Introduction

If you’re looking at this book, then I probably don’t need to tell you how great PHP is. Presumably, since you’re perusing the pages of an advanced text on the topic, you are already using PHP for developing dynamic Web sites. Maybe you’ve been doing so for a couple of years, perhaps just a couple of months. You could have learned PHP on your own, in a class, or by reading one of the many excellent books on the subject. (I’m referring not just to my own, of course!) Whatever the case, with some experience under your belt, you probably don’t want another “here’s how to use PHP and isn’t it swell” book. What you probably want to learn is how to use PHP more efficiently, more securely, faster, and all-around better than you already ...

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