The fastest route to true PHP mastery!
So...you've been asked to pitch in on a PHP project...starting now. Or maybe one's on the horizon. Or maybe you need to get real PHP skills onto your résumé. You've done web stuff. Maybe used other scripting languages. Now you want to get productive with PHP, fast.
Welcome. We wrote this book for you.
We'll leverage what you already know, so you'll go further, faster than you ever expected.
You'll get the real nuts and bolts, not theory or hooey.
You'll learn through dozens of focused examples: tested for reliability, crafted for clarity, easy to adapt for your own projects.
Need specific solutions? This book's modular, high-efficiency format delivers them--instantly.
Steven Holzner draws on his unparalleled experience teaching programming: No other PHP guide covers this much, this well, this quickly. Dig in, get started, get results--today!
All you need to succeed with PHP in Linux or Windows production environments
Master core concepts: operators, flow control, strings, arrays, functions, and much more
Learn essential web techniques: cookies, session management, automated email, FTP, and more
Use PHP 5's object model and object-oriented techniques
Efficiently handle text boxes, buttons, and other HTML controls
Create web forms, validate user input, and check browsers
Work with MySQL and other databases
Deliver interactive graphics on the fly, and more...
Includes concise PHP 5 language and functional references!
Companion web site: Download a complete library of easy-to-use, easy-to-adapt code examples.
"Spring Into... is a new series of fast-paced tutorials from Addison-Wesley Professional Publishers. Each book in the series is designed to bring you up-to-speed quickly. Complex technologies are reduced to their core components, and each component is treated with remarkable efficiency in one- or two-page spreads. Just the information you need to begin working...now! And because the books are example-rich and easy to navigate, you'll find that they make great on-the-job references after you've mastered the basics."
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