Advanced PHP Programming


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PHP has exploded in popularity, and is now starting to make inroads into large-scale business-critical Web systems. Schlossnagle provides a definitive guide to developing PHP applications for performance, stability and extensibility.




PHP: Expertise in PHP


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Unlock advanced PHP skills with "PHP: Expertise in PHP" by Ananya Gupta. This concise guide offers practical examples and hands-on exercises to master advanced PHP programming. What You'll Learn: Advanced OOP: Inheritance, polymorphism, abstract classes, interfaces, traits Database Optimization: Complex queries, transactions, security Web Security: Protect against SQL injection, XSS, CSRF; secure authentication RESTful APIs: Design, HTTP methods, authentication Performance Tuning: Profiling, caching, code optimization Testing and Debugging: Unit testing, debugging techniques, CI/CD Frameworks: Laravel, Slim, Symfony Become an expert PHP developer and build high-performance web applications with this step-by-step guide. Keywords: Advanced PHP programming PHP OOP PHP security PHP database optimization RESTful APIs with PHP PHP performance tuning




Programming PHP


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This updated edition teaches everything you need to know to create effective web applications with the latest features in PHP 5.x. You’ll start with the big picture and then dive into language syntax, programming techniques, and other details, using examples that illustrate both correct usage and common idioms. If you have a working knowledge of HTML, the authors’ many style tips and practical programming advice will help you become a top-notch PHP programmer. Get an overview of what’s possible with PHP programs Learn language fundamentals, including data types, variables, operators, and flow control statements Understand functions, strings, arrays, and objects Apply common web application techniques, such as form processing, data validation, session tracking, and cookies Interact with relational databases like MySQL or NoSQL databases such as MongoDB Generate dynamic images, create PDF files, and parse XML files Learn secure scripts, error handling, performance tuning, and other advanced topics Get a quick reference to PHP core functions and standard extensions




Real-World Solutions for Developing High-Quality PHP Frameworks and Applications


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Learn to develop high-quality applications and frameworks in PHP Packed with in-depth information and step-by-step guidance, this book escorts you through the process of creating, maintaining and extending sustainable software of high quality with PHP. World-renowned PHP experts present real-world case studies for developing high-quality applications and frameworks in PHP that can easily be adapted to changing business requirements. . They offer different approaches to solving typical development and quality assurance problems that every developer needs to know and master. Details the process for creating high-quality PHP frameworks and applications that can easily be adapted to changing business requirements Covers the planning, execution, and automation of tests for the different layers and tiers of a Web application Demonstrates how to establish a successful development process Shares real-world case studies from well-known companies and their PHP experts With this book, you’ll learn to develop high-quality PHP frameworks and applications that can easily be maintained with reasonable cost and effort.




Programming PHP


Book Description

This is a comprehensive guide to PHP, a simple yet powerful language for creating dynamic web content. It is a detailed reference to the language and its applications, including such topics as form processing, sessions, databases, XML, and graphics and Covers PHP 4, the latest version.




Expert PHP and MySQL


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Best practices and expert techniques for even the most demanding MySQL-driven PHP applications PHP is the world's most popular, general-purpose, open-source scripting language and MySQL is the world's most popular open-source database. This expert-level book begins with a brief overview of the two technologies and quickly moves on to coverage of advanced programming techniques, as well as the exciting new features of the PHP 5.3 release. Written by three of PHP and MySQL experts and veteran authors, this resource focuses on best practices and expert techniques that can be applied to the most difficult MySQL-driven PHP applications. The authors share design patterns and tools that they themselves have tested in order to save you valuable time usually spent on figuring things out via trial and error. Reveals best practices and advanced techniques for handling challenges you may face with MySQL-driven PHP apps Reviews practical data reporting techniques for separating business logic from presentation Explains how to obtain improved performance and flexibility through caching, multi-tasking, PHP extensions, and MySQL user defined functions Discusses security, optimization, and debugging Shares author-tested design patterns and tools to save you time and effort Packed with helpful examples and indispensable advice, this book shares tips and tricks that you can immediately apply to your projects.




Web Application Development with PHP 4.0


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Get professional insight about Web application development with this complete guide to creating sophisticated and dynamic Web applications with PHP. Readers will learn how to handle hot topics like XML, WDDX, and e-commerce efficiently with PHP and also read about PHP's advanced syntax and features.




Expert PHP and MySQL


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Expert PHP and MySQL takes you beyond learning syntax to showing you how to apply proven software development methods to building commerce-grade PHP and MySQL projects that will stand the test of time and reliably deliver on customer needs. Developers of real-world applications face numerous problems that seem trivial on the surface, but really do take some skill to get right. Error handling is about more than just the mechanics in the PHP syntax, but also about handling MySQL errors, logging those errors, and about hiding information about application internals that error messages sometimes can expose. Meet these challenges and more head-on! Author Marc Rochkind shows how to begin a project right, with a clear contract and set of written requirements. You’ll learn about project organization, setting up a solid development environment, connecting with client personnel. Database design is essential, and Expert PHP and MySQL has you covered with guidance on creating a sound model and database, and on pushing functionality into the database as appropriate; not everything should be done in PHP. Error handling is covered at both the PHP and MySQL levels. Application structure is covered. Guidance is provided on reporting. And finally there is conversion. In Expert PHP and MySQL you’ll explore the following: The popular and widely used combination of PHP and MySQL Commercial-grade application of language and database features Human factors such as planning and organization Organizing a project to meet requirements and satisfy the customer Structuring an application for efficient development and future modification Coding PHP for productivity, reliability, security Generating online, downloadable, and printed reports Converting existing data to the new application




PHP Advanced and Object-Oriented Programming


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Readers can take their PHP skills to the next level with this fully revised and updated PHP Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide, Third Edition! Filled with fourteen chapters of step-by-step content and written by bestselling author and PHP programmer Larry Ullman, this guide teaches specific topics in direct, focused segments, shows how PHP is used in real-world applications. The book teaches developing web applications using advanced PHP techniques and advanced database concepts, and this edition offers several chapters devoted to object-oriented programming and all-new chapters on debugging, testing, and performance and using the Zend framework. Author hosts a popular companion website at www.larryullman.com, where readers can freely download code used in the book, access a user forum and book updates, and get advice directly from the author.




Object-Oriented PHP


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Presents an introduction to PHP and object-oriented programming, with information on such topics as classes, inheritance, RSS readers, and XML.