• Copyright
• Preface
• Getting Started
  • Introduction
  • A simple tutorial
• 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
• Language Reference
  • Basic syntax
  • Types
  • Variables
  • Constants
  • Expressions
  • Operators
  • Control Structures
  • Functions
  • Classes and Objects (PHP 4)
  • Classes and Objects (PHP 5)
  • Namespaces
  • Exceptions
  • References Explained
• Security
  • Introduction
  • General considerations
  • Installed as CGI binary
  • Installed as an Apache module
  • Filesystem Security
  • Database Security
  • Error Reporting
  • Using Register Globals
  • User Submitted Data
  • Magic Quotes
  • Hiding PHP
  • Keeping Current
• 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
• Function Reference
  • .NET — .NET Functions
  • Apache — Apache-specific Functions
  • APC — Alternative PHP Cache
  • APD — Advanced PHP debugger
  • Arrays — Array Functions
  • Aspell — Aspell functions [deprecated]
  • BBCode — BBCode Functions
  • BC math — BCMath Arbitrary Precision Mathematics Functions
  • bcompiler — PHP bytecode Compiler
  • Bzip2 — Bzip2 Compression Functions
  • Calendar — Calendar Functions
  • CCVS — CCVS API Functions [deprecated]
  • Classes/Objects — Class/Object Functions
  • Classkit — Classkit Functions
  • ClibPDF — ClibPDF Functions [deprecated]
  • COM — COM and .Net (Windows)
  • Crack — Crack Functions
  • ctype — Character Type Functions
  • CURL — CURL, Client URL Library Functions
  • Cybercash — Cybercash Payment Functions
  • CyberMUT — Credit Mutuel CyberMUT functions
  • Cyrus IMAP — Cyrus IMAP administration Functions
  • Date/Time — Date and Time Functions
  • DB++ — DB++ Functions
  • dba — Database (dbm-style) Abstraction Layer Functions
  • dBase — dBase Functions
  • DBM — DBM Functions [deprecated]
  • dbx — dbx Functions
  • Direct IO — Direct IO Functions
  • Directories — Directory Functions
  • DOM — DOM Functions
  • DOM XML — DOM XML Functions
  • enchant — enchant Functions
  • Errors and Logging — Error Handling and Logging Functions
  • Exif — Exif Functions
  • Expect — Expect Functions
  • fam — File Alteration Monitor Functions
  • FDF — Forms Data Format Functions
  • Fileinfo — Fileinfo Functions
  • filePro — filePro Functions
  • Filesystem — Filesystem Functions
  • Filter — Filter Functions
  • Firebird/InterBase — Firebird/InterBase Functions
  • Firebird/Interbase (PDO) — Firebird/Interbase Functions (PDO_FIREBIRD)
  • FriBiDi — FriBiDi Functions
  • FrontBase — FrontBase Functions
  • FTP — FTP Functions
  • Function handling — Function Handling Functions
  • GeoIP — GeoIP Functions
  • gettext — Gettext Functions
  • GMP — GMP Functions
  • gnupg — gnupg Functions
  • gopher — Net_Gopher
  • haru — Haru PDF Functions
  • hash — hash Functions
  • http — HTTP
  • Hyperwave — Hyperwave Functions
  • Hyperwave API — Hyperwave API Functions
  • i18n — i18n Functions
  • IBM (PDO) — IBM Functions (PDO_IBM)
  • ibm_db2 — IBM DB2, Cloudscape and Apache Derby Functions
  • iconv — iconv Functions
  • id3 — ID3 Functions
  • IIS Functions — IIS Administration Functions
  • Image — Image Functions
  • Imagick Image Library
  • IMAP — IMAP, POP3 and NNTP Functions
  • Informix — Informix Functions
  • Informix (PDO) — Informix Functions (PDO_INFORMIX)
  • Ingres II — Ingres II Functions
  • IRC Gateway — IRC Gateway Functions
  • Java — PHP / Java Integration
  • JSON — JSON Functions
  • kadm5 — KADM5
  • LDAP — LDAP Functions
  • libxml — libxml Functions
  • Lotus Notes — Lotus Notes Functions
  • LZF — LZF Functions
  • Mail — Mail Functions
  • Mailparse — Mailparse Functions
  • Math — Mathematical Functions
  • MaxDB — MaxDB PHP Extension
  • MCAL — MCAL Functions
  • mcrypt — Mcrypt Encryption Functions
  • MCVE — MCVE (Monetra) Payment Functions
  • Memcache — Memcache Functions
  • mhash — Mhash Functions
  • Mimetype — Mimetype Functions
  • Ming (flash) — Ming functions for Flash
  • Misc. — Miscellaneous Functions
  • mnoGoSearch — mnoGoSearch Functions
  • MS SQL Server — Microsoft SQL Server Functions
  • MS SQL Server (PDO) — Microsoft SQL Server and Sybase Functions (PDO_DBLIB)
  • Msession — Mohawk Software Session Handler Functions
  • mSQL — mSQL Functions
  • Multibyte String — Multibyte String Functions
  • muscat — muscat Functions
  • MySQL — MySQL Functions
  • MySQL (PDO) — MySQL Functions (PDO_MYSQL)
  • mysqli — MySQL Improved Extension
  • Ncurses — Ncurses Terminal Screen Control Functions
  • Network — Network Functions
  • Newt — Newt Functions
  • NSAPI — NSAPI-specific Functions
  • Object Aggregation — Object Aggregation/Composition Functions
