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PHP: The Good Parts

iOS iPhone

By Peter MacIntyre

Published by O'Reilly Media (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596804381)

Tap PHP’s True Potential

Get past all the hype about PHP and dig into the real power of this language. With this book, you’ll explore the most useful features of PHP and learn how they speed up the web development process. You’ll also discover why the most commonly used PHP elements are often misused or misapplied. Learn which parts add strength to object-oriented programming, and how to leverage certain features to integrate your application with databases. This book is ideal for new PHP programmers, as well as web developers switching from other languages.

* Become familiar with PHP’s basic syntax, variables, and datatypes
* Learn how to integrate the language with web pages
* Understand how to use strings, arrays, and PHP’s built-in functions
* Discover the advantages of using PHP as an object-oriented language
* Explore how PHP interacts with databases, such as SQLite and MySQL
* Learn input- and output-handling best practices to prevent security breaches
* Delve into advanced PHP concepts and integration, including regular expressions, XML, and Ajax

About the Author
Peter MacIntyre has more than 20 years of experience in software development, using client/server tools and relational database systems, including PHP, PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, and Active Server Pages. He is a former contributing editor and author for the online and print magazine php|architect.

Superb Reading Features
Through a partnership between O'Reilly Media and Lexcycle, this app includes the same features that have made Stanza an iPhone phenomenon with over a million downloads:
* Full book text search
* Several fonts and themes to choose from
* Built-in dictionary
* The ability to add annotations
* Landscape view
* Extensive cross-referencing and working hyperlinks
* Zoom function for images and screenshots

About O'Reilly Media
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About Lexcycle
Lexcycle is the creator of Stanza Bookbinder which was used to create this standalone book application. Stanza Bookbinder is based on the popular iPhone Ebook reading application, Stanza. For more information about Stanza, visit www.lexcycle.com.