Complete PHP Programming

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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Topics 2.1 Basic Syntax 2.2 Types 2.3 Variables 2.4 Constants 2.5 Expressions 2.6 Operators 3 Resources

[edit] Introduction

While aiming at respecting the copyright of the official manual, this book will attempt to address as much of its contents as possible. This will provide both an open source reference on this great open source software, as well as allow for quick wiki-style improvements to the text. It will thus be easier to integrate new material rather than requiring the reader to pore through sequentially contributed user notes.

It aims to be both readable and comprehensive in order to serve as a beginning-to-advanced tutorial (though it is probably best that the reader first gain some basic experience, such as with PHP Programming) as well as a reference.

The book also seeks to provide an additional organization scheme and notes pertaining to Zend exam preparation.

[edit] Topics

[edit] Basic Syntax

• Escaping from HTML, XML, etc. (Start and open tags)
• Instruction separation
• Comments

[edit] Types

• Data type overview
  • Specific types: Boolean, Integer, Float, String, Array, Object, Resource, NULL, Pseudo-types (Mixed, Number, Callback)
• Type comparison
• Type casting
• Type juggling
• Type functions
• Type hinting (objects only)

[edit] Variables

[edit] Constants

[edit] Expressions

[edit] Operators

• Operator precedence
• ...

[edit] Resources