The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Davey Shafik; Harry Fuecks; Matthew Weier O'Phinney; Ligaya Turmelle; Ben Balbo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0975841998 ISBN 13: 9780975841990

Publisher: SitePoint Pty Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

"The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks," 2nd Edition is a collection of powerful PHP 5 solutions to the most common programming problems. Featuring best-practice code and a commonsense approach to development, this book includes coverage of: Manage errors gracefully. Build functional forms, tables, and SEO-friendly URLs. Reduce load time with client- and server-side caching. Produce and utilize web services with XML. Secure your site using access control systems. Easily work with files, emails, and images. And much more The question and answer format will allow you to to quickly find and reference any of the 101 solutions, saving you hours of Internet research or painful trial & error. All solutions are fully explained and the ready-to-use code is available for download. From the Publisher "A comprehensive collection of ready-to-use PHP solutions!" Over 100 easy-to understand PHP tips, tricks and hacks. Save hours of time with "copy and paste" ready code. All solutions are fully explained by five PHP gurus. Learn the very latest object oriented PHP techniques. And so much more...Each chapter of this book is laid out in a problem-solution format. We'll start with a common PHP problem that you may face, and then provide a concise solution to that problem. In some cases, when the topic warrants it, we'll give you a brief discussion of the solution to provide context. The chapters are grouped to cover the major areas of PHP. Inside, you'll find solutions to the most common challenges that PHP developers face. What Slashdot.org Says "The chapters on error handling and access control are alone worth the price of the book"

About this title

From the Publisher

The PHP Anthology takes the most common problems posted by PHP developers in many discussion lists, forums and newsgroups and shows you how to solve them using modern PHP-coding practices. Along with detailed discussion of the key issues involved in solving specific problems, The PHP Anthology promotes development using PHP’s Object Oriented Programming (OOP) features and popular Open Source libraries.

All solutions and code in the books have been reviewed and approved by today’s top PHP experts, including Kevin Yank, author of the best-selling "Build Your Own Database-Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL". In other words, you can be assured that the books will show you how to develop rock solid, secure applications in the most efficient way possible.

The PHP Anthology can serve as a reference book to over 100 common problems, or if you want to read it cover-to-cover, it can serve as tutorial on advanced PHP coding techniques. Either way, it will provide you with unique insight to help you drastically improve your development techniques, cut down on needless lines of code and avoid potential security pitfalls.

About the Author

Ben Balbo was born in Germany, grew up in the UK, lives in Melbourne, and likes Guinness. When he isn't drinking Guinness (which is most of the time in Melbourne, as it just doesn't taste the same), he earns a living as a PHP developer and trainer, security consultant, and Open Source developer. He has been known to talk in public about web development-related topics, which comes as part of the package of being on the committees of both the Melbourne PHP User Group and Open Source Developers' Club. Although he wouldn't admit this, he participates at this level only in order to go to restaurants or pubs after the meetings.

Harry Fuecks is a technical writer, programmer, and system engineer. He has worked in corporate IT since 1994, having completed a Bachelor's degree in Physics. He first came across PHP in 1999, while putting together a small intranet. Today, he's the lead developer of a corporate extranet, where PHP plays an important role in delivering a unified platform for numerous back office systems. In his off hours he writes technical articles for SitePoint and runs phpPatterns,a site exploring PHP application design. Originally from the United Kingdom, he now lives in Switzerland. Harry is the proud father of a beautiful baby girl who keeps him busy all-day (and night!).

Davey Shafik is a full-time PHP developer with ten years' experience in PHP and related technologies. An avid magazine writer, book author, and speaker, Davey keeps his mind sharp by trying to tackle problems from a unique perspective from his home in Central Florida where he lives with five cats and more computers.

Ligaya Turmelle is a full-time goddess, occasional PHP programmer, and obsessive world traveller. Actively involved with the PHP community as a founding Principal of phpwomen.org, administrator at codewalkers.com, roving reporter for the Developer Zone on Zend.com, and PHP blogger and long-time busybody of #phpc on freenode, she hopes to one day actually meet the people she talks to. When not sitting at her computer staring at the screen, Ligaya can usually be found either playing golf, scuba diving, snorkelling, kayaking, hiking, or just playing with the dogs outside. Ligaya Turmelle is a Zend Certified Engineer.

Matthew Weier O'Phinney is a full-time father of two and spends his free time developing in PHP. He is a PEAR developer, core contributor to Zend Framework, and all-around PHP 5 proponent--though PHP 6 cannot come soon enough for him.

Edition details

• Publisher: SitePoint Pty Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0975841998
• ISBN 13: 9780975841990
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 542