Product DescriptionPHP has gained a following among non-technical web designers who need to add interactive aspects to their sites. Offering a gentle learning curve, PHP is an accessible yet powerful language for creating dynamic web pages. As its popularity has grown, PHP's basic feature set has become increasingly more sophisticated. Now PHP 5 boasts advanced features--such as new object-oriented capabilities and support for XML and Web Services--that will please even the most experienced web professionals while still remaining user-friendly enough for those with a lower tolerance for technical jargon.
If you've wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven't known where to start, then 'Learning PHP 5' is the book you need. If you've wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven't known where to start, then 'Learning PHP 5' is the book you need. With attention to both PHP 4 and the new PHP version 5, it provides everything from a explanation of how PHP works with your web server and web browser to the ins and outs of working with databases and HTML forms. Written by the co-author of the popular 'PHP Cookbook,' this book is for intelligent (but not necessarily highly-technical) readers. 'Learning PHP 5' guides you through every aspect of the language you'll need to master for professional web programming results. This book provides a hands-on learning experience complete with exercises to make sure the lessons stick.
'Learning PHP 5' covers the following topics, and more:
How PHP works with your web browser and web server
PHP language basics, including data, variables, logic and looping
Working with arrays and functions
Making web forms
Working with databases like MySQL
Remembering userswith sessions
Parsing and generating XML
Debugging
Written by David Sklar, coauthor of the 'PHP Cookbook' and an instructor in PHP, this book offers the ideal classroom learning experience whether you're in a classroom or on your own. From learning how to install PHP to designing database-backed web applications, 'Learning PHP 5' will guide you through every aspect of the language you'll need to master to achieve professional web programming results.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Amazing Learning PHP 5
This books is amazing for the people who want know the new features in PHP 5
Rating: - Great resource
Easy read. There are also so many examples, that I just want to test each one out. I highly recommend for anyone who doesn't know anything about PHP.
Rating: - Happy to meet the challenge...
I cheated. I looked in the back of the book for the answers so I could understand the programmer's mind behind the solution. I'm getting so much out of this book! Now, I'll think of a problem I need to solve, and because I took the time to learn some fundementals, I can piece together solutions in my head, which test positive when coded and loaded. A very satisfying experience all around. Reverse engineer is the way to learn!
May the parse be with you!
Rating: - A note for Perl jocks
If you can't install all the Perl modules you want (say on a $12.99/month commercial host), give PHP a try. It has weaknesses and strengths vis-à-vis Perl, but you can use both! They work well together, and with XHTML, CSS, and MySQL. Who says you have to choose one over the other?
After scouring the web for tutorials and sample code, I think this book is the quickest way to get up to speed. It is concise with excellent code samples, warnings of pitfalls, and techniques for thwarting ... Read More
Rating: - some good tricks
If you're in a Windows shop, save yourself a lot of pain: download EasyPHP (mentioned on p. 261). Then substitute a version 5.2 php for C:\EasyPHP\php (which is version 4.3) . HINT: EasyPHP uses the php.ini in the conf-files dir, not the one in the php.
- Amazing Learning PHP 5
- Happy to meet the challenge...
- some good tricks
