Herong Yang 
PHP Tutorials — Herong»s Tutorial Examples [EPUB ebook] 

This PHP tutorial book is a collection of notes and sample codes written by the author while he was learning PHP himself. It can be used as a tutorial guide for beginners or a reference book for experienced developers. Topics include PHP script file syntax; data types and iterals; variables, operations and expressions; flow control statements: »if» and »switch»; loop statements: »while», »for», and »do … while»; function declaration, arguments, and return values; array and ordered maps; sending out emails; integrating with HTTP Web servers; accessing HTTP requests and responses; managing sessions and cookies; controlling HTTP response headers; accessing My SQL database server; accessing files and directories; using SOAP extension; managing non-ASCII characters; using classes and objects.