Essential PHP Tools by David Sklar

Essential PHP Tools by David Sklar

THis INTRODUCTION lays out who the book is written for, provides an overview of what is covered, and gives some background details on a package management utility you'll use to install many of the add-ons covered in the book. Who This Book Is For Although PHP has a lot of built-in functionality, many common Web program- ming tasks are simpler with add-on modules and packages. This book is for you if you are looking for an easier way to do these kinds of tasks with PHP: - Access a database. - Generate robust Web forms. - Use a page templating system. - Create or parse XML documents. - Request or serve XML-RPC or SOAP methods. - Send HTML or multipart e-mail messages. - Authenticate users. - Inspect your scripts with a debugger. - Boost server performance without rewriting any code. This book assumes you have a basic knowledge of PHP programming: You know how to perform tasks such as include files, write functions, create objects, and look in $_REQUEST, $_GET, or $_POST to find submitted form data.

From the reviews:

"This book intends to simplify programming tasks through the use …The intended audience is intermediate-to-advanced, although I believe it is also of great use to the uninitiated. The Introduction provides a solid introduction to the use of PEAR … . The section on databases is required reading for anyone wishing to … . The Smarty chapter is an excellent introduction into templating … . Especially enjoyable is the chapter on PEAR’s Mail_mime … . I particularly enjoyed the level of detail given … ." (Mitchell Pirtle, International PHP Magazine, Issue no. 4, 2004)

David is an independent consultant specializing in technical help for growing businesses, including platform development and API design architecture and strategy, human and software technical due diligence, and tactical software engineering. He's the co-author of PHP Cookbook and the author of Learning PHP 5 and Essential PHP Tools. His enthralling blog may be found at http://www.sklar.com/blog/. David is a New York City resident with a Yale University Computer Science degree.

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ISBN 13	9781590592809
ISBN 10	1590592808
Title	Essential PHP Tools
Author	David Sklar
Series	Expert's Voice In Open Source Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	APress
Year published	2004-03-11
Number of pages	368
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