PHP Programming Solutions - Softcover

Vaswani, Vikram

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9780071487450: PHP Programming Solutions

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007148745X ISBN 13: 9780071487450

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2007

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Find real-world solutions to PHP programming problems

Simplify and shorten the PHP application development cycle using the in-depth information contained in this hands-on guide. PHP Programming Solutions clearly lays out more than 250 programming challenges alongside practical solutions, functioning code, detailed explanations, and usage tips.

Inside, you'll learn to manipulate strings and arrays, work with HTML and Web pages, accept and validate user input, parse XML code, and resolve programming problems using PEAR and PECL widgets and extensions. Plus, you'll get detailed coverage of PHP security issues, SQL database interaction, debugging techniques, and error processing.

Work with numbers, strings, dates, times, files, and directories
Build complex data structures using PHP's array manipulation API
Use functions and classes to build modular, reusable code
Create, update, and cache HTML documents and Web content
Obtain and process user input submitted via online forms
Protect, log, and debug PHP script actions
Authenticate and track users with sessions and cookies
Traverse, validate, and transform XML documents
Store and retrieve data from MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle databases
Interface with different server types, network protocols, and file formats
Perform efficient exception handling and error processing

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About the Author:

Vikram Vaswani is the founder and CEO of Melonfire (http://www.melonfire.com/), a company specializing in software consultancy and content creation and syndication services. He is also the author of PHP Programming Solutions, How to do Everything with PHP and MySQL, and MySQL: The Complete Reference (all McGraw-Hill/Osborne titles) and XML and PHP (New Riders Publishing). He is also the author of numerous well-received articles on open-source technologies (including Perl, Python, XML and the very popular PHP 101 series), all written with the goal of making complex technologies accessible and understandable to novice users. He has been developing software since 1995, was first introduced to PHP in 1998, and hasn't looked back since. He is regular columnist with Zend Technologies (creators of PHP), as well as with IBM DeveloperWorks, CNET Builder.com, DevX.com and other OSS sites.

Synopsis:

This is your hands-on PHP programming guide. Featuring real-world examples and techniques, this easy-to-use reference is packed with information and insights on PHP, the open-source programming language for the development of dynamic Web applications. Topics covered include string and number manipulation, encryption, authentication, caching, and XML parsing. You will learn how to simplify the application development cycle, reduce testing time, and solve PHP problems quickly and easily.

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