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package function
packages 2nd
    classes [See classes.]
     exporting and importing
     main 2nd
     OOP
     .pl files
     PPM
     pwd
     standard Perl library
     symbol tables
     Tie::Scalar
     variables
packets
pack function 2nd
packing data
parameters
     binding
     constructors, passing
     instance methods, passing to
     named
     null lists
param method
parent classes
parentheses ()
parent methods, overriding
parent process ID
passing
     arguments 2nd 3rd
     filehandles by reference 2nd
     multiple files
    parameters
         to constructor methods
         to instance methods
     pointers to subroutines
     by reference with aliases
     subroutines by reference
     values to subroutines
passwords
     MySQL, setting
     processes
     UNIX
     Windows
PASSWORD type
PATHEXT variable
path function
pattern matching 2nd 3rd [See also regular expressions.]
     binding operators
     repeating
     saving
     subpatterns, creating
peridoc command 2nd
Perl
     directories
    documentation [See man pages.]
     interpreted language, overview of
     obtaining
     overview of
     versions
perldoc function
PERL5LIB variables, setting
Perl 5 module, standard Perl library
Perl Package Manager [See PPM (Perl Package Manager).]
permissions
     file locking
     MySQL
     system calls
-p $file
pgrp function
phpMyAdmin tool (MySQL)
pid
pipe function
pipes
     closing
     input
     opening
     | (pipe symbol) 2nd
     reading from
placeholders
     multiple
     records, inserting
.pl files 2nd
.pm files 2nd
     modules and
pod (plain old documentation)
     commands
     files
     interpreters
     translators
pointers 2nd 3rd
     as arguments
     de-referencing 2nd
     hard references
     nested data structures
     overview of
     passing to subroutines
polymorphism 2nd 3rd
pop function 2nd
POP method
popup_menu() method 2nd
pop-up menus
port numbers
pos function
positional arguments
POSIX character classes
post-increment operators
POST method 2nd
PPM (Perl Package Manager) 2nd
     DBI, installing
     mod_perl, installing
Practical Extraction and Report Language [See Perl.]
pragmas 2nd
     diagnostics
     strict
         global variables, preventing use of
         symbolic references
     Unicode
     use function
     warnings
precedence, operators
predefined methods
predefined variables
pre-increment operators
preventing use of global variables
primary keys
     adding
     creating
     databases
     tables, adding
PrintError attribute
printf function 2nd
     flag modifiers
     format specifiers
     here documents
     sprintf function
print function 2nd 3rd 4th
     CGI.pm module
     diagnostics pragma
     literals
     quotes
     strict pragma
     -w switch
print() function
printing
     filehandles
     literals
     output
     strings
     without quotes
     words
priorities, processes
privacy, classes and
private aliases
private keyword
privilege system (MySQL)
processes
     calling
     child
     filehandles
     mysqld
     niceness
     passwords
     priorities
     signals, sending
     time and
     UNIX
         creating
         environments
     Windows
         creating
         environments
process group ID
processing forms
programming
     CGI.pm module
    OOP [See OOP (object-oriented programming).]
programs
     CGI 2nd [See also CGI (Common Gateway Interface); scripts.]
     client/server
     sendmail
     user/driver
properties
     Unicode
protected keyword
protocols
     functions
     HTTP
     IP
     networking
     SMTP
     TCP
     TCP/IP 2nd
     UDP
     Web
prototype function
prototypes, subroutines
public keyword
public methods
public/private borders, monitoring
public user interfaces
push function 2nd
PUSH method
pwd package