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Appendix D. Web Protocols

Appendix D. Web Protocols

In this appendix, we introduce some of the protocols and standards of the Web. We cover the following topics:

  • Network basics, including IP addresses and ports.

  • The structure of URLs (Uniform Resource Locators).

  • When to use the GET and POST methods.

  • The HTTP request and response model, including response code classes.



    		Chapter 1. Database Applications and the Web
    		Chapter 2. The PHP Scripting Language
    		Chapter 3. Arrays, Strings, and Advanced Data Manipulation in PHP
    		Chapter 4. Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with PHP 5
    		Chapter 5. SQL and MySQL
    		Chapter 6. Querying Web Databases
    		Chapter 7. PEAR
    		Chapter 8. Writing to Web Databases
    		Chapter 9. Validation with PHP and JavaScript
    		Chapter 10. Sessions
    		Chapter 11. Authentication and Security
    		Chapter 12. Errors, Debugging, and Deployment
    		Chapter 13. Reporting
    		Chapter 14. Advanced Features of Object-Oriented Programming in PHP 5
    		Chapter 15. Advanced SQL
    		Chapter 16. Hugh and Dave's Online Wines:A Case Study
    		Chapter 17. Managing Customers
    		Chapter 18. The Shopping Cart
    		Chapter 19. Ordering and Shipping at the Online Winestore
    		Chapter 20. Searching and Authentication in the Online Winestore
    		Appendix A. Linux Installation Guide
    		Appendix B. Microsoft Windows Installation Guide
    		Appendix C. Mac OS X Installation Guide
    		Appendix D. Web Protocols
    		D.1 Network Basics
    		D.2 Hypertext Transfer Protocol
    		Appendix E. Modeling and Designing Relational Databases
    		Appendix F. Managing Sessions in theDatabase Tier
    		Appendix G. Resources
    		Appendix H. The Improved MySQL Library