  • Object overloading — Object property and method call overloading
  • OCI8 — Oracle Functions
  • ODBC — ODBC Functions (Unified)
  • ODBC and DB2 (PDO) — ODBC and DB2 Functions (PDO_ODBC)
  • OGG/Vorbis — oggvorbis
  • openal — OpenAL Audio Bindings
  • OpenSSL — OpenSSL Functions
  • Oracle — Oracle Functions [deprecated]
  • Oracle (PDO) — Oracle Functions (PDO_OCI)
  • Output Control — Output Control Functions
  • OvrimosSQL — Ovrimos SQL Functions
  • Paradox — Paradox File Access
  • Parsekit — Parsekit Functions
  • PCNTL — Process Control Functions
  • PCRE — Regular Expression Functions (Perl-Compatible)
  • PDF — PDF Functions
  • PDO — PDO Functions
  • phar — Phar archive stream and classes
  • PHP Options/Info — PHP Options&Information
  • POSIX — POSIX Functions
  • POSIX Regex — Regular Expression Functions (POSIX Extended)
  • PostgreSQL — PostgreSQL Functions
  • PostgreSQL (PDO) — PostgreSQL Functions (PDO_PGSQL)
  • Printer — Printer Functions
  • Program Execution — Program Execution Functions
  • PS — PostScript document creation
  • Pspell — Pspell Functions
  • qtdom — qtdom Functions
  • radius — Radius
  • Rar — Rar Functions
  • Readline — GNU Readline
  • Recode — GNU Recode Functions
  • RPMReader — RPM Header Reading Functions
  • runkit — runkit Functions
  • SAM — SAM - Simple Asynchronous Messaging
  • Satellite — Satellite CORBA client extension [deprecated]
  • SCA — SCA Functions
  • SDO — SDO Functions
  • SDO DAS XML — SDO XML Data Access Service Functions
  • SDO-DAS-Relational — SDO Relational Data Access Service Functions
  • Semaphore — Semaphore, Shared Memory and IPC Functions
  • SESAM — SESAM Database Functions
  • Session PgSQL — PostgreSQL Session Save Handler
  • Sessions — Session Handling Functions
  • shmop — Shared Memory Functions
  • SimpleXML — SimpleXML functions
  • SNMP — SNMP Functions
  • SOAP — SOAP Functions
  • Sockets — Socket Functions
  • spl — Standard PHP Library (SPL) Functions
  • SQLite — SQLite Functions
  • SQLite (PDO) — SQLite Functions (PDO_SQLITE)
  • ssh2 — Secure Shell2 Functions
  • Statistics — Statistics Functions
  • Streams — Stream Functions
  • Strings — String Functions
  • SVN — Subversion Functions
  • SWF — Shockwave Flash Functions
  • swish — Swish Functions
  • Sybase — Sybase Functions
  • TCP Wrappers — TCP Wrappers Functions
  • tidy — Tidy Functions
  • Tokenizer — Tokenizer Functions
  • Unicode — Unicode Functions
  • URLs — URL Functions
  • Variables handling — Variable Handling Functions
  • Verisign Payflow Pro — Verisign Payflow Pro Functions
  • vpopmail — vpopmail Functions
  • W32api — W32api Functions
  • WDDX — WDDX Functions
  • win32ps — win32ps Functions
  • win32service — win32service Functions
  • xattr — xattr Functions
  • xdiff — xdiff Functions
  • XML — XML Parser Functions
  • XML-RPC — XML-RPC Functions
  • XMLReader — XMLReader functions
  • XMLWriter — XMLWriter Functions
  • XSL — XSL functions
  • XSLT — XSLT Functions
  • YAZ — YAZ Functions
  • YP/NIS — YP/NIS Functions
  • Zip — Zip File Functions
  • Zlib — Zlib Compression Functions
• PHP at the Core: A Hacker's Guide to the Zend Engine
  • The PHP 5 build system
  • Extension structure
  • Memory management
  • Working with variables
  • Writing functions
  • Working with classes and objects
  • Working with resources
  • Working with INI settings
  • Working with streams
  • PDO Driver How-To
  • Extension FAQs
  • Zend Engine 2 API reference
  • Zend Engine 1
  • The future: PHP 6 and Zend Engine 3
• FAQ — FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
  • General Information
  • Mailing lists
  • Obtaining PHP
  • Database issues
  • Installation
  • Build Problems
  • Using PHP
  • PHP and HTML
  • PHP and COM
  • PHP and other languages
  • Migrating from PHP 2 to PHP 3
  • Migrating from PHP 3 to PHP 4
  • Migrating from PHP 4 to PHP 5
  • Miscellaneous Questions
• Appendices
  • History of PHP and related projects
  • Migrating from PHP 5.1.x to PHP 5.2.x
  • Migrating from PHP 5.0.x to PHP 5.1.x
  • Migrating from PHP 4 to PHP 5
  • Migrating from PHP 3 to PHP 4
  • Migrating from PHP/FI 2 to PHP 3
  • Debugging PHP
  • Configure options
  • php.ini directives
  • List of Supported Timezones
  • Extension Categorization
  • List of Function Aliases
  • List of Reserved Words
  • List of Resource Types
  • List of Supported Protocols/Wrappers
  • List of Available Filters
  • List of Supported Socket Transports
  • PHP type comparison tables
  • List of Parser Tokens
  • Userland Naming Guide
  • About the manual
  • Open Publication License
  • Function Index

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