Product DescriptionThe PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 2nd Edition is a collection of powerful PHP 5 solutions to the most common programming problems.
Featuring best-practice code and a commonsense approach to development, this book includes coverage of:
Manage errors gracefully.
Build functional forms, tables, and SEO-friendly URLs.
Reduce load time with client- and server-side caching.
Produce and utilize web services with XML.
Secure your site using access control systems.
Easily work with files, emails, and images.
And much more
The question and answer format will allow you to to quickly find and reference any of the 101 solutions, saving you hours of Internet research or painful trial & error. All solutions are fully explained and the ready-to-use code is available for download.
From the Publisher
'A comprehensive collection of ready-to-use PHP solutions!'
Over 100 easy-to understand PHP tips, tricks and hacks.
Save hours of time with 'copy and paste' ready code.
All solutions are fully explained by five PHP gurus.
Learn the very latest object oriented PHP techniques.
And so much more...
Each chapter of this book is laid out in a problem-solution format. We'll start with a common PHP problem that you may face, and then provide a concise solution to that problem. In some cases, when the topic warrants it, we'll give you a brief discussion of the solution to provide context.
The chapters are grouped to cover the major areas of PHP. Inside, you'll find solutions to the most common challenges that PHP developers face.
What Slashdot.rog Says 'The chapters on error handling and access control are alone worth the price of the book'
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - A PHP Book that's different (and better) than the rest
I really wasn't sure what to expect with the book, my shelves are already packed with a stack of good PHP books that I've read through once, got a few good gems of info from, put on the shelf, and never touch again.
It was the title that got me first interested in this book, sort of like the greatest hits of PHP which, in theory, is a book that I expected to get a little more use from.
I'm happy to say that this book delivered on it's promise and them some.
Rating: - Up to date and useful reference book.
While I wouldn't read this book cover-to-cover, it makes a very handy and current reference title for any intermediate PHP programmer.
100 Solutions, neatly divided into 13 chapters, make it very quick to find what I was looking for. The downloadable code from the publishers website also helped a great deal and saved me some time.
I found the security checklist at the back of the book particularly useful and helped me pinpoint and solve some potential vulnerbilities. Chapter ... Read More
Rating: - Terrible binding, can't read the book
I ordered this from the publisher and it literally fell apart as I started reading it. I'm going to have to 3-hole punch it and find a thick binder for the over 500 pages! I thought it might be the publisher (Sitepoint), but I just read that a Peachpit book (the new Scott Kelby book) is having the same problems. I wonder if they use the same binder? I can't actually review the book, as it's unreadable in the present condition. I have read other Sitepoint books though, and find them quite good, particularly ... Read More
- A PHP Book that's different (and better) than the rest
- Terrible binding, can't read the book
