Vaswani, Vikram.

PHP: a beginner's guide/ Vikram Vaswani. - New Delhi: McGraw Hill Education Private Limited, 2009. - xxiv, 453 Pages: Illustrations; 24 cm.

Includes Index.

Part I: Understanding PHP Basics
Chapter 1. Introducing PHP
Chapter 2. Using Variables and Operators
Chapter 3. Controlling Program Flow
Chapter 4. Working with Arrays
Chapter 5. Using Functions and Classes
Part II: Working with Data from Other Sources
Chapter 6. Working with Files and Directories
Chapter 7. Working with Databases and SQL
Chapter 8. Working with XML
Chapter 9. Working with Cookies, Sessions, and Headers
Part III: Security and Troubleshooting
Chapter 10. Handling Errors
Chapter 11. Securing PHP
Chapter 12. Expanding PHP
Part IV: Appendixes
Appendix A. Installing and Configuring Required Software
Appendix B. Answers to Self Test
Index

This task-oriented reference teaches everything needed to build cutting-edge Web applications with PHP. It shows how to write basic PHP programs and enhance them with more advanced features such as MySQL and SQLite database integration, XML input, and third-party extensions. This fast-paced tutorial provides one-stop coverage of software installation, language syntax and data structures, flow control routines, built-in functions, and best practices.

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Programming languages
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Beginner's Guide

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