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Introduction -- I Getting Up and Running With PHP. -- Introducing PHP -- Your First PHP Script -- II Learning The Languages. -- PHP Language Basics -- Decisions and Loops -- Strings -- Arrays -- Functions -- Objects -- III Using PHP In Practice. -- Handling HTML Forms With PHP -- Preserving State With Query Strings, Cookies and Sessions -- Working With Files and Directories -- Introducing Databases and SQL -- Retrieving Data From MySQL With PHP -- Manipulating MySQL Data with PHP -- Making Your Job Easier With PEAR -- PHP and the Outside World -- Generating Images With PHP -- String Matching with Regular Expressions -- Working With XML -- Writing High Quality Code. Provides information on the PHP language and ways to create effective Web applications.