Pro PHP-GTK [Hardcover]

Pro PHP-GTK is the first book to focus upon PHP's rapidly maturing client-side application development capabilities

Author Scott Mattocks is an active member of the PHP community and co-author of the official PHP-GTK documentation

More than just a reference, Pro PHP-GTK reinforces the introductory concepts by guiding you through development of a real-world project for managing product inventory

PHP is gaining positive reputation for its system administration and client-side application development capabilities. This administration and development is accomplished using the PHP-GTK extension. You can take advantage of client-side applications by implementing language bindings for the GTK (the GIMP Toolkit) library for creating cross-platform graphical user interfaces.

Pro PHP-GTK acts as both a definitive reference and a hands-on tutorial to the PHP-GTK extension. The book couples the extension's key topics with practical examples to guide you through a real-world project: developing a database-driven client-side inventory manager. You’ll also learn how to integrate this feature with other emerging technologies like SOAP and RSS, and how to generate XML-based interfaces.

1. Introducing PHP-GTK
2. Installing PHP-GTK
3. Understanding PHP-GTK Basics
4. Handling Events and Signals
5. Getting an Application Up and Running
6. Laying Out Applications
7. Displaying and Collecting Simple Data
8. Using Multiline Text
9. Working with Trees and Lists
10. Scrolling
11. Adding Menus and Toolbars
12. Adding Images