Full Description
Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8 delves into some of the most popular open-source web development technologies, the PostgreSQL 8 database server and PHP 5 scripting language. You'll learn to reap the benefits of these core technologies by using them in unison to create dynamic, data-driven web applications. This is an ideal read if you are a web designer, programmer, hobbyist, or novice who wants to create applications with PHP 5 and PostgreSQL 8.
Contents
An Introduction to PHP.- Installing and Configuring Apache and PHP.- PHP Basics.- Functions.- Arrays.- Object-Oriented PHP.- Advanced OOP Features.- Error and Exception Handling.- Strings and Regular Expressions.- Working with the File and Operating System.- PEAR.- Date and Time.- Forms and Navigational Cues.- Authentication.- Handling File Uploads.- Networking.- PHP and LDAP.- Session Handlers.- Templating with Smarty.- Web Services.- Secure PHP Programming.- SQLite.- Introducing PDO.- Introducing PostgreSQL.- Installing PostgreSQL.- PostgreSQL Administration.- The Many PostgreSQL Clients.- From Databases to Datatypes.- Securing PostgreSQL.- PHP's PostgreSQL Functionality.- Practical Database Queries.- Views and Rules.- PostgreSQL Functions.- PostgreSQL Triggers.- Indexes and Searching.- Transactions.- Importing and Exporting Data.
