PHP is a simple yet powerful open-source scripting language for creating dynamic web content. The millions of web sites powered by PHP are testament to its popularity and ease of use. PHP is used by both programmers, who appreciate its flexibility and speed, and web designers, who value its accessibility and convenience. Programming PHP is an authoritative guide to PHP 4 and is filled with the unique knowledge of the creator of PHP, Rasmus Lerdorf. This book explains PHP language syntax and programming techniques in a clear and concise manner, with numerous examples that illustrate both correct usage and common idioms. The book also includes style tips and practical programming advice that will help you become not just a PHP programmer, but a good PHP programmer. Programming PHP covers everything you need to know to create effective web applications with PHP. Contents include:

• Detailed information on the basics of the PHP language, including data types, variables, operators, and flow control statements
• Separate chapters on the fundamental topics of functions, strings, arrays, and objects
Coverage of common PHP web application techniques, such as form processing and validation, session tracking, and cookies
• Material on interacting with relational databases, such as MySQL and Oracle, using the database-independent PEAR DB library
• Chapters on generating dynamic images, creating PDF files, and parsing XML files with PHP
• Advanced topics, like creating secure script, error handling, performance tuning, and writing your own C language extensions to PHP
• A handy quick reference to all the core functions in PHP and all the standard extensions that ship with PHP

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Programming PHP Review,  September 29 2002
Submitted by Linh Pham   [Respond | View]

I wrote a review of the book for the July 2002 issue of the Daemon News Ezine. The review can be found at this page.


Programming PHP Review,  September 23 2002
Submitted by Luc Castermans   [Respond | View]

I bought the book because it looked good at first sight and was co-written

by Rasmus, one of the originators of PHP. I've read couple of books on PHP

before, but this is the best. It covers all topics in a professional

way, and provides examples to it.

I've downloaded the examples and tried them out, some code did not work on the spot, I had to fix them, which learned I had understood the topic.

Great experience !




Programming PHP Review,  September 13 2002
Submitted by Sean Rendell   [Respond | View]

This book is an excellent addition to a web designers bookcase. Clear and easy to read, it is written by the inventor of PHP, so you know it mirrors how PHP was designed to be used. It is also at good technical level for many computer professionals...not too simple, not over your head.

Included examples do not include excessive amounts of code, which in my opinion, makes it easier to understand the concepts. If you are looking for a book with huge elaborate appplication examples, you may wish to search elsewhere.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in PHP development.


Programming PHP Review,  September 12 2002
Submitted by chris brown   [Respond | View]

Just thought I would pass something on to you. Being a PHP programmer, I

recently had a chance to peruse "Programming PHP". Fantastic book, cant

say enough good things about it. Required reading from anyone trying to

get into this line of programming. Considering Rasmus Lerdorf had a hand

in it, I'm definitely not surprised.


Programming PHP Review,  September 02 2002
Submitted by Peter Lord   [Respond | View]

Great book although some of the images aren't included in the code download.

Covers stuff like pdfs on the fly


Programming PHP Review,  May 06 2002
Submitted by Roman Blöth   [Respond | View]

Alas - I have waited for such a book on PHP!

To date there doesn't seem to be any PHP-programming-book on the market that hits the spot - "Programming PHP" now does. It is the first edition, so the following editions surely will improve from reader's contributions, but you instantly can see that this book on PHP programming has been written by Rasmus Lerdorf, the inventor of PHP. He knows where to go!

There's no alternative yet.


Programming PHP Review,  April 18 2002
Submitted by truefluke   [Respond | View]

I have posted a positive review for this book, at this URL:

Review of Programming PHP. I highly recommend this book.

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