Table of Content:
- PHP Extensions
- File archiving and compression
- Database connectivity
- Networking
- Document File Formats
- Installing Extensions
- Using the dl() function
- Resources
- Building an SWF movie
- Conclusion
Flash Gordon and the attack of the PHP Extensions
The basic PHP language is feature-rich and powerful enough for you to handle most web applications without any hassles. And if you’re working with PHP mainly by using the built-in Server Behaviors that come with Dreamweaver and a little bit of hand coding, you are missing out on a whole host of functionality within PHP.
This extra functionality comes through PHP’s use of extensions – libraries of code that can be loaded into PHP as and when you need them. In today’s tutorial we’ll take a look at the kinds of things that these extensions can do, talk a bit about a PHP data type that is often used when you work with PHP extensions, and then take a look at how one of these extensions work by looking at the Ming extension for PHP.
Allan Kent
Allan comes from Cape Town, South Africa. He has been implicated in writing for several WROX, glasshaus, Wiley and Apress publications, generally in the 'cool stuff that PHP can do' sections.
You can catch up with him at his website http://www.mediafrenzy.co.za.