tables (continued) data normalization, 363–366 limiting columns, 324–325 rows, 325–327 phpMyAdmin creating, 317–318 editing data, 318 exporting data, 319–322 SELECT command, 312–313, 323–324 spy database, 367–372 superHTML, 239–241, 245–248 UPDATE command, 327–328 tag() function, 236–237, 263–264 tags adding, 236–237, 263–264 div and span, 281, 282 XML, 291–292 takeQuiz program, 220–222 testing servers, 7–8 test values, 312 text adding, 235–237 printing, 26 text box building, 267 data storage, 116–117 superHTML, 243–244 textbox() function, 243–244, 267 text files determining format, 201 examining code, 201–202 loading data, 202–203 mailMerge program, 200–203 splitting function, 3 thePage property, 260, 261–262 third normal form, 365–366 This Old Man program combining arrays and loops, 111–113 creating functions, 79–80 examining, 77–79 param program, 80–82 three of a kind, 128 tip of the day, 2–3, 18–19 title property, 233–235, 260, 261 top of Web page, 262 tracking user’s situation, 88 trimming strings, 157 tRow() ffunction, 241 tToAdd() function, 404–405, 422, 425, 426 tToEdit() function, 401, 402, 410–413, 413–415 two-dimensional arrays, 241, 265–266 U update record module, 391, 402–403, 420–422 UPDATE statement, 327–328, 356, 422 URLs, 38–40 user-contributed content, 274 username, database, 338 useer’s perspective, 279–280 user’s response, 223–224 user’s situation, tracking, 88 V value, variables assigning, 26, 32 borderMaker program, 43 multiple binary dice program, 66–68 else if clauses, 68 working with, 66 VARCHAR fields, 309, 400 variables $list, 137 creating inside functions, 84 database connection, 346, 354 defined, 23 global, 86 Hi Jacob program, 23–25 interpolation, 58 library module, 407–408 managing scope, 85–87 multi-line, creating, 29–30 naming conventions, 106, 198, 199 numeric assigning values, 32 mathematical operators, 32–33 ThreePlusFive program, 30–32 types, 30 printing value, 26 Row Your Boat page, 28–29 string, 25–26 superHTML object, 231–232 using semicolons, 27 value assigning, 26, 32 borderMaker program, 43 multiple, 66–68 var keyword, 251 view query module, 391, 399–401 view source command, 24 438 I n d e x W w+ file access modifier, 188 WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, and PHP), 5 Web servers connections, 316–317 functions, 5 programming on, 3–4 testing, 7–8 WHERE clause, 325–326, 374–375 whille loops building continue conditions, 107 exit condition, 107 sentry variable, 106–107 endless loops, 105–106 repeating code, 103–105 wordFindKey program, 178–179 word find program, 160–161 word search program, 134–135, 154 adding foil letters, 175–176 adding words, 168–174 character values, 172–173 East code, 171–172 printing, 173–174 building main logic, 163–164 character generation, 159–160 clearing board, 165–166 empty data sets, 162 filing board, 166–168 getting puzzle data, 160–161 making puzzle board, 174–175 parsing word list, 164–165 printing answer key, 178–179 puzzle, 176–178 response page setup, 161–162 write access, 188, 189 writeQuiz program, 215–220 X XML (eXtensible Markup Language), 271 data extraction, 297–298 introduction, 285–287 main page, 287 menu pages, 288 more-complex model, 293–296 parsers, 288–289 simple model, 289–293 table creation, 320–321 439 I n d e x Let’s face it. 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