Resources

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• Read Part 1 and Part 2 of this "Learning PHP" series
  
  
• Read the PHP Manual.
  
  
• PHP Manual: Classes and Objects (PHP V4) and PHP Manual: Classes and Objects (PHP V5) each is a wealth of information.
  
  
• Read about exceptions in PHP Manual: Exceptions.
  
  
• Read about security in PHP Manual: Security.
  
  
• Read about HTTP authentication in PHP Manual: HTTP authentication with PHP.
  
  
• Read about DOM functions in PHP Manual: DOM Functions.
  
  
• Learn more about stream functions in PHP Manual: Stream Functions.
  
  
• Learn more about string functions in PHP Manual: String Functions.
  
  
• Read PHP Manual: Streams API for PHP Extension Authors.
  
  
• Read about Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3 Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control and Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0 Authentication, Authorization and Access Control.
  
  
• Read the Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0 tutorial: .htaccess files.
  
  
• Visit IBM developerWorks' PHP project resources to learn more about PHP.
  
  
• Stay current with developerWorks technical events and webcasts.
  
  
• Check out upcoming conferences, trade shows, webcasts, and other Events around the world that are of interest to IBM open source developers.
  
  
• Visit the developerWorks Open source zone for extensive how-to information, tools, and project updates to help you develop with open source technologies and use them with IBM's products.
  
  
• To listen to interesting interviews and discussions for software developers, be sure to check out developerWorks podcasts.
  
  

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• Get involved in the developerWorks community by participating in developerWorks blogs.
  
  

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Table of contents

• Before you start
• The story so far
• Using HTTP authentication
• Using streams
• Using objects
• Handling exceptions
• Putting it together
• Summary
• Resources
• About the authors

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