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Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Conventions

1 Introducing PHP with Oracle Database

• Purpose
• Overview of the Sample Application
• Resources

2 Getting Started

• What You Need
• Installing Oracle Database
  • Unlocking the HR User
  • Database Resident Connection Pooling
  • Starting the DRCP Pool
• Installing Apache HTTP Server
  • Installing Apache on Windows XP
  • Installing Apache on Linux
• Testing the Apache Installation
• Installing PHP
  • Installing PHP on Windows
  • Installing PHP on Linux
  • Post PHP Installation Tasks on Windows and Linux
• Testing the PHP Installation
  • Checking PHP Configuration with phpinfo()
  • Testing PHP Connections to Oracle
• Installing the NetBeans 7.0 IDE
  • Installing NetBeans IDE on Windows
  • Installing NetBeans IDE on Linux
  • Configuring NetBeans on Linux and Windows
  • Using NetBeans

3 Building a Database Access Class

• Connection Constants
• Creating the Db class
• General Example of Running SQL in PHP OCI8
• Running SQL with the Db Class
• Testing the Db Class

4 Building the AnyCo Application

• A Cascading Style Sheet
• An Application Class for Sessions
• Providing a Stateful Web Experience with PHP Sessions
• Adding a Page Class
• The Application Login Page

5 Paging Through Employee Data

• Creating the Employee Listing
• Running the Employee List

6 Showing Equipment Records by Using a REF CURSOR

• Introduction to PL/SQL Packages and Package Bodies
• Introduction to PL/SQL Stored Procedures
• Introduction to REF CURSORs
• The Equipment Table
• Calling the REF CURSOR in PHP

7 Error handling

• Database Errors
• Displaying a Custom Error Message

8 Query Performance and Prefetching

• Prefetching Overview
• The Employee Report Page
• Running the Equipment Report
• REF CURSOR Prefetching

9 Inserting Data

• Building the Insert Form
• Running the Single Insert Form
• CSRF example with ac_add_one.php

10 Inserting Multiple Data Values

• Creating the Multiple Insert Form
• Running the Multiple Insert Form

11 Using JSON and generating a JPEG image

• Creating a Simple Web Service Returning JSON
• Creating a JPEG image

12 Uploading and Displaying BLOBs

• Creating a Table to Store the Logo
• Uploading Images in PHP OCI8
• Fetching the Logo and Creating an Image
• Displaying the Logo

13 Monitoring Database Usage of the Application

• Overview of Metadata
• Viewing Metadata
• More Uses of Metadata
• Metadata and Persistent Connections

14 Building Global Applications

• Establishing the Environment Between Oracle and PHP
• Manipulating Strings
• Determining the Locale of the User
• Developing Locale Awareness
• Encoding HTML Pages
  • Specifying the Page Encoding for HTML Pages
  • Specifying the Page Encoding in PHP
• Organizing the Content of HTML Pages for Translation
  • Strings in PHP
  • Static Files
  • Data from the Database
• Presenting Data Using Conventions Expected by the User
  • Oracle Date Formats
  • Oracle Number Formats
  • Oracle Linguistic Sorts
  • Oracle Error Messages

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