| If you've wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven't known where to start, then Learning PHP 5 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 PHP Cookbook, this book is for intelligent (but not necessarily highly-technical) readers. Learning PHP 5 guides you through every aspect of the language you'll need to master for professional web programming results. This book provides a learning experience complete with exercises to make sure the lessons stick.
Learning PHP 5 covers the following topics, and more: How PHP works with your web browser & web server; PHP language basics, including data, variables, logic and looping; Working with arrays & functions; Making & processing web forms; Working with databases like MySQL; Remembering users with sessions; Parsing & generating XML; Techniques for finding & fixing bugs. | |
