This PDF covers the following topics related
to PHP : Which kind of language is PHP, Setting
up PHP, Your first PHP program, PHP language basics, Strings, Built-in functions
for numbers, Arrays, Conditionals, Loops, Functions, Looping arrays with
map or filter or reduce , Object oriented PHP, Including other PHP files, Useful
constants, functions and variables for filesystem, Errors, Exceptions, Dates,
Constants and enums, PHP as a web app development platform, Using Composer and
Packagist, Deploying PHP applications.
PHP is a scripting language designed to
fill the gap between SSI and Perl, intended for the Web environment. Its
principal application is the implementation of Web pages having dynamic content.
Topics covered includes: Beginning with Hello World, Nuts and Bolts,
Commenting and Style,Comparison operators, Arrays, Control structures,
Functions, Files, Images, Mailing, Cookies, Sessions, Databases and Regular
expressions.
This book covers the following topics: PHP 5 Basic Language, PHP 5 OO
Language, PHP 5 Advanced OOP and Design Patterns, Write a Web Application with
PHP, Databases with PHP 5, Error Handling, XML with PHP 5, Mainstream
Extensions, Using PEAR, Important PEAR Packages, Building PEAR Components,
Introduction to Writing PHP Extensions, PHP Shell Scripting.
Author(s): Andi Gutmans, Stig Saether Bakken and Derick
Rethans