This free PDF book is for PHP programmers developing applications for Oracle
Database. It bridges the gap between the many PHP and Oracle
books available and shows how to use the PHP scripting language
with Oracle Database. You may be starting out with PHP for your
Oracle Database. You may be a PHP programmer wanting to learn
Oracle. You may be unsure how to install PHP or Oracle. Or you may
just want to know the latest best practices. This book gives you
the fundamental building blocks needed to create high-performance
PHP Oracle Web applications.
About the Authors
Christopher Jones works for Oracle on dynamic scripting languages
with a strong focus on PHP. He is a lead maintainer of PHP's open
source OCI8 extension and works closely with the PHP community.
He also helps ensure that future versions of Oracle Database are
compatible with PHP. He is the author of various technical articles on
PHP and Oracle technology, and has presented at conferences including
PHP|Tek, the International PHP Conference, the O'Reilly Open Source
Convention, and ZendCon. He also helps present Oracle PHP tutorials
and PHPFests worldwide.
Alison Holloway is a senior product manager at Oracle with a number
of years experience in advanced technology. She has presented at various
PHP conferences. Most recently she has been working with Oracle VM.