INTRODUCTION

This book is designed to bridge the gap between the many PHP and the many Oracle texts available. It shows how to use the PHP scripting language with the Oracle database, from installation to using them efficiently.

The installation and database discussion in this book highlights the Oracle Database 10g Express Edition, but everything covered in this book also applies to the other editions of the Oracle database, including Oracle Database 11g. The PHP you write for Oracle Database 10g Express Edition can be run, without change, against all editions of the Oracle database as well.

The book contains much unique material on PHP’s Oracle OCI8 and PDO_OCI extensions. It also incorporates several updated installation guides previously published on the Oracle Technology Network web site. The chapter on globalization is derived from the Oracle Database Express Edition 2 Day Plus PHP Developer Guide. Sue Harper contributed the chapter on SQL Developer. The chapter on PHP Scalability and High Availability is derived from the Oracle whitepaper, PHP Scalability and High Availability, April 2008.

1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose of the Web Service Architecture

Web services provide a standard means of interoperating between different software applications, running on a variety of platforms and/or frameworks. This document (WSA) is intended to provide a common definition of a Web service, and define its place within a larger Web services framework to guide the community. The WSA provides a conceptual model and a context for understanding Web services and the relationships between the components of this model.

The architecture does not attempt to specify how Web services are implemented, and imposes no restriction on how Web services might be combined. The WSA describes both the minimal characteristics that are common to all Web services, and a number of characteristics that are needed by many, but not all, Web services.

The Web services architecture is an interoperability architecture: it identifies those global elements of the global Web services network that are required in order to ensure interoperability between Web services.

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to document the installation and configuration of a complete Snort implementation. This guide contains all the necessary information for installing and understanding the architectural layout of the implementation.

The information in this guide was written for implementing Snort 1.8 using Redhat 7.3. You may find some discrepancies if you are installing different versions of Snort or using different versions of Redhat. This guide was written with the assumption that you understand how to run Snort and have a basic understanding of Linux. This includes editing files, making directories, compiling software and understanding general Unix commands. This guide does not explain how to use or configure Snort, but information on where to obtain this information can be found in the “Additional Information” section.

Required Software

Welcome to Google’s Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. This document first began as an effort to help teams within Google, but we thought it’d be just as useful to webmasters that are new to the topic of search engine optimization and wish to improve their sites’ interaction with both users and search engines. Although this guide won’t tell you any secrets that’ll automatically rank your site first for queries in Google (sorry!), following the best practices outlined below will make it easier for search engines to both crawl and index your content.

Search engine optimization is often about making small modifications to parts of your website. When viewed individually, these changes might seem like incremental improvements, but when combined with other optimizations, they could have a noticeable impact on your site’s user experience and performance in organic search results. You’re likely already familiar with many of the topics in this guide, because they’re essential ingredients for any webpage, but you may not be making the most out of them.

Getting Started

1. Visit the Google Analytics homepage by typing the following URL in your browser’s address box: http://www.google.com/analytics/setup.html
2. If you do not have a Google Account, then click on the “Sign Up Now” link.
3. If you do have a Google Account, then enter your Email address and Password in the appropriate boxes and click on the “Sign in” button.
4. Do you have an account and don’t remember your login information? If so, then click on the “I cannot access my account” link.

Create a Google Account

1. Enter an email address of your choice, that you can access, to receive your confirmation link.
2. Type in a password and re-enter in the following box for verification.
3. If you are the only one who uses your computer, then feel free to check the “Remember me on this computer” link. Otherwise, for your security I would advise you uncheck the box.

How to use this guide

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Minimum System Requirements