PHP is an easy-to-use scripting language perfect for quickly creating the Web features you need. Once you know the basics of how the language works, wouldn't it be great to have a collection of useful scripts that solve those tricky problems and add interesting functionality to your site? We thought so, too.
Instead of starting at "Hello World," Wicked Cool PHP assumes that you're familiar with the language and jumps right into the good stuff. After you learn the FAQs of life-the most commonly wished for PHP scripts-you'll work your way through smart configuration options and the art of forms, all the way through to complex database-backed scripts.
Wicked Cool PHP contains a wide variety of scripts to process credit cards, check the validity of email addresses, template HTML, and serve dynamic images and text. The 76 easily implemented scripts will also teach you how to:
Send and receive email notifications
Track your visitors' behavior with cookies and sessions
Override PHP's default settings
Manipulate dates, images, and text on the fly
Harness SOAP and other web services
Create an online poll, ecard delivery system, and blog
But it's not all fun and games: Security is a big concern when programming any web application. So you'll learn how to encrypt your confidential data, safeguard your passwords, and prevent common cross-site-scripting attacks. And you'll learn how to customize all of the scripts to fit your own needs.
Dynamic Web content doesn't have to be difficult. Learn the secrets of the craft from two experienced PHP developers with Wicked Cool PHP.
This book is organized roughly into two sections. The first section describes how Magento works from a code perspective and from a general user-interface perspective. The remaining chapters will walk the reader through building various modules forMagento by example. Although not a complete detail ofMagento’s API, this book should give the reader all the learning by examples that he or she should need to understand all the concepts that driveMagento’s code.
The term “design pattern” was originally coined in the field of architecture. Christopher Alexander, in his 1977 work, “A Pattern Language: Towns/Building/Construction,” describes common issues of architectural design and explains how new, effective designs can be created through the aggregation of existing,well-known patterns. Alexander’s concepts translate well into software development, where it’s long been desirable to construct solutions from previously existing components.
The goal of this book is not to present a comprehensive catalog of software design patterns or to develop any new design patterns or terminology, but rather to highlight a few of the existing, wellknown design patterns. In particular, the book presents those patterns that I’ve found most useful for development of dynamic web applications and shows reference implementations for these patterns in PHP.
This book starts with a brief introduction to the technology and then gives you a quick primer in core PHP and MySQL skills—just enough to get you started writing an application. After this short primer (because no one likes reading primers), you get straight into writing an application. This way, you don’t have to wade through 200 pages of reading before you can get started writing an application.
The PHP Cookbook is a collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for PHP programmers. The book contains a unique and extensive collection of best practices for everyday PHP programming dilemmas. It contains over 250 recipes, ranging from simple tasks to entire programs that demonstrate complex tasks, such as printing HTML tables and generating bar charts -- a treasure trove of useful code for PHP programmers, from novices to advanced practitioners.
With PHP breaking new ground in the enterprise arena, the establishment of a ratified certification was, some might say, inevitable. However, it couldn’t comesoon enough—and ecstatic when Zend launched their PHP 4 Certification. With more than 1,500 certified engineers to date, there is no doubt that their endeavour has been a success.
The introduction of the long-awaited PHP 5 certification, Zend has once again raised the bar for PHP developers everywhere. This examination is much broader, and requires much more than just theoretical knowledge—in order to pass the test, candidates need real-world knowledge in addition to a solid theoretical background. The effect of the PHP 5 certification, is even more profound than that of the original certification, and it will become the gold standard for those looking to hire PHP-centric Web Developers.It is apt to consider Zend’s work a job well done, and to applaud those who invest the time and effort needed to become Zend Certified Engineers.
This book help those who are preparing for the Zend exam and student of instructor-led classes who are approaching and studying PHP for the first time.