Beginning PHP 5.3

Matt Doyle has worn many hats in his professional career, including working in the fields of system administration, computer training, software development, graphic design, and website creation.

• Introduction xxviiPart I: Getting Up and Running with PHPChapter 1: Introducing PHP 3Chapter 2: Your First PHP Script 11Part II: Learning the LanguageChapter 3: PHP Language Basics 33Chapter 4: Decisions and Loops 51Chapter 5: Strings 73Chapter 6: Arrays 101Chapter 7: Functions 141Chapter 8: Objects 165Part III: Using PHP in PracticeChapter 9: Handling HTML Forms with PHP 221Chapter 10: Preserving State With Query Strings, Cookies, and Sessions 267Chapter 11: Working with Files and Directories 297Chapter 12: Introducing Databases and SQL 337Chapter 13: Retrieving Data from MySQL with PHP 367Chapter 14: Manipulating MySQL Data with PHP 403Chapter 15: Making Your Job Easier with PEAR 441Chapter 16: PHP and the Outside World 471Chapter 17: Generating Images with PHP 507Chapter 18: String Matching with Regular Expressions 539Chapter 19: Working with XML 573Chapter 20: Writing High-Quality Code 619Appendix A: Solutions to Exercises 673Appendix B: Configuring PHP 719Appendix C: Alternatives to MySQL 757Appendix D: Using PHP from the Command Line 765Index 775