Book Description
This book aims to demonstrate the the versatility of PHP for the development of large-scale web applications. This book will be code heavy with case studies spanning the feature rich functionality of PHP coupled with HTML, XML, and WML.
The PHP programming techniques are be presented in such a manner that readers would be able to extrapolate the techniques (from both the theory and the case studies) for their own applications.
From the Publisher
This book is positioned to fill the 'solutions' gap left behind by the theoretical offerings of the multitude of PHP books in the market. The intent is to extend the real world conversation started in those books,as well as to offer solid web application design techniques and solutions using PHP, databases, and markup languages. We assume that readers picking up this book have beginner to intermediate PHP quotient.
What this book covers:
*Creating an association directory using XML markup and a MySQL Database *Creating a BOMP Server using PHP with MySQL and PEAR::DB *Building a PDA/wireless Store Directory application using PHP-Lib *Creating a job board using PHP, WML,MySQL and Smarty *Building a paranormal news story server using PHP, MySQL, and Smarty *Creating a web corpus with simple PHP scripts *Building a classified ads board with PHP, MySQL and Smarty *Building both a simple and an advanced content management system using PHP, MySQL, and XML *Building a search engine for dynamic sites using PHP, MySQL, and PHP-Lib *Building a complete three-tier, multi-client wireless MyStuff server *Building a PHP/MySQL based Genealogy database server *Building a robust site architecture using the PostNuke content management system
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