Index

P

page styles (CSS), 15–19

pages. See files; Web pages

parameters, functions, 100–106

parseList() function, 192–194

parsing, 191–194

passwords

databases, 302

fields, forms, 25

security, 247, 255–256

persistence, data, 137–141

Petals Around the Rose program

building, 109–115

functions, 110–115

overview, 78, 108–109

PHP

case sensitivity, 43

commands

HTML, 32–35

phpInfo(), 34–35

running, 32, 42

support, 32

troubleshooting, 32, 42

<?php ?> HTML tag, 33

PHP Tripod program, 32

phpInfo() command, 34–35

Pig Latin Generator program

building, 184–185

overview, 182–184

pipe bars (|), 229

Poker Dice program

arrays, 141–156

boolean and operator (&&), 155

building, 141–156

check boxes, 144–146

loops, 141–156

overview, 118–119

printing, 146–148, 155–156

post method, 53

preg_grep() function, 228

pre-loading arrays, 133–134

primary keys

spyLib program, 385–386

tables, 273, 335–336

print command, 44

printing, 44

files, 247–249

images, 80–81

Poker Dice program, 146–148, 155–156

records, 307–310

Word Puzzle Maker program, 206–209

processing records (spyLib program), 392–393

programming

line termination character, 44–48, 303

server-side, 3

programs

Ace, 81–86

Ace or Not, 86–88

Adventure Generator

building, 291–296

buttons, 311–312

connecting database, 306–307, 310–311

CSS, 310

displaying records, 307–310

editing records, 316–320

list boxes, 321

overview, 264–266

selecting records, 313–316

Show Heros database, 300–302

updating, 321–322

variables, 311, 320

Bad While, 127–129

Basic Array, 130–132

building, 132–133

Binary Dice, 88–91

Border Maker

building, 60–63

overview, 59–60

reading, 63–65

Cartoonifier, 223–225

commenting, 189–190

connecting

databases, 306–307, 310–311, 360–361

servers, 302–303

content management systems, 3

Count by Five, 122–124

Counting Backwards, 124–125

CSS, 310

data persistence, 137–141

designing, 67

Edit Segments, 316–320

files

log, 258–261

opening, 257–258

security, 247, 255–256

Form Reader, 167–170

Hello World, 4–6

Hi Jacob, 41–42

Hi User, 94–97

Image Index, 225–227

file handles, 227

file lists, 227–228

regular expressions, 229–230

saving, 229–231

selecting files, 228

storing, 229–231

List Segments, 313–316

Mail Merge, 231–235

Petals Around the Rose

building, 109–115

functions, 110–115

overview, 78, 108–109

PHP

running, 42

troubleshooting, 42

PHP Tripod, 32

Pig Latin Generator

building, 184–185

overview, 182–184

Poker Dice

arrays, 141–156

boolean and operator (&&), 155

building, 141–156

check boxes, 144–146

loops, 141–156

overview, 118–119

printing, 146–148, 155–156

Quiz Machine

control page, 236–245

editing tests, 245–249

grading tests, 257–260

overview, 212–215, 235–236

taking tests, 255–256

viewing log, 260–261

writing tests, 249–255

Roll Em, 78–80

Row Your Boat, 46–47

Save Sonnet

closing files, 219–220

creating files, 215–217

CSS, 222

loading files, 220–221

opening files, 217–219, 222

reading files, 222

writing files, 219

Scope Demo, 106–108

Spy Master. See also Spy database; spyLib program

connecting database, 360

creating records, 369–370

database queries, 357–358

deleting records, 368–369

edit table form, 361–363

editing records, 366–367

editing tables, 365–366

function library, 356

overview, 348–353

query form, 358–361

state diagram, 354–356

updating records, 367–368

viewing queries, 363–365

spyLib. See also Spy database; Spy Master program

buttons, 394

connecting database, 372–373

creating records, 389–392

CSS, 371

deleting records, 388–389

editing fields, 384–387

editing records, 379–384

foreign keys, 386–387

global variables, 371–372

list boxes, 393–394

primary keys, 385–386

processing records, 392–393

query lists, 373–374

query tables, 374–379

updating records, 387–388

Story, 40

building, 68–74

overview, 66–67

reading, 71–73

Switch Dice, 91–94

text, hiding, 237–238

This Old Man, 97–100

arrays, 134–137

loops, 134–137

parameters, 100–106

returning values, 103–104

Three Plus Five, 48–50

three-tiered architecture, 348

Tip of the Day, 2, 35–36

Word Puzzle Maker

arrays, 190, 204–206

boolean variables, 195–197

commenting, 204

debugging, 193

for loop, 194–195

foreach loop, 193

form, 187–189

hidden fields, 206–208

loop counters, 197

math, 204

overview, 160–161

parsing, 191–194

printing, 206–209

response page, 189–190

strings, 193, 200–206

switch statements, 197–200