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• Illustrated with hundreds of screenshots--all updated to reflect recent developments in PHP 7.
• Loaded with tips and techniques gleaned from real-world PHP experience by best-selling author Larry Ullman.
• Step-by-step instructions, clear screenshots, and low price point make this an ideal guide to PHP.
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Chapter 1 Getting Started with PHP
Basic HTML Syntax
Basic PHP Syntax
Testing Your Script
Sending Text to the Browser
Using the PHP Manual
Sending HTML to the Browser
Adding Comments to Scripts
Basic Debugging Steps
Review and Pursue
Chapter 2 Variables
What Are Variables?
Types of Variables
Understanding Quotation Marks
Review and Pursue
Chapter 3 HTML Forms and PHP
Creating a Simple Form
Choosing a Form Method
Receiving Form Data in PHP
Manually Sending Data to a Page
Review and Pursue
Chapter 4 Using Numbers
Creating the Form
Incrementing and Decrementing a Number
Review and Pursue
Chapter 5 Using Strings
Creating the HTML Form
Encoding and Decoding Strings
Replacing Parts of a String
Review and Pursue
Chapter 6 Control Structures
Creating the HTML Form
The if Conditional
The Switch Conditional
Review and Pursue
Chapter 7 Using Arrays
What Is an Array?
Creating an Array
Adding Items to an Array
Accessing Array Elements
Creating Multidimensional Arrays
Transforming Between Strings and Arrays
Creating an Array from a Form
Review and Pursue
Chapter 8 Creating Web Applications
Using External Files
Working with the Date and Time
Handling HTML Forms with PHP, Revisited
Making Forms Sticky
Manipulating HTTP Headers
Review and Pursue
Chapter 9 Cookies and Sessions
What Are Cookies?
Reading from Cookies
Adding Parameters to a Cookie
Deleting a Cookie
What Are Sessions?
Creating a Session
Accessing Session Variables
Deleting a Session
Review and Pursue
Chapter 10 Creating Functions
Creating and Using Simple Functions
Creating and Calling Functions That Take Arguments
Setting Default Argument Values
Creating and Using Functions That Return a Value
Understanding Variable Scope
Review and Pursue
Chapter 11 Files and Directories
Writing to Files
Reading from Files
Handling File Uploads
Reading Files Incrementally
Review and Pursue
Chapter 12 Intro to Databases
Introduction to SQL
Connecting to MySQL
MySQL Error Handling
Creating a Table
Inserting Data into a Database
Securing Query Data
Retrieving Data from a Database
Deleting Data in a Database
Updating Data in a Database
Review and Pursue
Chapter 13 Putting It All Together
Connecting to the Database
Writing the User-Defined Function
Creating the Template
Creating the Home Page
Review and Pursue
Appendix A Installation and Configuration
Appendix B Resources and Next Steps
