This book is built entirely around example code, covering the most popular and up-to-date topics on using PHP in conjunction with Oracle. This 100% practical book is crammed full of easy-to-follow examples. It provides all the tools a PHP/Oracle developer needs to take advantage of the winning combination. It addresses the needs of a wide spectrum of PHP/Oracle developers, placing the 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. Through numerous examples, this book will show readers how to build simple and efficient PHP applications on top of Oracle, efficiently distributing data processing between the Web/PHP server and Oracle Database server. Packed with information in an easy-to-read format, the book is ideal for any PHP developer who deals with Oracle. Written by experienced author, Yuli Vasiliev.