Ebook: PHP and MySQL Manual: Simple, yet Powerful Web Programming
- Genre: Computers // Programming: Programming Languages
- Tags: Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Programming Languages Compilers Interpreters, Database Management
- Series: Springer Professional Computing
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- pdf
PHP is rapidly becoming the language of choice for dynamic Web development, in particular for e-commerce and on-line database systems. It is open source software and easy to install, and can be used with a variety of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows and UNIX.
This comprehensive manual covers the basic core of the language, with lots of practical examples of some of the more recent and useful features available in version 5.0. MySQL database creation and development is also covered, as it is the developer database most commonly used alongside PHP. It will be an invaluable book for professionals wanting to use PHP to develop their own dynamic web pages.
Key Topics:
- Basic Language Constructs
- Manipulating Arrays and Strings
- Errors and Buffering
- Graphic Manipulation
- PDF Library Extension
- MySQL Database Management
- Classes and Objects Concepts
Features and Benefits:
Explains how to use PHP to its full extent - covering the latest features and functions of PHP version 5.0, including the use of object-oriented programming
Describes how to link a database to a web site, using the MySQL database management system
Shows how to connect PHP to other systems and provides many examples, so that you can create powerful and dynamic web pages and applications
Contains lots of illustrated, practical, real-world examples - including an e-commerce application created in PHP using many of the features described within the book
The scripts used in the examples are available for download from www.phpmysql-manual.com
PHP is rapidly becoming the language of choice for dynamic Web development, in particular for e-commerce and on-line database systems. It is open source software and easy to install, and can be used with a variety of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows and UNIX.
This comprehensive manual covers the basic core of the language, with lots of practical examples of some of the more recent and useful features available in version 5.0. MySQL database creation and development is also covered, as it is the developer database most commonly used alongside PHP. It will be an invaluable book for professionals wanting to use PHP to develop their own dynamic web pages.
Key Topics:
- Basic Language Constructs
- Manipulating Arrays and Strings
- Errors and Buffering
- Graphic Manipulation
- PDF Library Extension
- MySQL Database Management
- Classes and Objects Concepts
Features and Benefits:
Explains how to use PHP to its full extent - covering the latest features and functions of PHP version 5.0, including the use of object-oriented programming
Describes how to link a database to a web site, using the MySQL database management system
Shows how to connect PHP to other systems and provides many examples, so that you can create powerful and dynamic web pages and applications
Contains lots of illustrated, practical, real-world examples - including an e-commerce application created in PHP using many of the features described within the book
The scripts used in the examples are available for download from www.phpmysql-manual.com
PHP is rapidly becoming the language of choice for dynamic Web development, in particular for e-commerce and on-line database systems. It is open source software and easy to install, and can be used with a variety of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows and UNIX.
This comprehensive manual covers the basic core of the language, with lots of practical examples of some of the more recent and useful features available in version 5.0. MySQL database creation and development is also covered, as it is the developer database most commonly used alongside PHP. It will be an invaluable book for professionals wanting to use PHP to develop their own dynamic web pages.
Key Topics:
- Basic Language Constructs
- Manipulating Arrays and Strings
- Errors and Buffering
- Graphic Manipulation
- PDF Library Extension
- MySQL Database Management
- Classes and Objects Concepts
Features and Benefits:
Explains how to use PHP to its full extent - covering the latest features and functions of PHP version 5.0, including the use of object-oriented programming
Describes how to link a database to a web site, using the MySQL database management system
Shows how to connect PHP to other systems and provides many examples, so that you can create powerful and dynamic web pages and applications
Contains lots of illustrated, practical, real-world examples - including an e-commerce application created in PHP using many of the features described within the book
The scripts used in the examples are available for download from www.phpmysql-manual.com
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-6
Introduction to PHP....Pages 7-11
Environment Installation, Help and Assistance....Pages 13-20
Your First PHP Program....Pages 21-27
PHP Fundamentals....Pages 29-33
Front Matter....Pages 34-34
Introduction to Variables....Pages 37-43
Boolean, Integer and Floating Point Types....Pages 45-49
Strings....Pages 51-59
Predefined PHP Variables....Pages 61-69
Expressions, Operands and Operators....Pages 71-82
If and Switch Constructs....Pages 83-91
Loops....Pages 93-101
Functions and Includes....Pages 103-116
Arrays....Pages 117-133
Dates, Times and Random Numbers....Pages 135-147
Front Matter....Pages 148-148
Array Manipulation....Pages 151-169
String Manipulation....Pages 171-185
Front Matter....Pages 186-186
Interacting with the User....Pages 189-207
Front Matter....Pages 209-233
E-mailing Users....Pages 235-243
Front Matter....Pages 186-186
Session Management....Pages 245-255
Front Matter....Pages 256-256
Error Handling....Pages 259-268
Output Buffering....Pages 269-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Reading and Writing to Files....Pages 281-298
More File Handling....Pages 299-307
File Uploading Using Forms....Pages 308-308
Front Matter....Pages 311-324
Simple Image Manipulation....Pages 325-337
GD Library....Pages 339-354
A Useful Dynamic Image....Pages 355-355
Front Matter....Pages 357-367
Creating PDF Documents....Pages 369-402
Front Matter....Pages 403-421
Databases and Table Design....Pages 422-422
MySQL Database and PHPMyAdmin Installation....Pages 425-452
Creating Databases Using PHPMyAdmin....Pages 453-453
Front Matter....Pages 455-459
Class Inheritance....Pages 461-473
Front Matter....Pages 475-482
3:Phase E-Commerce System-Administration....Pages 483-498
Back Matter....Pages 499-499
....Pages 501-522