- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- About the Author
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Introduction
- 2. Working with Arrays
- Accessing All Elements of Numeric Arrays
- Accessing All Elements of Associative Arrays
- Accessing All Array Elements in Nested Arrays
- Turning an Array into Variables
- Converting Strings to Arrays
- Converting Arrays to Strings
- Sorting Arrays Alphabetically
- Sorting Associative Arrays Alphabetically
- Sorting Nested Arrays
- Sorting Nested Associative Arrays
- Sorting IP Addresses (as a Human Would)
- Sorting Anything
- Sorting with Foreign Languages
- Applying an Effect to All Array Elements
- Filtering Arrays
- Getting Random Elements Out of Arrays
- Making Objects Behave Like Arrays
- 3. Date and Time
- Using Text within date()
- Formatting DateTime Objects
- Automatically Localizing Dates
- Manually Localizing Dates
- Using the Current Date, the U.S./U.K./European Way
- Formatting a Specific Date
- Validating a Date
- Calculating a Relative Date
- Creating a Sortable Time Stamp
- Converting a String into a Date
- Determining Sunrise and Sunset
- Using Date and Time for Benchmarks
- Using Form Fields for Date Selection
- Create Self-Updating Form Fields for Date Selection
- Calculating the Difference between Two Dates
- Using GMT Date/Time Information
- 4. Working with Objects (and Related Topics)
- 6. Remembering Users (Cookies and Sessions)
- Understanding Cookies
- Creating a Cookie
- Reading Out Cookies
- Setting a (Reasonable) Expiry Date
- Setting a Client-Specific Expiry Date
- Deleting a Cookie
- Making Cookies Accessible for Several Domains
- Checking Whether the Client Supports Cookies
- Saving Multiple Data in One Cookie
- Saving the User’s Language Preference
- Understanding Sessions
- Where to Store the Sessions
- How to Maintain the Session State
- Activating Sessions
- Reading and Writing Sessions
- Closing Sessions
- Changing the Session ID
- Implementing a Custom Session Management
- Creating a Secured Area with Sessions
- Creating a Secured Area without Sessions
- 7. Using Files on the Server File System
- Opening and Closing Files
- Reading from Files
- Writing to Files
- Locking Files
- Using Relative Paths for File Access
- Avoiding Security Traps with File Access
- Working with CSV Data
- Parsing INI Files
- Retrieving File Information
- Copying, Moving, and Deleting Files
- Browsing the File System
- Using PHP Streams
- Using Bzip2 Archives
- Returning Files with an HTTP Request
- 8. Working with MySQL Databases
- 9. Working with Other Databases
- Connecting to SQLite
- Sending SQL to SQLite
- Retrieving Results of a Query to SQLite
- Using Prepared Statements with SQLite
- Connecting to PostgreSQL
- Sending SQL to PostgreSQL
- Updating Data in PostgreSQL
- Retrieving Results of a Query to PostgreSQL
- Connecting to Oracle
- Sending SQL to Oracle
- Retrieving Results of a Query to Oracle
- Connecting to MSSQL
- Sending SQL to MSSQL
- Retrieving Results of a Query to MSSQL
- Using Prepared Statements with MSSQL
- Using MSSQL without Windows
- Connecting to Firebird
- Sending SQL to Firebird
- Retrieving Results of a Query to Firebird
- Connecting via PDO
- Sending SQL via PDO
- Retrieving Results of a Query via PDO
- 10. Using XML
- 11. Communicating with Others
- Connecting with HTTP Servers
- Connecting with FTP Servers
- Checking Whether a Server Is Still Reacting
- Creating a Web Service with NuSOAP
- Automatically Generating WSDL with NuSOAP
- Consuming a Web Service with NuSOAP
- Creating a Web Service with the PHP 5 SOAP Extension
- Consuming a Web Service with the PHP 5 SOAP Extension
- Using Ajax
- Exchanging Data with the Server
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