Product DescriptionPHP is an open source, server-side HTML-embedded web-scripting language for creating dynamic web pages. Outside of being browser-independent, it offers a simple and universal cross-platform solution for e-commerce, complex web, and database-driven applications.
Professional PHP4 will show you exactly how to create state of the art web applications that scale well, utilize databases optimally, and connect to a back-end network using a multi-tiered approach. This book also aims at teaching PHP by coding - among other things - FTP clients, e-mail clients, some advanced data structures, session management, and secure programming.
What does this book cover?
The whys and wherefores of PHP4 PHP installation on *nix, Windows, and MacOS X Sessions and cookies, coding FTP clients, network-related function calls, and directory services PHP support for LDAP Multi-tiered development using PHP PHP's interaction with XML PHP with MySQL PHP with PostgreSQL and ODBC Securing, optimizing, and internationalizing PHP applications PHP extension libraries A real world employee directory, an online library application, and a GTK interface to the application Case studies on a user privilege system and a multi-tiered WML-based shopping cart
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Excellent
I just bought this book in my local BORDERS, and I gotta say this is by far the best PHP book out there. Took me 2 hours to decide which booh to buy, and in the end, this was the best. Extensive professional explanations and it's well worth the money.
Rating: - OK, but sloppy
Having previously read Wrox's Professional ASP Programming, I tried this book, hoping for something of equal merit.
This volume is has some decent material, but is marred by a tendecy to sloppiness.
Firstly, as other reviewers have noted, there are too many authors (count 'em - 16!), which is unnecessary, and leads to inconsistencies in presentation. The book could quite easily have been authored by a single writer. There are only a few chapters that required specialist knowledge. ... Read More
Rating: - Too many cooks spoil the broth
There are a lot of good concepts here but many of them are poorly explained. This book has about a dozen authors and you never are able to settle down and feel comfortable with the way any of the chapters are written. Check out Programming PHP as an alternate.
Rating: - Not impressed: they don't know who their audience is
In reading this book, it's clear to me that the authors don't have a clear focus on who their audience is supposed to be and what they are trying to accomplish.
They sprinkle the book with trivial examples that don't give any "meat", concentrate on the details of what low-level functions are available, and gloss over completely how to make the best use of the features.
This book contains a lot of information, but it is not organized to get an experienced developer up to speed on a ... Read More
Rating: - A Great PHP Book
In simple words - a great book. If you are looking to dive into some serious developing with PHP, this book could definitely help you find a path.
Pros: - ammount of code as example - in depth real world case studies - the presentation of the book - programmer to programmer approach
Could have: - more about XML and PHP but you could buy 'Professional PHP4 XML'. - more about the PHP's multimedia capabilities but again the book 'Professional PHP4 Multimedia ... Read More
- Excellent
- OK, but sloppy
- Not impressed: they don't know who their audience is
- A Great PHP Book
