Offers a simple and universal cross-platform solution for e-commerce, complex web, and database-driven applications
A resource for working PHP developers who want to take their skills to the next level
Includes case studies on a user privilege system and a multi-tiered WML-based shopping cart
Covers installation on Unix, Windows, and MacOS X, PHP with PostgreSQL and ODBC, PHP support for LDAP, PHP with MySQL, PHP’s interactions with XML, multi-tiered development using PHP, and PHP extension libraries
PHP is an open source, server-side, HTML-embedded web-scripting language for creating dynamic web pages. Not only browser-independent, PHP offers simple cross-platform solutions for e-commerce, and web and database-driven applications.
Enter Professional PHP4. This book will show you exactly how to create fantastic web applications that scale well, utilize databases optimally, and connect to a back-end network using a multi-tiered approach. This book also teaches PHP by coding FTP and e-mail clients, advanced data structures, session management, and secure programming.
About the authors
Luis Argerich is a development and technology manager for Salutia, a leading health-solutions provider in South America, and a teacher at the University of Buenos Aires. Luis has been interested in PHP since version 2.0 and has used it in conjunction with XML for projects such as search engines, transactional systems, web applications, web services, and others.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Professional PHP4
Authors: Luis Argerich, Wankyu Choi, John Coggeshall, Ken Egervari, Martin Geisler, Zak Greant, Andrew Hill, Chris Hubbard, James Moore, Devon O’Dell, Jon Parise, Harish Rawat, Tarique Sani, Christopher Scollo, Deepak Thomas, … Chris Ullman
