Professional PHP Programming [Paperback]

Sascha Schumann (Author), Deepak Veliath (Author), Harish Rawat (Author), Jesus Castagnetto (Author, Editor), Chris Scollo (Author)

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Product Description

This book covers middle-tier programming with PHP.
PHP is a server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language. It is an open source technology, rapidly gaining popularity as a scripting language for people running dynamic websites. One of its major attractions over Perl, JavaScript and other scripting languages is that PHP has a built-in database integration layer and seamless IP connectivity, with LDAP and TCP as well as the IMAP mail interface. Features;
Real world, practical experience and techniques
From installation and configuration of the PHP engine to advanced dynamic application design
Definitive coverage of core PHP language and database addressing:
MySQL is covered in depth.
Practical e-commerce and business scripting including database application development, together with PHP and XML applications.
LDAP connectivity addressed.

From the Publisher

This book is for:
Developers that want to add a professional edge to their web applications. Programmers who are either new to the web paradigm of development or experienced CGI programmers who are looking for the speed and convenience of a new technology.
A working knowledge of HTML is assumed.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 909 pages
• Publisher: Peer Information Inc.; 1 edition (December 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861002963
• ISBN-13: 978-1861002969
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (81 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,287,062 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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66 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent PHP book, June 13, 2000

By	"haz_mat" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Professional PHP Programming (Paperback)

Ok, this is a very good book. I bought this book, with very limited programming experience. I had only really tinkered around with PHP.

I found this book very easy to read, and use when I needed it later for a specific job. I think this book is better used going through it from start to finish, taking notes, or however else you learn. There are about 200 pages of Appendix with some handy references.

I skipped the installation chapters as I had PHP already installed on my web host.

At the end of many chapters, there are exercises you do that links to the chapter you just covered. For the first few chapters you work on a online job application, and build that up at the end of each chapter. Then it moves on to an address book...

At the end of the chapters(before the appendix) is 4 case studies: Shopping cart, Phorum discussion board, Email application, and Database browser. Here they write these web applications, and show you how it's done!

There are not many mistakes in the writing. I think there are two mistakes in the code, but that is covered on their website.

Overall I think this is the best book on the market for PHP. It is interesting, very practical, and is a great book for learning PHP.

What are you waiting for? :)

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource, January 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Professional PHP Programming (Paperback)

This is a fantastic book.

It talks the reader through installation and configuration in a very effective manner, this has been a stopping block to many of the open-source books that I've read. Although, I would like another page or two explaining how Apache does some of the things it does...but, I guess that is the job of an apache book, not of this already meaty 850 page book.

The book is also has a good balance that fits very neatly between the "for dummies" and the "nutshell" books.

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ahhhh, yes!, January 6, 2000

By	John Iliff (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Professional PHP Programming (Paperback)

This has been THE PHP book I've been waiting for. Well written, great analogies, loads of examples. If you want to learn PHP this is the book, esp. for those with a passing understanding of Perl, or shell scripting, or C, C++, etc. I can't praise this book enough.