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