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PHP Index - PHP Book :
PHP 4 Developer's Guide
by Blake Schwendiman Paperback: 775 pages Publisher: Osborne McGraw-Hill ISBN: 0072127317; (January 12, 2001) Book Description: * PHP a server-side, embedded HTML scripting language is used to develop dynamic Web content. * Hot language, Red Hat and Mitsubishi are among the companies that use PHP as their Web development solution. It's also the most popular Apache module. * This book provides the tools and information needed to build dynamic Web applications and databases with PHP 4. * Covers installation, configuration, database connectivity, working with XML and CGL, and much more. * Includes details on the new features in PHP 4, including shared memory support, the new Zend engine, and XML support. Book Info (Osborne): A comprehensive sourcebook for creating, maintaining and debugging dynamic database-enabled Web applications using PHP4 language. Includes a language overview, coverage of installation and configuration, appendices containing function lists and other important information, and hundreds of real-world examples. From the Back Cover: A Complete Resource for Developing Applications with PHP4 Build dynamic database-enabled Web applications with PHP4 using this comprehensive sourcebook. You'll learn to take advantage of all of the new enhancements--including sessions, a faster interpreter, and enhanced Java and XML support--that make this easy-to-learn language ideal for developing Web applications. Filled with real-world examples that show how to build both template-based and database-driven sites, this book contains all the essential tools and information for creating rich Web content. Covering everything from installation and configuration to interaction with existing codebases, this book offers complete guidance for today's professional developer. You'll find everything you need to: • Master all of the new features of PHP4 • Process and validate forms • Separate HTML from PHP4 code • Debug and re-use code • Work with templates and databases • Generate static HTML pages from dynamic data For clear, detailed information on working with PHP4--including coverage of its latest features--no other book can offer the same depth and breadth of coverage as this invaluable guide. Special features include: • PHP4 language overview • Coverage of installation and configuration • Debugging tips and techniques • Appendices containing function lists, build options, and Internet resources • Hundreds of real-world examples for creating dynamic Web sites Customer Reviews Reviewer: alexkusuma from Jakarta, Indonesia This book covers almost every function available in PHP besides some good implementation of PHP features such as sessions, forms manipulation and file transfer. However, this book is lack of examples and looks like a dictionary. You will know the purpose of each function, but no description about how to use it. Experienced users will find this book useful. For beginners or intermediary, you should combine this book with PHP Developer's Cookbook to gain the best benefits from this book. However, despite of its disadvantages, it still one of the best PHP book available this day. Reviewer: A reader from Rochester, NY This book looked great when I flipped through it in the store, but after actually trying to use it it's been a big disappointment. My biggest complaint is the index, which has contained almost nothing I've wanted to look up, i.e. no index entries for "subroutine" or "date", to name two. What *is* here is well written, clearly by someone who knows what they're talking about, but I generally felt disappointed by each section, as so many topics were presented with such a cursory treatment. This is not the book for someone who wants any depth on any particular aspect of using PHP (databases, sessions, etc). All I have to say is, I'm going to try and exchange this book for another one next week. Reviewer: 4cornersreader from The Southwest USA If you are a serious PHP4 developer you will get plenty of long term benefit from this book. The author is really clear with complex topics and his generous samples of code examples are well written. Although the book is 775 pages, the developers guide chapters are all covered in the first 342 pages. There is a 391 page appendix of alphabetically listed and defined PHP functions which can come in handy, a listing of predefined variables and constants, and an appendix on build options. I found the chapters on code reuse and separating html from php quite useful. More database coverage would have been nice, and, like a lot of technical books theses days, I thought it was a little over priced. Overall, this is one of the better books on the subject that is available, and I do highly recommend it. Reviewer: foxxfyre from Clarksville, MD United States The book assumes knowledge of SQL and HTML, so it is not for newbies. Overall it was good, has great examples, well written. Author knows his stuff. Half this huge book is the PHP function reference which you can get for free online. Tells how to set up shopping cart, other advanced structures. Best points: 1. Promotes good design structure 2. Covers security issues 3. Shopping cart setup 4. Great reference tables for basic PHP language constructs. Bad points: 1. Expensive 2. Not all functions mentioned are in the reference, such as "include" 3. Needs more examples. I like two per main concept All in all, if you don't care about $$$, good to have on hand. (I paid $65 in a book store. Amazon had better deal). |
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