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| Introduction | |
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| Exploring the PHP Environment | |
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| Introducing the Tip of the Day Program | |
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| Programming on the Web Server | |
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| Installing PHP and Apache | |
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| Installing Apache | |
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| Installing PHP | |
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| Adding PHP to Your Pages | |
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| Configuring Your Version of PHP | |
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| Creating the Tip of the Day Program | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using Variables and Input | |
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| Introducing the Story Program | |
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| Using Variables in Your Scripts | |
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| Using Variables for More-Complex Pages | |
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| Working with Numeric Variables | |
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| Creating a Form to Ask a Question | |
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| Sending Data without a Form | |
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| Reading Input from Other Form Elements | |
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| Returning to the Story Program | |
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| Summary | |
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| Controlling Your Code with Conditions and Functions | |
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| Examining the Petals Around the Rose Game | |
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| Creating a Random Number | |
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| Using the if Statement to Control Program Flow | |
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| Working with Negative Results | |
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| Working with Multiple Values | |
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| Using the switch Structure to Simplify Programming | |
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| Combining a Form and Its Results | |
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| Responding to Checkboxes | |
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| Using Functions to Encapsulate Parts of the Program | |
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| Using Parameters and Function Values | |
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| Managing Variable Scope | |
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| Returning to the Petals Game | |
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| Summary | |
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| Loops and Arrays | |
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| Introducing the Poker Dice Program | |
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| Counting with the for Loop | |
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| Modifying the for Loop | |
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| Using a while Loop | |
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| Working with Basic Arrays | |
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| Improving This Old Man with Arrays and Loops | |
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| Keeping Persistent Data | |
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| Writing the Poker Dice Program | |
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| Summary | |
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| Better Arrays and String Handling | |
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| Introducing the Word Search Program Creator | |
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| Using the foreach Loop to Work with an Array | |
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| Creating an Associative Array | |
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| Using Built-In Associative Arrays | |
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| Creating a Multidimensional Array | |
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| Making a Two-Dimensional Associative Array | |
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| Manipulating String Values | |
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| Returning to the Word Search Creator | |
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| Summary | |
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| Working with Files | |
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| Previewing the Quiz Machine | |
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| Viewing the Quiz Log | |
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| Saving a File to the File System | |
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| Loading a File from the Drive System | |
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| Reading a File into an Array | |
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| Working with Directory Information | |
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| Working with Formatted Text | |
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| Creating the QuizMachine.php Program | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Programs with Objects | |
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| Introducing the SuperHTML Object | |
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| Understanding OOP | |
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| Building the SuperHTML Class | |
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| Summary | |
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| XML and Content Management Systems | |
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| Introducing XCMS | |
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| Understanding Content Management Systems | |
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| Introducing simpleCMS | |
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| Improving the CMS with XML | |
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| Introducing XML Parsers | |
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| Returning to XCMS | |
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| Summary | |
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| Using MySQL to Create Databases | |
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| Introducing the Adventure Generator Program | |
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| Using a Database Management System | |
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| Working with MySQL | |
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| Creating a Database | |
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| Writing a Script to Build a Table | |
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| Working with a Database via phpMyAdmin | |
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| Creating More-Powerful Queries | |
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| Returning to the Adventure Game | |
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| Summary | |
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| Connecting to Databases within PHP | |
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| Connecting to the Hero Database | |
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| Returning to the Adventure Game Program | |
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| Summary | |
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| Data Normalization | |
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| Introducing the spy Database | |
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| The badSpy Database | |
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| Designing a Better Data Structure | |
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| Building Your Data Tables | |
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| Building a Link Table for Many-to-Many Relationships | |
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| Summary | |
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| Building a Three-Tiered Data Application | |
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| Introducing the SpyMaster Program | |
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| Building the Design of the SpyMaster System | |
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| Writing the Non-Library Code | |
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| Creating the spyLib Library Module | |
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| Summary | |
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| Reviewing HTML and Cascading Style Sheets | |
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| Using SQLite as an Alternative Data Source | |
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| Index | |