PHP 5 Advanced Visual Quickpro Guide

Name: PHP 5 Advanced Visual Quickpro Guide
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ISBN: 9780321376015

ISBN-10: 0321376013

ISBN-13: 9780321376015

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Larry Ullman

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Description:

Following the popularVisual QuickPro Guide layout, this book consists of approximately 15 chapters of step-by-step content, aimed at teaching both advanced programming techniques and specific topics in direct, focused segments. The scripts featured in this book are based on features and capabilities that current PHP users most frequently inquire about as well as introducing emerging technologies. Topics include:-Advanced PHP programming concepts-Sophisticated database interactions-E-commerce-Object oriented programming-PHP interactions with a server-Networking with PHP-XML-Image generation-PDF generation-RSS (Real Simple Syndication)-Security-Using the PEAR code repository

Book details

List price: $44.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Publication date: 3/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 608
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.002
Language: English



Table of Contents


Introduction



Advanced PHP Programming


Code Structure and Documentation


Function Recursion and Static Variables


References and Functions


PERL-Compatible Regular Expressions



Basic Object-Oriented Programming


Defining a Class


Creating an Object


Creating Constructors


Object Inheritance


Using Class Functions Without Instances


Serializing Objects


Destroying Objects



Developing Web Applications


Catching Exceptions


Using PEAR's HTML_QuickFOrm


Modularizing a Web Site


Error Logging and Reporting


Browser Detection



Database Concepts


Database Design and Normalization


Storing Sessions in a Database


Storing BLOBs in a Database


Using Prepared Statements


Database Encryption


Working with Bound Variables



Security


Validating Forms


Validating Forms with JavaScript


Encryption with Mcrypt


HTTP Authentication


Web Server Security


Shared Server Security


Encorporating Captcha with PEAR


Using PEAR Auth



Advanced OOP


Inheritance


Access Control


Polymorphism


Encapsulation


Overloading



E-Commerce


Creating the Database


Administration


Showing the Products Online


Writing a Shopping Cart


Handling Commerical Transactions



Image Generation


Creating a Simple Image


Using TrueType Fonts


Creating a Database-Driven Graph


Saving and Building on Existing Images



Creating PDFs


Creating a Simple PDF


Adding Text to PDFs


Drawing Shapes


Using Images


Creating Multiple-Page PDFs



XML and PHP


What is XML?


XML Syntax


Document Type Definitions


Parsing XML With PHP


XML Error Handling



Networking with PHP


Accessing Other Web Sites with PHP


Using fsockopen()


Creating RSS Feeds


AJAX


Using Curl


Understanding Streams



PHP and the Server


Establishing a Cron


Task Manager on Windows


Compressing Files with PHP


Using COM with PHP


PHP on Windows


Running Two Versions of PHP with Apache



Using PHP's Command Line Interface


Basic Syntax


Working with Command Line Arguments


Redirecting Output



Improving PHP Performance


Installation Options


Configuration Options


Using an Op Cache


Coding Suggestions


Database Suggestions


Using Benchmarks


Using Profiling


Performing Unit Tests



Installation


Installing PHP with Apache on Linux


Installing PHP on Windows with Xitami


Installing PHP on Mac OS X with Apache


Running Two Versions of PHP with Apache



Databases


Database Applications


SQL


MySQL Resources


Other Resources


Appendix C


PHP-Specific Sites


Additional Libraries


Security


Other Resources