PHP Programming Solutions

Simplify and shorten the PHP application development cycle using the in-depth information contained in this hands-on guide. PHP Programming Solutions clearly lays out more than 250 programming challenges alongside practical solutions, functioning code, detailed explanations, and usage tips.

Inside, you'll learn to manipulate strings and arrays, work with HTML and Web pages, accept and validate user input, parse XML code, and resolve programming problems using PEAR and PECL widgets and extensions. Plus, you'll get detailed coverage of PHP security issues, SQL database interaction, debugging techniques, and error processing.

Work with numbers, strings, dates, times, files, and directories
Build complex data structures using PHP's array manipulation API
Use functions and classes to build modular, reusable code
Create, update, and cache HTML documents and Web content
Obtain and process user input submitted via online forms
Protect, log, and debug PHP script actions
Authenticate and track users with sessions and cookies
Traverse, validate, and transform XML documents
Store and retrieve data from MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle databases
Interface with different server types, network protocols, and file formats
Perform efficient exception handling and error processing