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Dedications
R. Allen Wyke
For Bryant, Emily, Alex, and Jaclyn (the newest edition) -
you all make me happy and proud to be an uncle.
Michael J. Walker
To Hien Do, who taught me what it means to work hard,
and what rewards come with it.
Robert Cox
To Kaitlin and Austin, the best things that could happen to
a daddy. I love you both.
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About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Tell Us What You Think!


Introduction

Who Should Buy This Book?

Organization of the Chapters

Writing Conventions

1. Basic PHP

Background and History

Advantages of PHP 4

Installation

Operators and Mathematical Functions

Functions, Classes, and Objects


2. Generating HTML

Generating Dynamic Content

Working with the Filesystem

HTTP Authentication

Working with Email

Calendar and Date Functions


3. Database Access

Working with Connections and Data Sources

Using PostgreSQL and PHP

Select, Insert, Update, and Delete Queries

Other Database Functions


4. The Core PHP 4 Language

Basic Syntax


5. PHP Language Extensions

Arbitrary-Precision Mathematics

Array

Dynamic Loading

Hash()

Mathematical

Miscellaneous

PHP Options and Information

String

Variable


6. Protocol Extensions

FTP

HTTP

IMAP, POP3, and NNTP

LDAP

SNMP


7. Internet-Related Extensions

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Apache Specific
Mail

Network

Session Handling

URL

VMailMgr

WDDX


8. Document-Related Extensions

Aspell

Pspell

ClibPDF

Forms Data Format

Hyperwave

PDF

XML Parser


9. System Extensions

Directory

Filesystem

NIS

POSIX

Program Execution

Semaphore and Shared Memory


10. Chapter Database Extensions

Database Abstraction Layer

dBASE

DBM

FilePro

Informix

InterBase

Microsoft SQL Server

mSQL

MySQL

ODBC

Oracle

Oracle 8

PostgreSQL

Sybase


11. Chapter Utility Extensions

Calendar

Compression

Date and Time

Encryption

GNU Recode

Image

Regular Expressions


12. PHP Compilation Options

Enable, Disable, and Help

With

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13. PHP Directives

General

Extension Loading

Browser Compatibility

Mail

Database

BC Math

Debugger

Safe Mode

Apache

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About the Authors
R. Allen Wyke
R. Allen Wyke, of Durham, North Carolina, is a Director of Product
Technology at Engage's Software division—a profile-driven, online
marketing solutions company. At Engage, he works with product
managers, product marketing, and engineering to ensure that products
have the proper vision and direction in both the online and offline
worlds. He is constantly working with XML, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, and
various other Internet technologies in implementing the online
marketing software and services that Engage has to offer.
He co-authored
JavaScript Unleashed, 3rd Edition
;
Pure JavaScript
;
The Perl 5 Programmer's Reference; and The Official Netscape
Navigator 4 Book
. He also contributed to two other titles on the topics
of Web development: HTML Publishing on the Internet, 2nd Edition
and The HTML 4 Programmer's Reference. In addition, he used to write
a weekly column about Windows and UNIX integration for ITworld.com
and wrote the monthly "Webmaster" column for SunWorld.
Michael J. Walker
Michael J. Walker, of Knightdale, North Carolina is a Senior Systems
Engineer for Engage, Inc. At Engage, he currently serves as a technical
resource for the field pre-sales engineers. His previous work with
Engage included heading the consulting and custom development
teams as well as being a developer of custom Web applications using
C/C++, HTML, JavaScript, and ODBC.
While at Engage, he has also provided consultation to many of the top-

tier Web sites in the U.S. and throughout the world. He has more than
ten years of computer industry experience in various roles, including
data processing operations, Internet software implementation, and
client/server development. He has developed software on many
platforms ranging from micro-controllers to mainframes, using
Assembly language, C/C++, SQL, Visual Basic, PowerBuilder, and
Java. He holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Theoretical Computer
Science and Electrical Engineering from Northern Illinois University.
Robert Cox
Robert Cox, originally from Winslow, Arizona and now residing in
Raleigh, North Carolina, is the Manager of Technical Support at Engage
Technologies. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a
Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering Technology. He
has a love of computers that dates back to 1980 when he continually
snuck out of his high school American History class to work on
programs in the local college computer lab.