Advanced PHP for Web Professionals

The book covers using XML with PHP, Session support, developing common database scrpts, bug management, using the GD library, creating PHP-CTK applications and more. This book includes several complete scripts that include a shopping cart, database manager, meeting manager, and a statistic tracker. Each script is thoroughly explained so that you can easily understand the significance of each line. All of the examples scripts are written in a modular fashion so that you can use all or parts of the example scripts in your own applications.

Table of Contents

Preface.
Goal Of This Book.
Who This Book Is For.
Getting The Code.
Acknowledgements.
The Fine Print.
1. PHP Review.
2. Session Management.
3. Multi-database Interaction.
4. Better Form Processing.
5. Using What You Have Learned — A Simple Shopping Cart.
6. Working With Files.
7. PHP Authentication Schemes.
8. Error Management.
9. Using What You Have Learned — A Meeting Tracker Application.
10. PHP and XML.
11. Generating Dynamic Graphics With PHP.
12. PHPGTK.