Acknowledgments

As always I have benefited from the support of many people whilst working on this edition. But as always, I must also look back to the book’s origins.

I tried out some of this book’s underlying concepts in a talk in Brighton, back when we were all first marvelling at the shiny possibilities of PHP 5. Thanks to Andy Budd who hosted the talk, and to the vibrant Brighton developer community. Thanks also to Jessey White-Cinis who was at that meeting and who put me in touch with Martin Streicher at Apress.

Once again the Apress team has provided enormous support, feedback and encouragement. I am lucky to have benefited from such professionalism.

Thanks and love to my wife, Louise, and to our children Holly and Jake for many much needed ...

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