Contents

1. Introduction to PHP

1. Introduction

2. Introduction to Web Server and Web Browser  

3. Introduction to PHP    

4. PHP - Lexical Structure

5. Language Basics

2. Functions and Arrays

1. Function

2. Calling a Function

3. Defining a Function

4. Function Parameters

5. Return Values

6. Variable Functions

7. Anonymous Functions

8. Arrays

9. Indexed vs Associative Arrays

10.Identifying Elements of an Array

11.Storing Data in Arrays

12.Multidimensional Arrays

13.Extracting Multiple Values

14.Traversing Arrays

15.Sorting

16.Using Arrays

3. Object Oriented Programming

1. Introduction

2. Creating a Class

3. Creating an Object

4. Introspection

5. Serialization    

6. Inheritance (Extending a class)

7. Constructors and Destructors

8. Interfaces

9. Encapsulation

4. Web Techniques

1. Introduction

2. Variables

3. Server Information

4. Processing Forms

5. Setting Response Headers

6. Maintaining State

7. SSL

5. Databases

1. Introduction

2. Using PHP to Access Databases

3. Relational Databases and SQL

4. PEAR DB Basics

5. Advanced Database Techniques

6. Simple Applications

6. Ajax and XML

1. Introduction

2. Understanding the Basics of JavaScript

3. AJAX

4. AJAX Web Application Model

5. AJAX-PHP Framework

6. Performing AJAX Validation

7. Handling XML Data Using PHP and AJAX 

8. XML

9. What is XML?

10.XML Document Structure

11.PHP and XML

12.XML Parser

13.The XML DOM (XML Document Object Model)

14.SimpleXML

15.Changing a Value with SimpleXML