false 281671 4 PHP has gained a following among non-technical web designers who need to add interactive aspects to their sites. Offering a gentle learning curve, PHP is an accessible yet powerful language for creating dynamic web pages. As its popularity has grown, PHP's basic feature set has become increasingly more sophisticated. Now PHP 5 boasts advanced features--such as new object-oriented capabilities and support for XML and Web Services--that will please even the most experienced web professionals while still remaining user-friendly enough for those with a lower tolerance for technical jargon. If you've wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven't known where to start, then <i>Learning PHP 5</i> is the book you need. If you've wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven't known where to start, then <i>Learning PHP 5</i> is the book you need. With attention to both PHP 4 and the new PHP version 5, it provides everything from a explanation of how PHP works with your web server and web browser to the ins and outs of working with databases and HTML forms. Written by the co-author of the popular <i>PHP Cookbook</i>, this book is for intelligent (but not necessarily highly-technical) readers. <i>Learning PHP 5</i> guides you through every aspect of the language you'll need to master for professional web programming results. This book provides a hands-on learning experience complete with exercises to make sure the lessons stick. <i>Learning PHP 5</i> covers the following topics, and more:<ul> <li>How PHP works with your web browser and web server</li> <li>PHP language basics, including data, variables, logic and looping</li> <li>Working with arrays and functions</li> <li>Making web forms</li> <li>Working with databases like MySQL</li> <li>Remembering users with sessions</li> <li>Parsing and generating XML</li> <li>Debugging</li></ul> Written by David Sklar, coauthor of the <i>PHP Cookbook</i> and an instructor in PHP, this book offers the ideal classroom learning experience whether you're in a classroom or on your own. From learning how to install PHP to designing database-backed web applications, <i>Learning PHP 5</i> will guide you through every aspect of the language you'll need to master to achieve professional web programming results. 273246 7 2004 Learning PHP 5 total:15|5:3|4:6|3:5|2:1|1:0| 15 56 40 0 4 0 false false Tue Oct 13 15:05:11 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 15:05:11 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Sep 14 04:38:08 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 04:38:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 04 08:47:41 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 08:47:41 -0700 2009 0 0 true false Wed Jul 22 06:45:23 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 06:46:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 12 13:19:20 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 13:19:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 09 04:44:53 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 04:44:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 04 21:00:05 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 21:00:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu May 07 18:57:36 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 18:57:36 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Mar 19 12:29:30 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 12:29:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 19:14:13 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 19:14:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 05 14:03:18 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 18 08:43:05 -0800 2009 Fri Jun 05 14:03:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 14 14:31:06 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 14 14:31:06 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jan 31 11:24:18 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 31 11:24:18 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 22 06:38:10 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 06:38:10 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 21 15:59:59 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 15:59:59 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jan 17 13:56:28 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 13:56:28 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 14:38:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 14:38:17 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Dec 25 08:11:52 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 08:21:07 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Tue Dec 02 04:30:54 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 04:30:56 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Sep 17 12:48:31 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 13:44:21 -0700 2008