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by Sterling Hughes (Author), Andrei Zmievski (Author)
Key Phrases: handling files, error object, curl module, Technique Use, Going Outside, Generating Other Languages (more...)
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PHP Developer's Cookbook is a task-oriented book intended to offer solutions to the daily problems and goals the PHP developer faces.

In addition to a brief introduction to PHP, the main content of the book is presented in a problem and solution format, logically organized on a topic-by-topic basis. Each question specifies a goal, and the following text provides a detailed solution that achieves the stated goal along with any additional related information.

After a crash course in the basics, the PHP Developer's Cookbook covers more advanced development topics.



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PHP Developer's Cookbook is a task-oriented book intended to offer solutions to the daily problems and goals the PHP developer faces.

In addition to a brief introduction to PHP, the main content of the book is presented in a problem and solution format, logically organized on a topic-by-topic basis. Each question specifies a goal, and the following text provides a detailed solution that achieves the stated goal along with any additional related information.

After a crash course in the basics, the PHP Developer's Cookbook covers more advanced development topics.

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  • Paperback: 504 pages
  • Publisher: Sams; 2 edition (January 7, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0672323257
  • ISBN-13: 978-0672323256
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (44 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #220,013 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars UNLIKE ANY OTHER PHP BOOK - a true reference, January 14, 2001
By Derek Sivers "cdbaby" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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UNLIKE ANY OTHER PHP BOOK. I write that in all caps because I can't emphasize this enough: this is NOT a typical "let's show you PHP" book. There is no walk-from-beginning-to-end introduction.

PHP Developer's Cookbook is for INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED users that have already had their introduction, already used PHP for a while, and find themselves, while working on a project, saying, "How do you validate an email address?" or "How do we save sessions in a database?"

This is a book of PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS, broken into little categories for easy reference. (Look at the table of contents.) Of course you could go through it from start to finish and learn quite a bit, even if you're not working on a big project yet.

All that being said, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE PHP BOOKS I'VE EVER SEEN, and I've seen them all. It's the only one I'm going to keep on my desk now as I work. It's exactly what I was looking for. (I work on PHP projects all day, and am constantly searching the mailing lists to remember how to create drop-down-menus, how to process individual words in a text file, etc. This book has it all!)

Combine this with the new feature on www.php.net that lets you type "www.php.net/functionname" to immediately look up the manual page for every PHP function, and you're all set!

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Every experienced PHP programmer should have this book, January 14, 2001
By "will2k" (Rockville, MD USA) - See all my reviews
I stumpled upon this book by accident, and only after 10 minutes of reading, I just had to get it. The book is targeting at experienced php programmers, and assumes good grasp of php and its functionalities. Unless you are have gone through at least one other book (like Wrox's PHP programming) and have had some serious project, you may not fully understand the need for some of these techniques.

For example, php has specific functions written for each database. This cause portability problem of the code when switching databases. We all know a databases API is badly needed, and quite a few books have touched on this topic, but none which actually go through the code and explain in detail how they work, how database wrappers are created and used. Another example is the session handlers. Almost every php book includes a chapter on session, and briefly mentions how we can write our own session handlers, but they read more like a reference book. PHP developer's cookbook, again, actually take you through the steps of create them and how to incoporate them into your scripts. Other examples in this book include: how to interface with other programs and languages(sockets, COM, Java methods and classes). How to work with php images functions, php XML functions, ZEND API.

Again, I wish I have found this book ealier, it would have saved me a bunch of headache and time. I truely suggest this book to any experienced PHP programmers out there.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars PHP gets a Perl Cookbook, January 16, 2001
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Have any of you done Perl and worn the Perl Cookbook cover off? Then this is your book.

The layout and general concept of this book is very similar to that other beloved cookbook. Some entries are nearly identical. One feature I adore in particular is multiple recipes for one task, stating which is faster/more efficient, and then telling you why.

I have been scripting PHP for 2 years, mostly professionally, but many fun, personal projects as well. Not only do I wish I had this book, but I am gald that I have it now. I have been reading this thing randomly but voraciously, and I have found little gems even under the elementary topics.

I will be working on 2 major projects soon, the development stage of one has just begun. One is a massive intranet site, (authentication, sessions, customization, etc.) and the other is an ecommerce site/application. I will be using this book continuously as a: 1) code reminder 2) how-to resource 3) code-refiner 4) style-refiner.

I've already used it several times for custom classes - don't pass this one up!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A god-sent book for the PHP masses....
I love this book! You know how you sometimes get a little bugger of a problem while coding? Chances are you'll find a solution for it in here. Read more
Published on November 16, 2004 by Nishank Khanna

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best... Not the worst...
I am a newb when it comes to PHP, but not when it comes to programming in general. The Content is very cleanly laid out. It is straightforward, but by no means simple. Read more
Published on January 30, 2004 by Brian Scott O'keefe

4.0 out of 5 stars its a right choice for php developer and php programmers
we the owner of www.hiddenbrains.com are a leading php developer and solution provider, making e-commerce applications,web applications, developed more then 200 websites using php... Read more
Published on December 24, 2003 by hiddenbrains

4.0 out of 5 stars A Cookbook, not a "For Dummies" book
Like a true cookbook, this book gives you recipes for how to make certain meals. It doesn't explain every tool and ingredient in your kitchen: that information can be had... Read more
Published on January 13, 2003 by cviebrock

5.0 out of 5 stars Made my deadline
I'm not the type of programmer that likes to copy & paste other people's code in my applications, however, every so often I run into problems that I'm not quite sure of the proper... Read more
Published on October 4, 2002 by Jon

2.0 out of 5 stars NO CD provided for code and examples
Any coder loves to cut & paste rather than type in the code from the book. It is really a shame that this book has some good examples but they apparently force you to type in... Read more
Published on September 27, 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars Complete waste of money.
I'm a intermediate-advanced PHP coder. I own 13 PHP books, some I use more than others. The only book of the 13 that has NEVER been useful for a single thing was this (sorry)... Read more
Published on August 29, 2002 by Robert Peters

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy
The book has very poorly designed code example and a lot of them don't work. I only read two chapters, but I almost pulled my hair off! Read more
Published on August 7, 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother
This is a singularly useless book. I bought it because I liked the concept of a "cookbook," a collection of PHP recipes, which I expected to be common tasks. Read more
Published on July 27, 2002 by ssf1fan

2.0 out of 5 stars Incomplete
Bought this book hoping it would be similar to the Perl cookbook - as another reviewer commented, there are "gaps" in the content. Read more
Published on July 23, 2002 by ut_longhorn

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