specializing in digital media technologies

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Advanced PHP Techniques
• Multidimensional Arrays
• Advanced Function Definitions
• The HEREDOC Syntax
• Using printf() and sprintf()
• Chapter 2: Developing Web Applications
• Documenting Code
• Code Style and Structure
• Modularizing a Web Site
• Affecting the Browser Cache
• Chapter 3: Advanced Database Concepts
• Storing Sessions in a Database
• Working with US Zip Codes
• Creating Stored Functions
• Displaying Results Horizontally
• Chapter 4: Security Techniques
• Remembering the Basics
• Validating Form Data
• Using PECL Filter
• Authentication with PEAR Auth
• Using MCrypt
• Chapter 5: E-Commerce Techniques
• E-commerce Concepts
• Creating the Database
• Creating the Configuration File
• Making the Template
• Creating the Index Page
• Browsing by Category
• Showing a Product
• Implementing a Shopping Cart
• Validating Credit Cards
• Chapter 6: Basic Object-Oriented Programming
• OOP Theory
• Defining a Class
• Creating an Object
• The $this Attribute
• Creating Constructors
• Creating Destructors
• Autoloading Classes
• Chapter 7: Advanced Object-Oriented Programming
• Advanced Theories
• Inheriting Classes
• Inheriting Constructors and Destructors
• Overriding Methods
• Access Control
• Using the Scope Resolution Operator
• Creating Static Members
• Abstract Classes and Methods
• Chapter 8: Real-World Object-Oriented Programming
• Catching Exceptions
• Extending the Exception Class
• Creating a Shopping Cart
• Using the Cart Class
• Chapter 9: Networking with PHP
• Accessing Other Web Sites
• Working with Sockets
• Performing IP Geolocation
• Using cURL
• Chapter 10: PHP and the Server
• Compressing Files
• PHP-GTK
• Establishing a Cron
• Scheduling Tasks on Windows
• Using COM with PHP
• Chapter 11: PHP's Command-Line Interface
• Testing Your Installation
• Executing Bits of Code
• Creating a Command Line Script
• Running a Command Line Script
• Working with Command Line Arguments
• Taking Input
• Chapter 12: Using PEAR
• Using Benchmark
• Using HTML_QuickForm
• Using Mail_mime
• Chapter 13: Ajax
• Introduction to Ajax
• A Simple Example
• Full-fledged Ajax
• Debugging Ajax Applications
• Chapter 14: XML and PHP
• What is XML?
• XML Syntax
• Attributes, Empty Elements, and Entities
• Document Type Definitions
• Parsing XML
• Creating RSS Feeds

Bonus Chapters

Two bonus chapters are available in PDF format as a free download. These two chapters are:
Image Generation

• Background and Requirements
• Setting Colors
• Creating a Simple Image
• Debugging Image Creation
• Using TrueType Fonts
• Saving Images
• Generating Images within a Page
• Creating a Graph
• Building on Existing Images

Creating PDFs

• Background and Requirements
• Creating a Simple PDF
• Adding Text to PDFs
• Formatting Text
• Placing More Text
• Using Images
• Drawing Shapes

See Peachpit.com for details.

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