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Index
Contents
Contents at a Glance
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewers
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: What Is PHP—And Why Should I Care?
Chapter 2: Getting Ready to Work with PHP
Chapter 3: How to Write PHP Scripts
Chapter 4: Lightening Your Workload with Includes
Chapter 5: Bringing Forms to Life
Chapter 6: Uploading Files
Chapter 7: Using PHP to Manage Files
Chapter 8: Generating Thumbnail Images
Chapter 9: Pages That Remember: Simple Login and Multipage Forms
Chapter 10: Getting Started with MySQL
Chapter 11: Connecting to MySQL with PHP and SQL
Chapter 12: Creating a Dynamic Online Gallery
Chapter 13: Managing Content
Chapter 14: Formatting Text and Dates
Chapter 15: Pulling Data from Multiple Tables
Chapter 16: Managing Multiple Database Tables
Chapter 17: Authenticating Users with a Database
Index
How PHP has grown
How PHP makes pages dynamic
Creating pages that think for themselves
How hard is PHP to use and learn?
Can I just copy and paste the code?
How safe is PHP?
What software do I need to write PHP?
What to look for when choosing a PHP editor
So, let's get on with it . . .
Checking whether your website supports PHP
Deciding where to test your pages
What you need for a local test environment
Individual programs or an all-in-one package?
Setting up on Windows
Getting Windows to display filename extensions
Choosing a web server
Installing XAMPP on Windows
Installing PHP with the Microsoft Web Platform Installer
Setting up on Mac OS X
Installing MAMP
Testing and configuring MAMP
Checking your PHP settings (Windows and Mac)
Editing php.ini
Where to locate your PHP files
What's next?
PHP: The big picture
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