PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice, Third Edition

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Acknowledgments

When you first have an idea for a book (in my case, while drinking good coffee in a Brighton cafe), it is

the subject matter alone that grips you. In the enthusiasm of the moment, it is easy to forget the scale of

the undertaking. I soon rediscovered the sheer hard work a book demands, and I learned once again that

it’s not something you can do alone. At every stage of this book’s development, I have benefited from

enormous support.

In fact, my thanks must predate the book’s conception. The themes of this book first saw the light of

day in a talk I gave for a Brighton initiative called Skillswap (www.skillswap.org ...