PHP : the complete reference /
Steven Holzner.
- New York : McGraw-Hill, c2008.
- xviii, 590 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes index. "Covers PHP 5.2"--Cover.
Essential PHP -- Operators and flow control -- Strings and arrays -- Creating functions -- Reading data in web pages -- PHP browser handling power -- Object oriented programming -- Advanced object oriented programming -- File handling -- Working with databases -- Sessions, cookies, and FTP -- Ajax -- Advanced Ajax -- Drawing images on the server -- XML and RSS.
"PHP: The Complete Reference explains how to personalize the PHP work space, define operators and variables, manipulate strings and arrays, deploy HTML forms and buttons, and process user input. You'll learn how to access database information, track client-side preferences using cookies, execute FTP and e-mail transactions, and publish your applications to the Web. You'll also get in-depth coverage of PHP's next-generation Web 2.0 design features, including AJAX, XML, and RSS."--BOOK JACKET.