Press Release
August 4, 2004
"Learning PHP 5": Techies and Non-Techies Alike Can Build Dynamic Web Sites with Ease
Sebastopol, CA--One of the most popular programming languages for building
dynamic web sites, PHP makes it easy for even non-technical designers to
create more useful, faster, highly impressive web pages. "Whatever
interactive excitement you want to create--such as a product catalog, a
blog, a photo album, or an event calendar--PHP is up to the task," says
author and PHP instructor David Sklar. And after reading his new Learning
PHP 5 (O'Reilly, US $29.95), he promises, "you'll be up to the task of
building that dynamic web site, too."
As its popularity has grown, PHP's basic feature set has become
increasingly more sophisticated. Now PHP 5 boasts advanced features--
such as new object-oriented capabilities and support for XML and web
services--that will please even the most experienced web professionals
while still remaining user-friendly enough for those with a lower
tolerance for technical jargon.
Sklar, who also co-authored the popular PHP Cookbook, tells readers all
about what the accessible but powerful PHP can do (and why it's so good at
what it does) in this "pain-free introduction" to building interactive web
sites. With attention to both PHP 4 and the new PHP Version 5, Learning
PHP 5 delivers everything from an explanation of how PHP works with a web
server and web browser to the ins and outs of working with MySQL databases
and HTML forms.
Learning PHP 5 guides readers through every aspect of the language
they'll need to master in order to achieve professional web programming
results. This book provides a hands-on learning experience complete with
end-of-chapter exercises for confirming the reader's understanding of the
content (and the answers are conveniently located in a back-of-book
appendix).
Dense with information but highly readable and well organized, Learning
PHP 5 covers:
How PHP works with your web browser and web server
PHP language basics, including data, variables, logic, and looping
Working with arrays and functions
Making and processing web forms
Working with databases such as MySQL
Remembering users with cookies and sessions
Reading and writing XML
Techniques for finding and fixing bugs
From the fundamental PHP topics for everyday dynamic web site development
to PHP's many advanced capabilities (including generating images,
producing PDF files, running shell commands, making Flash movies,
encryption, and more), Learning PHP 5 will have techies and non-techies
alike creating interactive web content with ease.
Additional Resources:
Learning PHP 5
David Sklar
ISBN 0-596-00560-1, 348 pages, $29.95 US, $43.95 CA
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