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Wicked Cool PHP Real-World Scripts That Solve Difficult Problems

By William Steinmetz, Brian Ward
First Edition February 2008
Publisher: No Starch Press
Pages: 216
ISBN 10: 1-59327-173-5 | ISBN 13: 9781593271732

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Practical and fun PHP scripts that solve real Web programming problems
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PHP is an easy-to-use scripting language perfect for quickly creating the Web features you need. Once you know the basics of how the language works, wouldn't it be great to have a collection of useful scripts that solve those tricky problems and add interesting functionality to your site? We thought so, too.

Instead of starting at "Hello World," Wicked Cool PHP assumes that you're familiar with the language and jumps right into the good stuff. After you learn the FAQs of life-the most commonly wished for PHP scripts-you'll work your way through smart configuration options and the art of forms, all the way through to complex database-backed scripts.

Wicked Cool PHP contains a wide variety of scripts to process credit cards, check the validity of email addresses, template HTML, and serve dynamic images and text. The 76 easily implemented scripts will also teach you how to:

Send and receive email notifications

Track your visitors' behavior with cookies and sessions

Override PHP's default settings

Manipulate dates, images, and text on the fly

Harness SOAP and other web services

Create an online poll, ecard delivery system, and blog

But it's not all fun and games: Security is a big concern when programming any web application. So you'll learn how to encrypt your confidential data, safeguard your passwords, and prevent common cross-site-scripting attacks. And you'll learn how to customize all of the scripts to fit your own needs.

Dynamic Web content doesn't have to be difficult. Learn the secrets of the craft from two experienced PHP developers with Wicked Cool PHP.

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First Edition: February 2008
Publisher: No Starch Press
ISBN: 1-59327-173-5
Pages: 216

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"No Starch gets 'it' when it comes to what geeks want and PHPites, you will WANT this book!"
-- Daniel McKinnon, Amazon.com

"From scripts to process credit cards, template HTML and serve dynamic images to tracking visitors with cookies and editing images and text, Wicked Cool PHP is packed with tips and comes from two experienced PHP developers: perfect for any computer collection catering to PHP users."
-- James Cox, California Bookwatch: The Computer Shelf

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