Introduction to PHP

What is PHP?
Basic Syntax of PHP

Using Variables
Working With Arrays
Using Functions

Including Files
File Access
Working With Forms
Processing Forms
Form Validation
E-Mailing Form Data

Hidden Form Fields
Cookies
Sessions

Interacting With Databases
Modifying Database Records Using PHP

PHP Syntax
Passing Values Via the URL
HTML Forms and PHP Variables
Identifiers and Constants
Variable Scope
Magic Quotes
Operators
Flow Control
If Conditions
Switch Statements
Loops
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Opening a File
Reading from a File
Writing to a File
Other File Functions
File Locking

Standard Arrays
Associative Arrays
Two-dimensional Arrays
Array Manipulation Functions

Formatting Strings
String Functions
Basic Form Validation

Including Files
Writing User-defined Functions
Passing by Value vs. Passing by Reference
Returning Values from Functions

SELECT Statements
INSERT Statements
UPDATE Statements
DELETE Statements

Querying a Database and Displaying Results
Inserting Records
Updating Records
Deleting Records

PHP Native Database Functions
PEAR:DB as an Abstraction Layer
Encrypting Passwords

Starting Sessions
Continuing Sessions
Ending Sessions
Writing and Deleting Cookies
Improving Login/Logout

The Built-in mail Function
PHPMailer

Uploading Files via an HTML Form
Getting File Information
Additional File Functions
Directory Functions

Classes and Objects in PHP
Constructors and Destructors in PHP
Methods and Properties
The $this Variable
Constants
Exception Handling

Perl-compatible Regular Expression Functions
Regular Expressions Special Characters
Review of Basic Form Validation
Form Validation with Regular Expressions

Types of Errors
Catching Errors

XML Basics
Parsing XML with SAX
Parsing XML with DOM
Converting XML with XSLT

Creating PDFs with PEAR and PHP
Authentication with PEAR and PHP
Handling Forms with PEAR and PHP
PEAR Templates