The PHP Anthology. Foundations Vol.1.

As a PHP developer, there are certain problems you’re almost guaranteed to face. Generating charts and graphs, converting HTML documents to PDF format—PHP is equipped to handle all of these, but coming up with the best implementation can be tricky! Now, instead of trawling through message boards and mailing lists for the answer, you can just crack open The PHP Anthology! The PHP Anthology is a complete reference guide for any PHP developer --hobbyist or professional-- to help you write better, faster and more secure code that solves common problems. The author, Harry Fuecks, has compiled over 100 best-practice solutions that any developer will find invaluable when building content management systems, intranets, shopping carts or anything else. The first book in The PHP Anthology will show you how to: - write truly portable code - work with PHP’s Object Oriented Programming (OOP) features, without a computer science degree - utilize MySQL’s little-known "FULLTEXT" search facility, repair MySQL tables, backup your database and avoid SQL injection attacks - fetch files over a network using PHP’s FTP features, create zipped archives and gain access to the local file system - validate and filter user submitted content, and avoid cross-site scripting hacks - learn how to produce professional charts and graphs, and create thumbnails and watermark images - send email using PHP, including HTML email with attachments and embedded images - create search engine friendly URLs so your sites can get spidered - create professional error handling routines

A compilation of best practice solutions to common Web Development problems in PHP, focusing on the achievement of practical goals by applying well-structured, object orientated software design principles.

Volume 1 covers the foundations of PHP including writing portable and reusable code, storing and extracting data from files, manipulating text, working with email and error handling.

In addition to being an excellent reference with over 60 customizable solutions, the book acts as an excellent primer for Object Orientated Programming. PHP 5 has now been released and has been given significant OOP features, which are a must-learn for PHP Developers.

All code in the book is backwards compatible with earlier versions of PHP.

A compilation of best practice solutions to common Web development problems. It focuses on the achievement of practical goals with minimal effort by applying well-structured object-oriented software design principles. PHP is a programming language that's designed specifically for building Websites, and is both blessed and cursed with being remarkably easy to learn and use.