PHPLib: The PHP Base Library
As we've already mentioned earlier in this book, the PHPLib can save you a considerable amount of hassle in your daily programming routine. Some concepts will show up again and again when developing Web applications: session management, authentication, separation of layout from code. The PHPLib is a solid set of objects that provide solutions for these necessary tasks.
For many programmers, the PHPLib is intimidating when looking at the documentation and the examples. Indeed, it is a complex set of classes, and the different objects are dependent on each other in a nontrivial way. However, once you have mastered the installation and the writing of your own base classes, it's not at all difficult to use, and you'll ...
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