PHP and MySQL® Web Development, Fifth Edition

17. Interacting with the File System and the Server

In Chapter 2, “Storing and Retrieving Data,” you saw how to read data from and write data to files on the web server. This chapter covers other PHP functions that enable you to interact with the file system on the web server.

Key topics covered in this chapter include

Uploading files with PHP

Using directory functions

Interacting with files on the server

Executing programs on the server

Using ...