Specifications

PHP
845
payment module
(Shopping Cart applica-
tion), 572-575
payment systems
(Shopping Cart applica-
tion), 541-542
PDF (Portable Document
Format), 744, 748
function libraries, 751
Web sites, 751
generating certificates,
762-765
headers, 777-778
PDFlib, 765-777
personalized documents,
creating, 744
software, 749-751
creating PDF program-
matically, 751
pdf add outline()
function, 768
pdf begin page() function,
767
pdf close() function, 770
pdf fill() function, 777
pdf open() function, 767
pdf rect() function, 775
pdf replace() function,
763
pdf set info() function,
767
pdf setlinewidth()
function, 775
pdf show xy() function,
776
pdf show() function, 769
pdf stringwidth()
function, 776
pdf stroke() function, 775
PDF Web site, 748
pdf.php, 752
PDFlib
generating a PDF docu-
ment, 765-770
generating certificates,
770-777
PDFlib library Web site,
751
pdflib.php, 753
permissions, database
optimization, 261
persistent connections,
database optimization,
262
persistent connections
(Web databases), 234
personalization, user
bookmarks, adding,
526-529
bookmarks, deleting,
530-532
bookmarks, displaying,
529-530
bookmarks, recommend-
ing, 500
bookmarks, storing, 500
defined, 498
recommendation, imple-
menting, 532-536
solution components,
499-500
system requirements, 498
usernames, 499
personalized documents,
744
certification project, 752
files, 752
headers, 777-778
index.html, 753-754
PDF, 762-770
PDFlib, 770-777
RTF, 758-762
score.php, 755-757
creating, 744
formats, 745-748
ASCII, 745
HTML, 745
paper, 745
PDF, 748
PostScript, 747-748
RTF, 746-747
word processors, 746
requirements, 749
software, 749-751
PGP (Pretty Good Privacy),
338-339
PGP Security Web site,
338
Philip and Alex’s Guide to
Web Publishing Web
site, 806
phorum, 741
PHP
basic authentication
(HTTP), 314-315
calling functions, 18
canvas images, creating,
405-406
configuring, 786
constants, 24-25
control structures, 38-47
breaking out of, 47
conditionals, 38-42
loops, 43-47
date and time, 392-396
calendar functions, 399
checkdate() function,
396
converting between
PHP and MySQL for-
mats, 396-398
date calculations,
398-399
date() function,
392-395
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