML and RSS.

One can also learn to use PHP's object-oriented tools to build blogs, guest books and feedback pages with server-side file storage. PHP: The Complete Reference is a step by step guide to mastering PHP. Starting from the basic to the most advanced level, this book covers each aspect in great detail. This book was published by McGraw-Hill Education on 30 November 2007 and is available in paperback.

Key Features

• Detailed coverage of PHP's next-generation Web 2.0 design features, including AJAX, XML and RSS is included.

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Your One-Stop Guide to Web Development with PHP--Covers PHP 5.2

Build dynamic, cross-browser Web applications with PHP--the server-side programming language that's taken the Internet by storm. Through detailed explanations and downloadable code examples, this comprehensive guide shows you, step-by-step, how to configure PHP, create PHP-enabled Web pages, and put every advanced development tool to work.

PHP: The Complete Reference explains how to personalize the PHP work space, define operators and variables, manipulate strings and arrays, deploy HTML forms and buttons, and process user input. You'll learn how to access database information, track client-side preferences using cookies, execute FTP and e-mail transactions, and publish your applications to the Web. You'll also get in-depth coverage of PHP's next-generation Web 2.0 design features, including AJAX, XML, and RSS.

• Install PHP and set up a customized development environment
• Work with variables, operators, loops, strings, arrays, and functions
• Integrate HTML controls, text fields, forms, radio buttons, and checkboxes
• Accept and validate user-entered data from Web pages
• Simplify programming using PHP's object-oriented tools
• Build blogs, guest books, and feedback pages with server-side file storage
• Write MySQL scripts that retrieve, modify, and update database information
• Set cookies, perform FTP transactions, and send e-mails from PHP sessions
• Build AJAX-enabled Web pages
• Draw graphics on the server
• Create XML components and add RSS feeds

About the Author

About the Author: Steven Holzner is an author of over 100 technology books, many of which are bestsellers. His works mainly pertain to online applications and components of Ajax including JavaScript, XML, browser objects and Web services. Steven also teaches programming classes at Fortune 500 companies and has also been a faculty at the Cornell University and MIT. His well known works include books like Ajax For Dummies and the Ajax Visual Blueprint. Steven has also worked as a contributing editor for PC magazine.