SitePoint
  • Blog
  • Forum
  • Library
  • Login
Join Premium
  1. Details
  2. Creator
  3. Content
  4. Reviews
  5. FAQ
The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 2nd Edition Cover

The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 2nd Edition

A comprehensive collection of ready-to-use PHP solutions.

4.3

average rating (30 votes)

Created by

Davey Shafik, Matthew Weier O'Phinney, Ligaya Turmelle, Harry Fuecks, Ben Balbo

Published by

SitePoint

Last Updated

1 November 2007

Details

The reason over 20 million PHP based web sites exist today is that, when it comes to building data-driven web sites, getting started with PHP is extremely simple. But the time will come where you need to dive into more complex solutions and that's when the fun really starts…

What you will learn

* How to build functional forms, tables, and SEO-friendly URLs * Reduce load time with client- and server-side caching * Produce and utilize web services with XML * Secure your site using access control systems

Description

The reason over 20 million PHP based web sites exist today is that, when it comes to building data-driven web sites, getting started with PHP is extremely simple. But the time will come where you need to dive into more complex solutions and that's when the fun really starts…>>>Enter, The PHP Anthology a book that proves that you don’t need a computer science degree to take advantage of the powerful features of PHP 5. Save time, and eliminate the frustration of completing PHP tasks, with this comprehensive collection of ready-to-use solutions. If you’re building web applications with PHP you’ll never let this book out of your sight!

Who is this for?

If you’ve already gotten your feet wet and completed your first project or two with PHP, then this is the book for you. If you’ve been asking questions like "How do I validate a web page form?”, “How do I add a watermark to my photos?”, or “How do I send automated email messages from my web application?”, you’ll find the answers to those questions in this book. If you have the drive to progress your skills or improve your web application through concepts such as reusable components, caching performance, or web services, then you will find this book to be an excellent primer.

Creators

Davey Shafik avatar

Davey Shafik

Davey Shafik has been working with PHP and the LAMP stack, as well as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for over a decade. With several books, articles, and conference appearances, he enjoys teaching others any way he can.
Davey Shafik avatar
Matthew Weier O'Phinney avatar

Matthew Weier O'Phinney

Matthew is a full-time father of two and spends his free time developing in PHP. He is a PEAR developer, core contributor to Zend Framework, and all-around PHP 5 proponent—though PHP 6 cannot come soon enough for him.
Matthew Weier O'Phinney avatar
Ligaya Turmelle avatar

Ligaya Turmelle

Ligaya is actively involved with the PHP community as a founding Principal of phpwomen.org, administrator at codewalkers.com, roving reporter for the Developer Zone on Zend.com, and PHP blogger.
Ligaya Turmelle avatar
Harry Fuecks avatar

Harry Fuecks

Harry has been working in IT since 1994. Outside of office hours he runsphpPatterns: a site dedicated to software design with PHP that aims to raise standards of PHP development. He also maintains "Dynamically Typed: SitePoint's PHP blog"
Harry Fuecks avatar
Ben Balbo avatar

Ben Balbo

Ben from Melbourne earns a living as a PHP developer and trainer, security consultant, and Open Source developer. He has been known to talk in public about web development-related topics.
Ben Balbo avatar

Reviews

Profile
Momir

Very useful book. Grade 10+

Profile
Shin Jara

Thank you for this! Surely helped a lot!

Profile
Milan

Very useful book, nicely explained just what is needed for solving everyday tasks.

Profile
coullone

Very useful tips well explained with good references to further information

Profile
Don Stier

Good resource, but I am very unhappy that the books code is apparently no longer available for download.

Frequently Asked Questions

The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 2nd Edition Cover

The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 2nd Edition

4.3

  • Unlimited access to this title and 600+ others in our library

  • New titles added frequently

  • Cancel anytime

Stuff we do

  • Premium
  • Newsletters
  • Forums

About

  • Our Story
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Corporate Memberships

Contact

  • Contact us
  • FAQ
  • Publish your book with us
  • Write an article for us
  • Advertise

Connect

© 2000 – 2024 SitePoint Pty. Ltd.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.