• phpmanual
  • I. Getting started
    • Introduction
    • A simple tutorial
  • II. Installation and Configuration
    • General Installation Considerations
    • Installation on Unix systems
    • Installation on Mac OS X
    • Installation on Windows systems
    • Installation of PECL extensions
    • Problems?
    • Runtime Configuration
  • IV. Security
    • Introduction
    • General considerations
    • Installed as CGI binary
      • Possible attacks
      • Case 1: only public files served
      • Case 2: using --enable-force-cgi-redirect
      • Case 3: setting doc_root or user_dir
      • Case 4: PHP parser outside of web tree
    • Installed as an Apache module
    • Filesystem Security
    • Database Security
      • Designing Databases
      • Connecting to Database
      • Encrypted Storage Model
      • SQL Injection
    • Error Reporting
    • Using Register Globals
    • User Submitted Data
    • Magic Quotes
      • What are Magic Quotes
      • Why use Magic Quotes
      • Why not to use Magic Quotes
      • Disabling Magic Quotes
    • Hiding PHP
    • Keeping Current
  • V. Features
    • HTTP authentication with PHP
    • Cookies
    • Sessions
    • Dealing with XForms
    • Handling file uploads
    • Using remote files
    • Connection handling
    • Persistent Database Connections
    • Safe Mode
    • Using PHP from the command line
  • VI. Function Reference
    • .NET Functions
    • Apache-specific Functions
    • Alternative PHP Cache
    • Advanced PHP debugger
    • Array Functions
    • Aspell functions [deprecated]
    • BCMath Arbitrary Precision Mathematics Functions
    • PHP bytecode Compiler
    • Bzip2 Compression Functions
    • Calendar Functions
    • CCVS API Functions [deprecated]
    • Class/Object Functions
    • Classkit Functions
    • ClibPDF Functions
    • COM and .Net (Windows)
    • Crack Functions
    • Character Type Functions
    • CURL, Client URL Library Functions
    • Cybercash Payment Functions
    • Credit Mutuel CyberMUT functions
    • Cyrus IMAP administration Functions
    • Date and Time Functions
    • DB++ Functions
    • Database (dbm-style) Abstraction Layer Functions
    • dBase Functions
  • III. Language Reference
    • Basic syntax
    • Types
      • Introduction
      • Booleans
      • Integers
      • Floating point numbers
      • Strings
      • Arrays
      • Objects
      • Resource
      • NULL
      • Pseudo-types used in this documentation
      • Type Juggling
    • Variables
      • Basics
      • Predefined variables
      • Variable scope
      • Variable variables
      • Variables from outside PHP
    • Constants
      • Syntax
      • Magic constants
    • Expressions
    • Operators
      • Operator Precedence
      • Arithmetic Operators
      • Assignment Operators
      • Bitwise Operators
      • Comparison Operators
      • Error Control Operators
      • Execution Operators
      • Incrementing/Decrementing Operators
      • Logical Operators
      • String Operators
      • Type Operators
    • Control Structures
      • If
      • else
      • elseif
      • Alternative syntax for control structures
      • while
      • do-while
      • for
      • foreach
      • break
      • continue
      • switch
      • declare
      • return
      • require
      • include
      • require_once
      • include_once
    • Functions
      • User-defined functions
      • Function arguments
      • Returning values
      • Variable functions
      • Internal (built-in) functions
    • Classes and Objects (PHP 4)
      • class
      • extends
      • Constructors
      • Scope Resolution Operator (::)
      • parent
      • Serializing objects - objects in sessions
      • The magic functions __sleep and __wakeup
      • References inside the constructor
      • Comparing objects
    • Classes and Objects (PHP 5)
      • Introduction
      • The basics
      • Autoloading Objects
      • Constructors and Destructors
      • Visibility
      • Scope Resolution Operator (::)
      • Static Keyword
      • Class Constants
      • Class Abstraction
      • Object Interfaces
      • Overloading
      • Object Iteration
      • Patterns
      • Magic Methods
      • Final Keyword
      • Object cloning
      • Comparing objects
      • Reflection
      • Type Hinting
    • Exceptions
    • References Explained
      • What References Are
      • What References Do
      • What References Are Not
      • Passing by Reference
      • Returning References
      • Unsetting References
      • Spotting References
  • Preface