Php Application Design Handbook

by Kevin Tatroe, Tobias Ratschiller

"PHP Application Design Handbook assumes people already know PHP and dives right into making full web applications with the language. It talks to both neophyte programmers who know the language but are starting to get beyond the page-by-page method of development, and to more experienced programmers. The book contains more theoretical discussion and less code, though the theoretical content is geared towards and influenced by the capabilities of PHP 5. This book explains how to design robust and secure PHP web applications that can be readily maintained. It talks about model-view-controller and gives advice on the different design decisions involved in each step. Every PHP programmer knows there's something wrong with the applications they write--they're hard to maintain, insecure, or inelegant--and says "there must be a better way!" This book explains the better way: Coding Best Practices, Structuring Your Application, Designing Your Model, Designing Your View, Designing Your Controllers, Designing for Testing, Designing for Speed, Deployment, Software Archaeology, are topics covered in the book. It includes an Appendix containing a Common Mistakes Checklist. The new features going into PHP 5 support the large-scale programming that "PHP Application Design Handbook is built around.

256 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 2005