Beginning PHP & Oracle

Description

Beginning PHP and Oracle: From Novice to Professional offers comprehensive information on using the PHP scripting language in conjunction with Oracles database platform. PHP is one of the most prominent open source technologies in the area of web development, while Oracle is one of the most widely deployed and used database products.

Youll learn to reap the benefits of these core technologies by using them in unison to create dynamic, data-driven web applications. The book is packed with practical examples based on many years of real-world experiencefrom authors W. Jason Gilmore and Bob Bryla. This book is an ideal read for web designers or programmers wanting to create applications with PHP in an Oracle environment.

* The book covers a solid alternative to the "M" in the LAMP stack.
* Database examples are based on real-world scenarios.
* The text shows off Oracles strong enterprise features.
* The authors highlight Oracles robust internationalization support.

CONTENTS:

1. Introducing PHP

2. Configuring your Environment

3. PHP Basics

4. Functions

5. Arrays

6. Object-Orientated PHP

7. Advanced OOP Features

8. Error and Exception Handling

9. Strings and Regular Expressions

10. Working with File and Operating Systems

11. PEAR

12. Date and Time

13. Forms

14. Authentic

15. Handling File Uploads

16. Networking

17. PHP and LDAP

18. Session Handlers

19. Templating with Smarty

20. Web Services

21. Secure PHP Programming

22. SQLite

23. Introducing PDO

24. Building Web Sites for the World

25. MVC and the Zend Framework

26. Introducing Oracle

27. Installing and Configuring Oracle Database XE

28. Oracle Database XE Adminstration

29. Interacting with Oracle Database XE

30. From Databases to Datatypes

31. Securing Oracle Database XE

32. PHP's Oracle Functionality

33. Transactions

34. Using HTML_Table with Advanced Queries

35. Using Views

36. Oracle PL/SQL Subprograms

37. Oracle Triggers

38. Indexes and Optimizing Techniques

39. Importing and exporting Data

40. Backup and Recovery

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