This book
has written with the goal of making the task of learning PHP something fun that
you don't have to worry about. As such, you will find lots of information for
newcomers, even those who have not programmed much before. Topics covered
includes: Introducing PHP, Simple variables and operators, Functions,
Arrays, Objects, HTML Forms, Files, Databases, Cookies and Sessions, Multimedia,
XML & XSLT, Output Buffering, Java and COM, Networks,,Miscellaneous topics,
Security concerns, Performance,, Writing PHP, Writing extensions, Alternative
PHP uses, Practical PHP, Bringing it to a close, Answers to Exercises, The
future of PHP.
This book provides lots of information on advanced functionality in PHP.
This book assumes no PHP programming skill at all. The topics in this book have
been ordered in such a way as to allow newcomers to progress smoothly and
quickly in their learning without having to worry about taking notes in the
margin or copying thousands of lines of code.