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Core PHP Programming Core PHP Programming Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites Leon Atkinson Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Second Edition August 03, 2000 ISBN: 0-13-089398-6, 800 pages Master PHP 4 — the open source Web scripting breakthrough! Contains expert coverage of syntax, functions, design, and debugging! Leverage the amazing performance of the new Zend engine! 650+ real-world code examples! CD-ROM includes source code, plus everything you’ll need to run PHP 4 implementations on Windows and UNIX! This is the experienced developer’s guide to PHP. Master PHP 4, the open source, high-performance, cross-platform solution for server-side scripting! Core PHP Programming, Second Edition is the #1 practical guide to PHP 4 for Web developers. With the guidance of top PHP developer Leon Atkinson, you’ll learn everything you’ll need to build robust, fast Web applications — and deploy them on leading Web servers, from Apache to Microsoft Internet Information Server. Atkinson covers PHP syntax, the key building blocks of PHP scripts, and every PHP function, including I/O, data, and math functions, time, date, configuration, database, graphics, and network functions. He presents PHP at work in sample code that demonstrates sorting, searching, parsing, string evaluation, and more. You’ll even find detailed, real-world insights into PHP 4 program design and debugging! Core PHP Programming delivers: IT-SC book 1 Core PHP Programming Thorough, easy-to-understand coverage of PHP syntax and functions Step-by-step guidance for PHP database integration Design and optimization techniques for maximum performance and extensibility Practical debugging solutions Companion CD-ROM includes PHP 4 source code and Windows binaries plus all the code examples from the book! IT-SC book 2 Core PHP Programming CORE PHP Programming Using PHP to Build Dynamic Web Sites Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Date Atkinson, Leon. Core PHP programming : using PHP to build dynamic Web sites / Leon Atkinson.--2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. PHP (Computer program language) 2. Web sites--Design. I. Title. QA76.73.P22A85 2000 005.2'762--dc21 00-034019 IT-SC book 3 Core PHP Programming Credits Editorial/Production Supervision: Jan H. Schwartz Acquisitions Editor: Mark Taub Editorial Assistant: Sarah Hand Marketing Manager: Kate Hargett Manufacturing Manager: Alexis Heydt Cover Design: Talar Agasyan Cover Design Director: Jerry Votta Art Director: Gail Cocker-Bogusz Series Interior Design: Meg VanArsdale IT-SC book 4 Core PHP Programming © 2001 Prentice Hall PTR All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher. All product names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Prentice-Hall International (UK) Limited, London Prentice-Hall of Australia Pty. Limited, Sydney Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., Toronto Prentice-Hall Hispanoamericana, S.A., Mexico Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, New Delhi Prentice-Hall of Japan, Inc., Tokyo Pearson Education Asia Pte. Ltd. Editora Prentice-Hall do Brasil, Ltda., Rio de Janeiro IT-SC book 5 Core PHP Programming Foreword....................................................................................................................16 Preface........................................................................................................................18 Acknowledgments..................................................................................................20 Part I: PROGRAMMING WITH PHP...................................................................21 Chapter 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO PHP........................................................22 The Origins of PHP.............................................................................................22 What Makes PHP Better than Its Alternatives........................................24 Interfaces to External Systems....................................................................25 How PHP Works with the Web Server........................................................26 Hardware and Software Requirements......................................................26 Installation on Apache for UNIX...................................................................27 Installation on IIS for Windows NT.............................................................29 Editing Scripts......................................................................................................30 Algorithms.............................................................................................................30 What a PHP Script Looks Like.......................................................................31 Saving Data for Later.......................................................................................33 Receiving User Input.........................................................................................35 Choosing between Alternatives....................................................................38 Repeating Code...................................................................................................39 Conclusion.............................................................................................................40 Chapter 2. VARIABLES, OPERATORS, AND EXPRESSIONS...................41 Identifiers..............................................................................................................41 Data Types............................................................................................................41 Variable Creation and Scope..........................................................................45 Assigning Values to Variables........................................................................49 Retrieving Values...............................................................................................51 Freeing Memory..................................................................................................52 Constants...............................................................................................................52 Operators...............................................................................................................53 Logical and Relational Operators.................................................................54 Bitwise Operators...............................................................................................55 Miscellaneous Operators..................................................................................56 Assignment Operators......................................................................................59 Expressions...........................................................................................................60 Chapter 3. CONTROL STATEMENTS................................................................63 True and False.....................................................................................................63 The if Statement..............................................................................................63 The ? Operator....................................................................................................64 The switch Statement.....................................................................................68 Loops.......................................................................................................................70 The while Statement.......................................................................................70 The break Statement.......................................................................................73 IT-SC book 6 Core PHP Programming The continue Statement................................................................................73 The do...while Statement...........................................................................76 The for Statement............................................................................................76 The foreach Statement..................................................................................79 exit, die, and return.....................................................................................79 Evaluation of Boolean Expressions..............................................................80 Chapter 4. FUNCTIONS........................................................................................81 Declaring a Function.........................................................................................81 The return Statement.....................................................................................82 Scope and the global Statement...............................................................83 Arguments.............................................................................................................83 Recursion...............................................................................................................86 Dynamic Function Calls....................................................................................89 Chapter 5. ARRAYS................................................................................................90 Single-Dimensional Arrays.............................................................................90 Indexing Arrays...................................................................................................91 Initializing Arrays...............................................................................................93 Multidimensional Arrays..................................................................................94 Casting Arrays.....................................................................................................95 Referencing Arrays Inside Strings...............................................................98 Chapter 6. CLASSES AND OBJECTS.............................................................100 Defining a Class................................................................................................101 Creating an Object...........................................................................................105 Accessing Properties and Methods............................................................105 Chapter 7. I/O AND DISK ACCESS................................................................109 HTTP Connections............................................................................................109 Writing to the Browser...................................................................................111 Output Buffering...............................................................................................112 Environment Variables...................................................................................112 Getting Input from Forms.............................................................................113 Cookies.................................................................................................................115 