Mastering PHP 6.0 (3rd Edition) is a must-have training tutorial simulation for the beginner, as well as a handy reference tool for the professional web programmers. The step-by-step narration guides you through a myriad of PHP script languages, and helps you apply them– directly and immediately– to your own real-world projects.

Features:

• Learn latest version of PHP 5 and 6 and master the most powerful scripting language for Web
• Follow Step-by-Step Narrated Instructions
• Full screen display for easy viewing
• Sample codes included for practice
• Up to 20X Faster than Learning from a Book
• Approximately 24 Hours training time

Content of PHP 6 Lessons (3rd Edition):

CHAPTER 1 Getting Started with PHP and AppServ

1.  
   • What’s PHP and its Advantages
   • Apache Server
   • My SQL database
   • Build Apache + PHP + MySQL under windows
   • APPSERV installation     
   • Web page detection

CHAPTER 2 Writing your First Script

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  • Basic PHP syntax
  • PHP Script and Statements
  • Echo Command in PHP
  • PHP Error messages
  • PHP and HTML
  • PHPS files
  • PHP Information page

CHAPTER 3 Variables and Constants

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  • Upper case and lower case usage
  • Statements and semicolons
  • Whitespaces
  • Constants and their syntax
  • Variable names
  • Function names
  • Class names
  • Types of data: Integer, Float, String, Boolean, Array, Object, Resource, and  Null
  • Expressions and operators
  • Number of operands
  • Priority of operators
  • Variables and variable variables
  • Superglobals
  • Similarities and differences between constants and variables

CHAPTER 4 String

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  • String constants
  • Variable interpolation
  • Single quotes strings
  • Double quotes strings
  • HEREDOC strings
  • Printing strings
  • Accessing single characters
  • String trim
  • Encoding, decoding and escape characters
  • String searching operations
  • Regular expressions

CHAPTER 5 Arrays

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  • Indexed Array and Associative Array
  • Array Creation & Array Identification
  • Array Elements Processing
  • Multidimensional Arrays
  • Extracting Array Elements Value
  • Conversion between Arrays and Variables
  • Array Sorting
  • Array searching

CHAPTER 6   Objects-Oriented Programming

1.  
   • OOP Basics
   • Define  “ Class ”
   • Create “Objects “
   • Create Objects Initial Value
   • Methods of Class
   • Data Encapsulation
   • Data Inheritance 
   • Data Polymorphism
   • Class Inspection
   • Object Inspection
   • Object Serialization

CHAPTER 7  Forms, Cookies and Sessions

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  • Variables
  • Server Information
  • Form Processing
  • Set Response Header  
  • Cookies
  • Sessions

CHAPTER 8  Flow Control  

1.  
   • IF Construct
   • SWITCH Function
   • WHILE Loop
   • FOR Loop
   • FOREACH Loop
   • EXIT Command

CHAPTER 9 Functions

1.  
   • Function Introduction
   • Function Call
   • Function Definition
   • Function Parameters (Passed by Value, Passed by Reference);  
   • Valid Variable Range (Global Variables, Static Variables);
   • Default Parameter
   • Changeable Parameter Number
   • Return Value
   • Variable Function
   • Anonymous Function

CHAPTER 10 Unicode (new)

1.  
   • Release of PHP 6
   • Implementation of Unicode

Previous version of Mastering PHP 5.0 (2nd Edition)

1. Installing PHP on Windows
2. Installing PHP on Redhat/Linux
3. PHP Basic Syntax
4. PHP Data Types
5. Array and Data Type Casting
6. More on Arrays
7. Using Variables
8. Control Structures
9. Object-Oriented Programming in PHP
10. Using Dreamweaver for PHP
11. Using Files, Pipes and Libraries
12. PHP Pages for File Uploading
13. Database Application in PHP
14. Working with Sessions
15. New Feature on PHP 5

System Requirements:

• Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
• Pentium 133 Mhz or higher
• 32MB RAM
• 10MB free disk space
• 24x CD-ROM

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