Sams Teach Yourself PHP 4 in 24 Hours

Consisting of 24 one-hour lessons, Sams Teach Yourself PHP4 in 24 Hours is divided into five sections that guide you through the language from the basics to the advanced functions. The first section of the book teaches the fundamentals of PHP. Building upon what has been taught in the first section, sections two through four show you how to apply that knowledge in order to interact with the user by creating and managing forms, cookies and authentication. It also teaches how to access databases and how to integrate system components, e-mail, LDAP, network sockets and much more. The final section of the book covers advanced functionality including how to debug and optimize scripts, maintain script security, and extend PHP with API. * The only tutorial book on this fast-growing technology for creating server-based Web applications * PHP is similar to Microsoft's Active Server Pages, but is designed for the Apache Web server rather than IIS * Written by a member of the PHP development group with years of both writing and programming experience