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Tables of Contents for Professional Php4 Multimedia Programming
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
1
12
PHP Multimedia Installation
13
12
Ming
14
2
GD
16
2
ImageMagick
18
2
PDF
20
3
FDF
22
1
Summary
23
2
PHP Refresher
25
46
Tag Styles
25
1
Comments
26
1
Data Types
26
8
Assigning Variables
34
1
Constants
35
1
Operators
36
6
Control Structures
42
4
Conditional structures
43
1
Loops
44
2
Functions
46
3
Object-Oriented Programming
49
19
Functional vs. OO Programs
50
1
Objects and Classes
51
1
Members
51
1
Methods
52
1
Constructor
52
1
Instances
53
1
Calling Instance Methods
54
1
Inheritance
55
13
Summary
68
3
Ming Fundamentals
71
34
The Ming Library
72
2
Ming Objects
74
28
Fundamentals
75
4
Drawing
79
9
Text
88
4
Animation
92
8
Interaction
100
2
Summary
102
3
What is ActionScript?
105
38
Ming with ActionScript
106
1
Writing ActionScript
107
1
Data Types
108
15
Variable Declaration
111
9
Arrays
120
1
Operators
121
1
Conditions
122
1
Loops
122
1
Programming in ActionScript
123
17
Summary
140
3
Manipulating Images with GD
143
50
Library GD Library
144
46
Getting Started
145
2
Editing Images in GD
147
1
Overview of Basic Functions
147
1
Creating New Images
148
1
Saving or Sending Images To the Browser
149
4
Colors
153
9
Basic Geometry
162
14
Text
176
7
Working with Existing Images
183
1
Copying, Resizing, and Merging
183
7
Summary
190
3
ImageMagick
193
24
What is ImageMagick?
193
1
Getting started
194
2
ImageMagick Tools
196
2
Convert
196
1
Mogrify
197
1
Identify
197
1
Using ImageMagick with PHP
198
17
The ImageMagick Class Library
199
12
Implementing the Class Library Functions
211
4
Summary
215
2
PDFs with PDFlib
217
66
PDF
217
2
The PDFlib Library
218
1
Getting started
219
3
Programming Concepts
222
39
Scoping System
222
1
General Code Flow
223
3
Coordinate Systems
226
5
Paths - Circles, Rectangles, Lines, and Curves
231
3
Templates (XObjects)
234
2
Patterns
236
2
Text Handling
238
1
Font
238
2
Encoding
240
6
Resource Configuration File
246
3
Text Formatting
249
3
Image Handling
252
6
PDF Import with PDI
258
3
Implementing the PDFlib Functions
261
18
Including PDF in HTML
279
1
Summary
280
3
FDF - Sending to and From PDF Forms
283
50
PDF Forms
284
2
PDF Forms vs. HTML Forms
284
1
What is FDF?
285
1
Getting started
286
4
Enabling FDF Support
287
2
Enabling the $HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA Variable
289
1
Adobe Acrobat
289
1
Using FDF with PHP
290
40
Creating a Basic PDF Form
290
10
Validating the User Input in a PDF Form
300
4
The PHP FDF API
304
22
Creating a Complementary Application To the Basic PDF Form
326
4
Summary
330
3
Case Study - Ming Headline Grabber
333
26
Headline Grabber - Application Spec
333
24
General Requirements
334
3
Application Development
337
20
Summary
357
2
Case Study-Using GD on WAP Sits and PDA
359
40
WAP
359
2
WML vs. HTML
360
1
A Basic WML Deck
361
1
WAP on the Desktop
361
1
PDA Web Content - AvantGo
361
2
Delivering Custom Content with PHP
363
3
Determining the User Agent
363
1
WML/HTML on the Fly
363
1
HAWHAW
364
2
Coffee Shop Finder - Application Spec
366
29
General Requirements
366
1
Tools
367
1
Usability
368
1
Components
368
1
Program Listings
369
26
Possible Enhancements
395
1
Summary
396
3
Case Study-Image Gallery
399
22
Image Gallery - Application Spec
399
19
Tools
400
1
Components
401
1
Program Listings
402
1
Configuration
402
2
Administration
404
7
Front End
411
3
Features
414
4
Possible Enhancements
418
1
Summary
418
3
Case Study: PDF Template System
421
42
HTML vs. PDF Template System
421
2
PDF Template System - Application Spec
423
33
General Requirements
423
3
Program Listing
426
30
Testing the PDF Template System
456
3
Possible Enhancements
459
1
Summary
460
3
Appendix A: PHP Ming Language Reference
463
12
Appendix B: PHD GD Language Reference
475
8
Appendix C: HAWHAW Reference
483
18
Appendix D: PHP PDF Language Reference
501
12
Appendix E: PHP PDF Language Reference
513
4
Appendix F: PHP and ImageMagick Language Reference
517
14
Appendix G: Color Screenshots Galley
531
16
Ming
531
10
Ming with ActionScript
541
1
Manipulating Images with GD
542
2
ImageMagick
544
1
PDFlib
545
1
Case Study - Image Gallery
546
1
Appendix H: Setting Up Palm Desktop, POSE and AvantGo on a Windows Desktop
547
10
Using POSE and AvantGo to View HAWHAW Pages
547
7
Summary
554
3
Index
557