File Uploads........................................................................................................115 PUT Method Requests.....................................................................................117 Reading and Writing to Files........................................................................117 Sessions...............................................................................................................119 The include and require Functions.......................................................121 Part II: FUNCTIONAL REFERENCE.................................................................123 Chapter 8. I/O FUNCTIONS..............................................................................123 Sending Text to the Browser.......................................................................124 Output Buffering...............................................................................................126 Files........................................................................................................................127 Compressed File Functions...........................................................................163 POSIX....................................................................................................................168 IT-SC book 7 Core PHP Programming Debugging...........................................................................................................173 Session Handling..............................................................................................195 Shell Commands...............................................................................................198 HTTP Headers....................................................................................................200 Network I/O........................................................................................................202 FTP.........................................................................................................................207 Chapter 9. DATA FUNCTIONS.........................................................................215 Data Types, Constants, and Variables.....................................................215 Arrays....................................................................................................................221 Hashing................................................................................................................243 Strings..................................................................................................................247 Encoding and Decoding.................................................................................255 Encryption...........................................................................................................277 Regular Expressions........................................................................................282 Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions......................................................285 Chapter 10. MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS..................................................291 Common Math...................................................................................................291 Random Numbers............................................................................................299 Arbitrary-Precision Numbers........................................................................302 Chapter 11. TIME, DATE, AND CONFIGURATION FUNCTIONS..........305 Time and Date...................................................................................................305 Alternative Calendars.....................................................................................312 Configuration.....................................................................................................316 Chapter 12. IMAGE FUNCTIONS....................................................................323 Analyzing Images.............................................................................................323 Creating JPEG, PNG, and WBMP Images................................................325 Chapter 13. DATABASE FUNCTIONS............................................................356 dBase....................................................................................................................356 DBM-style Database Abstraction................................................................361 filePro....................................................................................................................366 Informix...............................................................................................................368 InterBase.............................................................................................................375 mSQL.....................................................................................................................380 ODBC.....................................................................................................................406 Oracle....................................................................................................................417 Postgres...............................................................................................................436 Sybase..................................................................................................................445 Chapter 14. MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS...............................................454 Apache..................................................................................................................454 Aspell.....................................................................................................................459 COM.......................................................................................................................460 Gettext..................................................................................................................462 IMAP......................................................................................................................463 Java........................................................................................................................485 IT-SC book 8 Core PHP Programming LDAP......................................................................................................................486 Semaphores.......................................................................................................498 Shared Memory.................................................................................................500 SNMP.....................................................................................................................504 WDDX....................................................................................................................507 XML........................................................................................................................510 Part III: ALGORITHMS.......................................................................................520 Chapter 15. SORTING, SEARCHING, AND RANDOM NUMBERS........521 Sorting..................................................................................................................521 Bubble Sort.........................................................................................................522 Quicksort .............................................................................................................526 Built-In Sorting Functions.............................................................................528 Sorting with a Comparison Function.........................................................537 Searching.............................................................................................................540 Indexing...............................................................................................................540 Random Numbers............................................................................................547 Random Identifiers..........................................................................................548 Choosing Banner Ads......................................................................................549 Chapter 16. PARSING AND STRING EVALUATION..................................552 Tokenizing...........................................................................................................552 Regular Expressions........................................................................................555 Defining Regular Expressions......................................................................555 Using Regular Expressions in PHP Scripts..............................................557 Chapter 17. DATABASE INTEGRATION........................................................568 Building HTML Tables from SQL Queries.................................................568 Tracking Visitors with Session Identifiers...............................................575 Storing Content in a Database....................................................................579 Database Abstraction Layers.......................................................................583 Chapter 18. NETWORK.......................................................................................585 HTTP Authentication........................................................................................585 Controlling Browser Cache...........................................................................587 Setting Document Type.................................................................................589 Email with Attachments.................................................................................590 Verifying an Email Address...........................................................................594 Chapter 19. GENERATING GRAPHICS..........................................................600 Dynamic Buttons..............................................................................................600 Generating Graphs on the Fly.....................................................................605 Bar Graphs..........................................................................................................606 Pie Charts............................................................................................................609 Stretching Single-Pixel Images...................................................................612 Part IV: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING..............................................................614 Chapter 20. INTEGRATION WITH HTML......................................................615 Sprinkling PHP within an HTML Document.............................................615 Using PHP to Output All HTML.....................................................................619 IT-SC book 9

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