PHP Books
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Pro Drupal Development
Published 13 years ago includes sample chapter
by John K. VanDyk, Matt Westgate, Apress
Pro Drupal Development is strongly recommended for any PHP programmer who wants a truly in-depth look at how Drupal works and how to make the most of it. — Michael J. Ross, Web developer/Slashdot contributor Drupal is one of the most popular content management systems in use today. With it, you can create a variety of community-driven sites, including blogs, forums, wiki-style sites, and much more.
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The Definitive Guide to symfony
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Franois Zaninotto, Fabien Potencier, Apress
Developing a new web application should not mean reinventing the wheel. That's why a framework is an essential item in your development toolbox. It helps you respect coding standards; write bulletproof, maintainable code; and focus on business rules rather than waste time on repetitive tasks.
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Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Lee Babin, Apress
Ajax breathes new life into web applications by transparently communicating and manipulating data in conjunction with a server-based technology. Of all the server-based technologies capable of working in conjunction with Ajax, perhaps none are more suitable than PHP, the world's most popular scripting language. Beginning Ajax with PHP: From Novice to Professional is the first book to introduce how these two popular technologies can work together to create next-generation applications.
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The Definitive Guide to Berkeley DB XML
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Danny Brian, Apress
The Definitive Guide to Berkeley DB XML covers Sleepycat's Berkeley DB XML, an open source embedded XML database. Berkeley DB XML runs on all major operating systems and has support for the most popular programming languages. The book includes tutorials and complete language references for C++, Java, Perl, Python, and PHP. Berkeley DB XML has the potential to dramatically simplify the development of your application's data tier.
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Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax: From Novice to Professional
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Michael Purvis, Jeffrey Sambells, Cameron Turner, Apress
There is much to like about this book. The explanations are straightforward, the code is readable, the examples are relevant, and the writing style is approachable. — Michael J. Ross, Web developer/Slashdot contributor Until recently, building interactive web-based mapping applications has been a cumbersome affair. This changed when Google released its powerful Maps API.
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Building Flickr Applications with PHP
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Andrew Morton, Rob Kunkle, Apress
Building Flickr Applications with PHP teaches you how to use todays most popular online photo management system. Youll learn to work with both your own photos and Flickrs enormous cache, and create new and compelling extensions to the Flickr platform. This book is a great pick because Its written by experienced developer Rob Kunkle and Phlickr developer Andrew Morton. Youll learn how to use the PHP API Phlickr to write and retrieve photos.
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Pro PHP-GTK (Expert's Voice in Open Source)
Published 14 years ago includes sample chapter
by Scott Mattocks, Apress
PHP is gaining positive reputation for its system administration and client-side application development capabilities. This administration and development is accomplished using the PHP-GTK extension. You can take advantage of client-side applications by implementing language bindings for the GTK&emdash;the GIMP Toolkit&emdash;a library for creating cross-platform graphical user interfaces. Pro PHP-GTK acts as both a definitive reference and a hands-on tutorial to the PHP-GTK extension.
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Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8: From Novice to Professional
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by W. Jason Gilmore, Robert H. Treat, Apress
Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8 delves into some of the most popular open source web development technologies, the PostgreSQL 8 database server and PHP 5 scripting language. You'll learn to reap the benefits of these core technologies by using them in unison to create dynamic, data-driven web applications. This is an ideal read if you are a web designer, programmer, hobbyist, or novice who wants to create applications with PHP 5 and PostgreSQL 8.
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Beginning PHP and MySQL 5: From Novice to Professional
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by W. Jason Gilmore, Apress
Book Description Essentially three books in one, provides thorough introductions to the PHP language, MySQL database, and shows you how these two technologies can be effectively integrated to build powerful websites. Provides over 500 code examples, including real-world tasks such as providing an auto-login feature, sending HTML-formatted email, testing password guessability, and uploading files via a Web interface.
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PHP 5 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach
Published 15 years ago includes sample chapter
by Frank M. Kromann, Jon Stephens, Nathan A. Good, Lee Babin, Apress
PHP 5 Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach supplies you with complete code for all of the common coding problems you are likely to face when using PHP in your day-to-day work. The book begins with an in-depth discussion of PHP 5 object-oriented techniques and methodology, and gets you up to speed on OOP with PHP: where and where not to use it, and how to use it.