Table of Contents

PART I: Getting Up and Running
1 Installation QuickStart Guide
2 Dynamic Web Basics

PART II: PHP Language Structure
5 The Building Blocks of PHP
6 Flow Control Functions in PHP
7 Working with Functions
8 Working with Arrays
9 Working with Objects

PART III: Getting Involved with the Code
10 Working with Strings, Dates, and Time
11 Working with Forms
12 Working with Cookies and User Sessions
13 Working with Files and Directories
14 Working with Images

PART IV: PHP and MySQL Integration
15 Understanding the Database Design Process
16 Learning Basic SQL Commands
17 Using Transactions and Stored Procedures in MySQL
18 Interacting with MySQL Using PHP

PART V: Advanced JavaScript Programming
19 JavaScript Best Practices
20 Using Third-Party JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks
21 A Closer Look at jQuery
22 First Steps Toward Creating Rich Interactions with jQuery UI
23 AJAX: Remote Scripting

PART VI: Advanced Web Page Design with CSS
24 Working with Margins, Padding, Alignment, and Floating
25 Understanding the CSS Box Model and Positioning
26 Using CSS to Do More with Lists, Text, and Navigation
27 Creating Fixed or Liquid Layouts

PART VII: Basic Projects
28 Managing a Simple Mailing List
29 Creating a Simple Discussion Forum
30 Creating an Online Storefront
31 Creating a Shopping Cart Mechanism
32 Restricting Access to Your Applications
33 Logging and Monitoring Web Server Activity
34 Application Localization

About the Author

Julie C. Meloni is a technical consultant who has been developing web-based applications since the Web first saw the light of day. She has authored numerous books and articles on web-based programming and scripting languages and database topics, and you can find translations of her work in 18 different languages.