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The Authoritative Guide to Creating Dynamic Web Pages with PHP
O'Reilly Releases "Programming PHP, Second Edition"

Sebastopol, CA--Back in 1995 when Rasmus Lerdorf released PHP/FI it was a
loosely assembled set of tools. Today, PHP is the most widely used
programming language on the Web, with more than forty percent of all web
applications written in PHP. It's installed on more than twenty-two
million domain servers (source: Netcraft). A mature, well designed
language with good object-oriented features, it boasts of an
impressive--yet simple--feature set. Marc Andreessen, chairman of Opsware
Inc. and founder of Netscape Communications, recently described PHP as
having replaced Java as the ideal programming language for the Web.

Kevin Tatroe, Rasmus Lesdorf, and Peter Macintyre, the authors of the new
edition of "Programming PHP" (O'Reilly, US $39.99), put it succinctly:
"PHP is a simple yet powerful language designed for creating HTML
content." The recent release of their book brings up to date the classic
text on PHP. As Peter Macintyre says, "It is actually better to have it
come out now since PHP 5 is a little more mature.  We can address some of
the most recently added features like PDO, as opposed to the many other
titles that came out right on the heels of the release of PHP 5.0. Our
book addresses the more mature PHP 5."

"Programming PHP, Second Edition" is an authoritative guide to PHP 5
filled with the unique knowledge of the creator of PHP and other PHP
experts. The 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. It also includes style tips and practical
programming advice that will help readers become top-notch PHP
programmers.

The book covers such useful topics as

-Detailed information on the basics of the PHP language, including data
 types, variables, operators, and flow control statements
-The basics of functions, strings, arrays, and objects
-Common PHP web application techniques, such as form processing and
 validation, session tracking, and cookies
-Interacting with relational databases, such as MySQL and Oracle, using
 the database-independent PEAR DB library and the new PDO Library
-How to generate dynamic images, create PDF files, and parse XML files
 with PHP
-Advanced topics, such as creating secure scripts, 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

Rasmus Lerdorf and Kevin Tatroe provided the guidelines for this book. The
newest author is Peter MacIntyre, a Zend Certified Engineer with more than
five years experience in PHP. Wez Furlong and Chris Shiflett also
contributed. Furlong modernized the "Extending PHP" chapter, and Shiflett
brought his renowned expertise in updating the "Security" chapter.

"Programming PHP, Second Edition" is a must-have for anybody working with
PHP. Some of the most recognizable names in the PHP community have
contributed to it, ensuring that readers will have the highest quality
information at their fingertips.

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Chapter 8, "Databases," can be found online at:
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Programming PHP, Second Edition
Rasmus Lerdorf, Kevin Tatroe, and Peter MacIntyre
ISBN: 0-596-00681-0, 521 pages, $39.99 US, $55.99 CA
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