PHP Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v5.19, by Herong Yang
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Title: PHP Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples
Author: Herong Yang - Contact by email via herong_yang@yahoo.com.
Category: COMPUTERS / Programming Languages / PHP
Version/Edition: v5.19, 2026
Number of pages: 391
Description: This PHP tutorial book is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning PHP himself. Topics include PHP script syntax; data types, variables, array, expressions, statements and functions; Web server integration; HTTP requests and controlling HTTP responses; sessions, cookies, and file uploads/downloads; files, directories; classes and objects; using PHP on Windows, macOS and Linux; executing external programs on operating system. Updated in 2026 (Version v5.19) with minor changes.
Keywords: Apache, class, cookie, HTML, HTTP, PHP, redirect, Unicode.
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Table of Contents
Introduction and Installation of PHP
PHP Data Types and Data Literals
Variables, References, and Constants
Expressions, Operations and Type Conversions
Conditional Statements - "if" and "switch"
Loop Statements - "while", "for", and "do ... while"
Function Declaration, Arguments, and Return Values
Interface with Operating System
Introduction of Class and Object
Integrating PHP with Apache Web Server
Retrieving Information from HTTP Requests
Creating and Managing Sessions in PHP Scripts
Sending and Receiving Cookies in PHP Scripts
Controlling HTTP Response Header Lines in PHP Scripts
Functions to Manage Directories, Files and Images
Localization Overview of Web Applications
Using Non-ASCII Characters in HTML Documents
Using Non-ASCII Characters as PHP Script String Literals
Receiving Non-ASCII Characters from Input Forms
"mbstring" Extension and Non-ASCII Encoding Management
Managing Non-ASCII Character Strings with MySQL Servers
Configuring and Sending Out Emails
Managing PHP Engine and Modules on macOS