The book has been written to provide genuine domain knowledge to programmers who wish to learn web-based application development using PHP as a server-side programming language, Apache as the Web Server and Oracle 10g as a DBMS of choice all run on Linux. Learning web development is done through a set of examples and is finally strongly reinforced by the development of a Personnel Management System. The Personnel Management System is developed using PHP, served via Apache Web Server using Oracle 10g as the data store. This is something web based application development companies worldwide require today. A special chapter covering the installation of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3 is included. THE TOPICS COVERED IN THE BOOK Understanding the Framework Installation of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3.0 Installation of Apache Web Server Installation of Oracle 10g Database Installation of PHP Testing PHP and Oracle Integration Basic SQL Techniques Advanced SQL Techniques Understanding the PHP Language Basics, Conditional Statements and Iterations, Functions and Arrays, Working with Web Pages, File Handling and Regular Expressions Building Personnel Management System Configure the Environment, Manual and Project Processing CONTENTS OF THE CD-ROM Setup Files for Oracle Database 10g XE, Apache 2 and PHP 5.1 for Linux Source Code for every Example in this Book Solutions to Hands on Exercises Video Footage Installation of Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 3.0, Oracle Database 10g XE, Apache 2 and PHP 5.1, Integration between Apache, PHP and Oracle