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Gutmans_Frontmatter Page i Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:05 AM PHP 5 Power Programming perens_series_7x9.25.fmGutmans_Frontmatter Page Page ii Thursday,1 Wednesday, September September 23, 2004 15, 2004 9:05 10:54AM AM BRUCE PERENS’ OPEN SOURCE SERIES http://www.phptr.com/perens ◆ Java Application Development on Linux Carl Albing and Michael Schwarz ◆ C++ GUI Programming with Qt 3 Jasmin Blanchette, Mark Summerfield ◆ Managing Linux Systems with Webmin: System Administration and Module Development Jamie Cameron ◆ Understanding the Linux Virtual Memory Manager Mel Gorman ◆ Implementing CIFS: The Common Internet File System Christopher Hertel ◆ Embedded Software Development with eCos Anthony Massa ◆ Rapid Application Development with Mozilla Nigel McFarlane ◆ The Linux Development Platform: Configuring, Using, and Maintaining a Complete Programming Environment Rafeeq Ur Rehman, Christopher Paul ◆ Intrusion Detection with SNORT: Advanced IDS Techniques Using SNORT, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and ACID Rafeeq Ur Rehman ◆ The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Guide John H. 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Derick Rethans Gutmans_Frontmatter Page vi Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:05 AM Gutmans_Frontmatter Page vii Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:05 AM vii Contents Foreword by Zeev Suraski Preface: Introduction and Background Chapter 1: What Is New in PHP 5? Chapter 2: PHP 5 Basic Language Chapter 3: PHP 5 OO Language Chapter 4: PHP 5 Advanced OOP and Design Patterns Chapter 5: How to Write a Web Application with PHP Chapter 6: Databases with PHP 5 Chapter 7: Error Handling Chapter 8: XML with PHP 5 Chapter 9: Mainstream Extensions Chapter 10: Using PEAR Chapter 11: Important PEAR Packages Chapter 12: Building PEAR Components Chapter 13: Making the Move Chapter 14: Performance Chapter 15: An Introduction to Writing PHP Extensions Chapter 16: PHP Shell Scripting A. PEAR and PECL Package Index B. phpDocumentor Format Reference C. Zend Studio Quick Start Index Gutmans_Frontmatter Page viii Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:05 AM Gutmans_TOC Page ix Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:06 AM Contents Foreword............................................................................................................. xxi Preface................................................................................................................xxii 1 What Is New in PHP 5? ........................................................................................1 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................1 1.2 Language Features .............................................................................................1 1.2.1 New Object-Oriented Model........................................................................1 1.2.2 New Object-Oriented Features...................................................................3 1.2.3 Other New Language Features ..................................................................7 1.3 General PHP Changes........................................................................................8 1.3.1 XML and Web Services ...............................................................................8 1.4 Other New Features in PHP 5 .........................................................................11 1.4.1 New Memory Manager..............................................................................11 1.4.2 Dropped Support for Windows 95.............................................................11 1.5 Summary...........................................................................................................11 2 PHP 5 Basic Language.......................................................................................13 2.1 Introduction ......................................................................................................13 2.2 HTML Embedding ............................................................................................14 2.3 Comments .........................................................................................................14 2.4 Variables............................................................................................................15 2.4.1 Indirect References to Variables ..............................................................16 2.4.2 Managing Variables ..................................................................................16 2.4.3 Superglobals ..............................................................................................18 2.5 Basic Data Types ..............................................................................................18 2.5.1 Integers ......................................................................................................19 2.5.2 Floating-Point Numbers ...........................................................................19 2.5.3 Strings........................................................................................................19 2.5.4 Booleans.....................................................................................................22 2.5.5 Null ............................................................................................................23 ix Gutmans_TOC Page x Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:06 AM x Contents 2.5.6 Resources ...................................................................................................23 2.5.7 Arrays.........................................................................................................23 2.5.8 Constants ...................................................................................................30 2.6 Operators...........................................................................................................31 2.6.1 Binary Operators .......................................................................................32 2.6.2 Assignment Operators...............................................................................32 2.6.3 Comparison Operators ..............................................................................33 2.6.4 Logical Operators ......................................................................................34 2.6.5 Bitwise Operators......................................................................................35 2.6.6 Unary Operators........................................................................................36 2.6.7 Negation Operators ...................................................................................36 2.6.8 Increment/Decrement Operators ..............................................................37 2.6.9 The Cast Operators ...................................................................................38 2.6.10 The Silence Operator...............................................................................39