PHP is rapidly becoming the language of choice for dynamic Web development, in particular for e-commerce and on-line database systems. It is open source software and easy to install, and can be used with a variety of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows and UNIX.

1 . Getting Started.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Introduction to PHP.- 3 Environment Installation, Help and Assistance.- 4 Your First PHP Program.- 5 PHP Fundamentals.- 2 . Basic Language Constructs.- 6 Introduction to Variables.- 7 Boolean, Integer and Floating Point Types.- 8 Strings.- 9 Predefined PHP Variables.- 10 Expressions, Operands and Operators.- 11 If and Switch Constructs.- 12 Loops.- 13 Functions and Includes.- 14 Arrays.- 15 Dates, Times and Random Numbers.- 3 . Manipulating Arrays and Strings.- 16 Array Manipulation.- 17 String Manipulation.- 4 . User Interaction.- 18 Interacting with the User.- 19 Form Validation and Data Retention.- 20 Security Issues.- 21 E-mailing Users.- 5 . Retaining Data Across Pages.- 22 Cookies.- 23 Session Management.- 6 . Handling Errors and Buffering.- 24 Error Handling.- 25 Output Buffering.- 7 . File Handling.- 26 Reading and Writing to Files.- 27 More File Handling.- 28 File Uploading Using Forms.- 8 . Graphics.- 29 Simple Image Manipulation.- 30GD Library.- 31 A Useful Dynamic Image.- 9 . PDF Library Extension.- 32 Creating PDF Documents.- 10 . MySQL Database Management.- 33 Databases and Table Design.- 34 MySQL Database and PHPMyAdmin Installation.- 35 Creating Databases Using PHPMyAdmin.- 36 Accessing MySQL Using PHP.- 11 . Classes and Objects Concepts.- 37 Classes and Objects.- 38 Class Inheritance.- 12 . An E-Commerce Application.- 39 3:Phase E-Commerce System.- 40 3:Phase E-Commerce System - Administration.