Advanced Php Programming

PHP has exploded in popularity, and is now starting to make inroads into large-scale business-critical Web systems. Schlossnagle provides a definitive guide to developing PHP applications for performance, stability and extensibility.

Readers can take their PHP skills to the next level with this fully revised and updated PHP Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide, Third Edition! Filled with fourteen chapters of step-by-step content and written by bestselling author and PHP programmer Larry Ullman, this guide teaches specific topics in direct, focused segments, shows how PHP is used in real-world applications. The book teaches developing web applications using advanced PHP techniques and advanced database concepts, and this edition offers several chapters devoted to object-oriented programming and all-new chapters on debugging, testing, and performance and using the Zend framework. Author hosts a popular companion website at www.larryullman.com, where readers can freely download code used in the book, access a user forum and book updates, and get advice directly from the author.

The author shows how to use PHP's powerful new modules to create database-independent, GUI-driven Web applications, and utilizes complete working applications readers can reuse in their own programs. Examples are derived from the author's six years as a professional PHP developer.

An intermediate-to-advanced users guide to PHP, the Web scripting language in use on over six million Web sites. An excellent companion book to the "PHP Visual QuickStart Guide." The book focuses specifically on real-life PHP projects, as determined by frequent PHP questions asked in newsgroups, e-mails, chat rooms, and Web sites.

This is the eBook version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the eBook version. Over the past three years PHP has evolved from being a niche language used to add dynamic functionality to small sites to a powerful tool making strong inroads into large-scale, business-critical Web systems. The rapid maturation of PHP has created a skeptical population of users from more traditional "enterprise" languages who question the readiness and ability of PHP to scale, as well as a large population of PHP developers without formal computer science backgrounds who have learned through the hands-on experimentation while developing small and midsize applications in PHP. While there are many books on learning PHP and developing small applications with it, there is a serious lack of information on "scaling" PHP for large-scale, business-critical systems. Schlossnagle's Advanced PHP Programming fills that void, demonstrating that PHP is ready for enterprise Web applications by showing the reader how to develop PHP-based applications for maximum performance, stability, and extensibility.

While there are many books on learning PHP and developing small applications with it, there is a lack of information on "scaling" PHP for large-scale, business-critical systems. PHP is now starting to make inroads into large-scale business-critical Web systems. The introduction of PHP 5 two years ago brought enterprise-grade capabilities to PHP -- capabilities that have been expanded upon and solidified with the subsequent release of PHP 5.1. Schlossnagle's Advanced PHP Programming demonstrates that PHP is ready for enterprise Web applications by showing the reader how to develop PHP-based applications for maximum performance, stability, and extensibility.

Do you want to take your web dev skills to the next level?Discover the power of PHP as you take your web development skills to the next level. PHP is the most common programming language for server-side web development. One of the best things about this language is that it is fairly easy to learn. In fact, most beginners find the language simple. This books takes you through the advanced parts of the PHP server-side language, including abstract classes, extend interfaces, object-oriented programming, and many more. You will learn an overview of each topic, teach you how to code each item, and then show you how to expand further. Discover how to solve problems, establish consistency, and prevent your program from crashing by using the techniques shared in this book. Take your object-oriented programming skills beyond the basics and methods into implementing constructors, destructors, and singletons. Learn how to create exceptions, and explore more ways you can build a flexible software using PHP. Topics include: Design patterns Building a great API PHP coding styles Smarty templates Object-oriented programming And many more. Are you ready to launch your PHP coding skills to the next level?

Over the past three years PHP has evolved from being a niche language use to add dynamic functionality to small sites to a powerful tool making strong inroads into large-scale, business-critical Web systems. While there are many books on learning PHP and developing small applications with it, there is a serious lack of information on "scaling" PHP for large-scale, business-critical systems. Schlossnagle's Advanced PHP Programming fills that void, demonstrating that PHP is ready for enterprise Web applications by showing the reader how to develop PHP-based applications for maximum performance, stability, and extensibility.