A practical guide to combine power, performance, scalability, and reliability of Oracle Database with the ease of use, short development time, and high performance of PHP Program your own PHP / Oracle applications Transfer the processing of data in the database Share data processing between the Web / PHP server and Oracle databases Create reusable building blocks for PHP / Oracle solutions Use up-to-date technology, such as Ajax and web services in PHP Oracle development In Detail Oracle Database get high marks for performance, reliability, and scalability. Building and deploy your PHP applications on Oracle Database allows you to combine Oracle's strength and durability and ease of use, short development time, and high performance of PHP. The first is to use an Oracle database just to store data, perform all operations on the data on the client side, the other is to use the database not only to store data, but also the process, so that moves data to the data processing. It addresses the needs of a wide spectrum of PHP / Oracle developers, placing emphasis on the most up-to-date topics, such as new PHP and Oracle Database features, stored procedure programming, handling transactions, security, caching, web services, and Ajax. What you will learn from this book? Install and configure PHP and Oracle software Connect PHP with Oracle Move to the key business logic applications in Developing transactional database PHP / Oracle applications Using PHP and Oracle security features improve performance by caching feature Hiring PHP XML and Implement Oracle SOAP Web services with PHP and Oracle Build Ajax-driven PHP / Oracle solutions Approach Through numerous examples, this book shows you how to build simple and efficient PHP applications on Oracle, efficiently distributing data processing between the server / web server PHP and Oracle Database. Who is this book written for? Although this book covers only the most popular and up-to-date topics on using PHP territory in conjunction with Oracle, the author does not make assumptions about the readers skill level.