Chapter 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO PHP

1. Samples

1.1 A simple PHP page
1.2 Client/server communication
1.3 Database access
1.4 Generating an XML page

2. Concepts

2.1 How an HTML page is processed
2.2 Data and variables
2.3 Conditions
2.4 Operations
2.5 Expressions
2.6 Functions
2.7 Control statements 2.8 Illustration

3. Syntax summary

3.1 PHP tags
3.2 Data types
3.3 Variable name
3.4 Variable types
3.5 Operations
3.6 Functions
3.7 Control statements

Chapter 2. PHP BASICS

1. Samples

1.1 Extracting keywords from a document
1.2 Static methods for handling strings
1.3 Client-side confirmation of the keywords
1.4 File editing
1.5 An order entry Javascript application
1.6 Database table creation
1.7 An application generator

2. Concepts

2.1 Page structure
2.2 Data types and structures
2.3 Variables
2.4 Named constants
2.5 Operators
2.6 Expressions
2.7 Control structures
2.8 Functions
2.9 PHP core functions
2.10 Class and object

3. Syntax summary

3.1 Page structure
3.2 Data types
3.3 Variables
3.4 Constants
3.5 Operations
3.6 Expressions
3.7 Control structures
3.8 Functions
3.9 PHP core functions
3.10 Class and object

APPENDIX - INSTALLING THE SUPPORTING SOFTWARE

1. Installing Apache

1.1 Installation details
1.2 Apache directories
1.3 Installing the published pages
1.4 Alias

2. Installing PHP

2.1 Downloading the binary package
2.2 Unzipping the downloaded packages
2.3 Leave the php5ts.dll module alone
2.4 Set up the configuration file
2.5 Install the configuration file
2.6 Give read permission to the Web server
2.7 Register with Apache
2.8 Test the basic system
2.9 Install the extensions

3. Installing MySQL

3.1 Installing the MySQL server
3.2 Running the server
3.3 Setting up the MySQL service
3.4 Connecting to and exiting from the server
3.5 Defing user passwords
3.6 MySQL Options
3.7 Creating databases
3.8 Useful MySQL commands