...an instructive and expert demonstration of how to use PHP, MySQL, the Zend Framework, Smarty, Ajax, and other powerful technologies for creating robust Web sites.
— Michael J. Ross, Web developer/Slashdot contributor
Want to assert yourself as a cutting–edge PHP web developer? Take a practical approach, learning by example from author Quentin Zervaas, and discover how to bring together the many technologies needed to create a successful, modern web application.
In Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP, PHP, MySQL, CSS, XHTML, and JavaScript/Ajax development techniques are brought together to show you how to create the hottest PHP web applications, from planning and design up to final implementation, without going over unnecessary basics that will hold you back. This book includes must–have application features such as search functionality, maps, blogs, dynamic image galleries, and personalized user areas. The Zend Framework is used extensively to build the application, allowing you to focus on developing the application rather than on reinventing the wheel.
Topics covered include application planning and design; setting up the application framework; using CSS for easier styling; adding dynamic effects the easy way using JavaScript libraries such as Prototype and script.aculo.us; and implementing several must–have web application features such as user login, blogs, dynamic image galleries, search functionality, mapping with Google Maps, and much more. Zervaas covers everything in a practical, tutorial style so you can start working on your own projects as quickly as possible.
Create cutting–edge PHP/MySQL web applications.
Implement must–have functionality such as blogs, maps, search functionality, and dynamic image galleries.
Master styling with CSS and dynamic effects using Ajax/JavaScript libraries.
What you’ll learn
How to set up the perfect PHP/MySQL application development environment
How to implement basic user management functionality
How to use many of the components from the Zend Framework
How to effectively make use of the Prototype and script.aculo.us JavaScript libraries, including many examples of developing custom JavaScript classes
How to create standards–compliant and accessible HTML code and effectively style it using CSS
How to create a basic blog system and enhance it with Ajax
How to add personalized user areas to your web application
How to create a dynamic image gallery
How to add search functionality to your application
How to use the Google Maps API to add maps to your application
How to implement popular Web 2.0 features, such as microformats, tags, and web feeds
Who is this book for?
This book is for any PHP developer who wants to stay ahead of the curve, with practical, high–level web application development techniques.
About the Apress Practical Series
The Practical series from Apress is your best choice for getting the job done, period. From professional to expert, this series lets you apply project–motivated templates (or frameworks) step by step in a very direct, practical, and efficient manner toward current real–world projects that may be sitting on your desk. So whatever your career goal, Apress can be your trusted guide to take you where you want to go on your IT career empowerment path.
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Outstanding
This book is outstanding. Not only does it guide you through on building online applications but it also drags you through the Zend PHP framework. I would recommend this book to anyone is going down the path of becoming a fantastic PHP developer. It is a good resource.
Rating: - Excellent, but why implement your own Db Table pattern
This is an excellent book and I have enjoyed reading it over the past day. For someone trying to piece together the various technologies like Auth, ACL, Config, Logging and Session it's a great resource for the first several chapters, going into detail about the configuration and setup of this simple environment without any of that padding and guff that a lot of other authors include. The book doesn't treat you like an idiot, which I certainly appreciated.
Rating: - Good book after slow start
I have been working with PHP for several years now yet the first part of this book had me pulling my hair out (whats left of it). Setting up the environment is tricky and it probably would of helped me if I had a stronger background in OO programming. With that said, this is a good book and I would recommend it to any intermediate level PHP developer.
Rating: - Highly Recommended!
This book is easily the most useful and well-written PHP book I've ever read. It runs you through the complete development of a web application using PHP5, Zend Framework, Smarty, Ajax (via Prototype and Scriptaculous). It also includes a useful section on Deployment and Maintenance, which includes error handling/logging/reporting, database backup and restoration, and application deployment (dev, staging, production).
The book has a heavy focus on the Zend Framework, and does a better job ... Read More
Rating: - Great... once you get going
I won't repeat what the others have said about how great this book is other than to say I agree with them. In addition, as what follows will prove, I am relatively new to PHP. What follows below is answers to two hurdles that I had troubles with 'getting going' - the first having to do with php configuration, and the second concerning Smarty. I simply hope, if you are new like me, the following will save you some head scratching.
First - php settings... While the author does go to extraordinary ... Read More
- Excellent, but why implement your own Db Table pattern
