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Derick Rethans
This book on LAMP is not primarily focused on PHP, actually quite a small part is devoted to PHP.It starts with a very brief explanation in layman’s terms on how the internet works, including serving web pages with a webserver. In chapter two it goes on …
Ryan Sinn
Professional PHP4 Web Development Solutions (PPWDS) is an excellent guide to understanding the basis of well-designed and practical solutions to many typical realworld PHP projects. Within this book none of the authors are PHP zealots, but rather solution fanatics utilizing a variety of means to completely …
Cristian Darie, Bogdan Brinzarea, Filip CherecheŞ-ToŞa, Mihai Bucica
This book is a practical introduction to creating more responsive web pages using Ajax with PHP and MySQL on the server side. Every chapter is a solution to a problem (such as creating a chat application or auto-complete input fields) and goes through defining the problem, …
Mitchell Pirtle
Unlike most programming books that attempt to be a reference, the Nutshell series from O’Reilly takes a completely different approach to provide just the information you need to solve a particular problem. The MySQL in a Nutshell book is just that, also billed as a desktop …
Sebastian Bergmann
It certainly took its time, but now it’s out: a PHP book from the famous “Programming” series by O’Reilly. O’Reilly has a tradition of letting only creators or core developers of a language write books for this series. With “Programming PHP” Rasmus Lerdorf, the creator of …
Derick Rethans
Although PHP is not a real Multimedia Programming language, the articles in this issue proved that it can be used fine to handle Multimedia problems. This book also focuses on Multimedia, and more specifically on PDF, Flash and Image manipulation. Most PHP books starts with an …
Derick Rethans
PHP is hot, XML is hot, the combination of those two popular technologies seems to be the ultimate solution toeverything. But in which ways can PHP help you working with XML documents? This book tries to address this question by covering a lot of different standards …
Derick Rethans
Another approach on introducing XML to PHP programmers is done in this book from New Riders. It is not as buzzword compliant as the Professional PHP 4 XML book from Wrox, but still comes rather close. The first chapter introduces you to the basics of XML, …
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David Powers
In this book you'll learn how to:• Create dynamic websites with design and usability in mind, as well as functionality• Understand how PHP scripts work, giving you confidence to adapt them to your own needs• Bring online forms to life, check required fields, and ensure user …
Harry Fuecks & Davey Shafik
The PHP Anthology, 2nd Edition is the perfect book for intermediate-to-advanced PHP coders seeking a quick reference guide to common programming problems.Harry Fuecks & Davey Shafik have put together the definitive reference work for PHP professionals featuring best-practice code and a commonsense approach to development. Covering …
William Steinmetz, Brian Ward
Wicked Cool PHP provides PHP scripts that can be implemented immediately to make programmers' lives easier, including scripts for processing credit cards, getting live shipping quotes, and accepting PayPal payments online. Author William Steinmetz approaches the limitations of PHP frankly and honestly, showing readers where security …
By Rob Kunkle, Andrew Morton
Building Flickr Applications with PHP teaches you how to use today’s most popular online photo management system. You’ll learn to work with both your own photos and Flickr’s cache, and create new and compelling extensions to the Flickr platform. This book is a good pick because …
Marc Delisle
If you're creating a dynamic web application using open-source tools, then you're probably going to be setting up a MySQL database. Getting the design of this database right for your application and its data is vital, but it's often an intimidating and little-known process for non-developers …
Paul DuBois
A handy resource when you need quick solutions or techniques, this Cookbook addresses specific questions in using MySQL. You'll find dozens of short, focused pieces of code and hundreds of worked-out examples that are perfect for programmers of all levels who don't have the time (or …
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02.09.2008
On his blog recently, Sebastian Bergmann published the first release Candidate of the upcoming version 3.3.0 of the Test frameworks, PHPUnit. The …
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Open Source Web Development with LAMP
Derick Rethans
This book on LAMP is not primarily focused on PHP, actually quite a small part is devoted to PHP.It starts with a very brief explanation in …
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MySQL Cookbook, Second Edition
Paul DuBois
A handy resource when you need quick solutions or techniques, this Cookbook addresses specific questions in using MySQL. You'll find dozens of short, focused pieces of …