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With Early Release ebooks, you get books in their earliest formthe author's raw and unedited content as he or she writesso you can take advantage of these technologies long before the official release of these titles. You'll also receive updates when significant changes are made, new chapters are available, and the final ebook bundle is released.If you've wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven't known where to start, then Learning PHP is the book you need. With attention to both PHP 5.x and the new PHP version 7, it provides everything from an explanation of how PHP works with your web server and web browser to the ins and outs of working with databases and HTML forms. It's also packed with new material to reflect more modern features of PHP, and exciting enhancements with recent releases and the upcoming PHP 7.Written by the co-author of the popular PHP Cookbook, this book is for intelligent (but not necessarily highly-technical) readers. Learning PHP guides you through every aspect of the language you'll need to master for professional web programming results. This book provides a hands-on learning experience complete with exercises to make sure the lessons stick.Topics include:- How PHP works with your web browser and web server.- PHP language basics, including data, variables, logic and looping.- Working with arrays and functions.- Working with databases like MySQL, Redis, or MongoDB.- Accessing APIs over HTTP.- Writing tests for your code.- Composer, command-line PHP, PHP frameworks, and features of modern PHP.This book offers the ideal classroom learning experience whether you're in a classroom or on your own. From learning how to install PHP to designing database-backed web applications, Learning PHP will guide you through every aspect of the language you'll need to master to achieve professional web programming results.

A diferencia de otros lenguajes de programación, PHP se creó específicamente para la generación de páginas web, lo que significa que tareas comunes de programación en este campo como acceder a la información enviada en un formulario y hablar con una base de datos, son a menudo más sencillas en PHP. A esto se añaden valores como el hecho de ser un proyecto de código abierto, gratuito y multiplataforma, por lo que desde la aparición de la nueva versión, PHP 5, no ha hecho sino incrementar aún más su número de usuarios. Introducción a PHP 5 le permitirá, independientemente de su nivel inicial, dominar todos los aspectos relacionados con la generación de un sitio web dinámico. El lector encontrará la más completa documentación acerca del modo en que PHP interactúa con su navegador y servidor web.

PHP has gained a following among nontechnical web designers who need to add interactive aspects to their sites. Offering a gentle learning curve, PHP is an accessible yet powerful language for creating dynamic web pages. As its popularity has grown, PHP's basic feature set has become increasingly more sophisticated. Now PHP 5 boasts advanced features -- such as new object-oriented capabilities and support for XML and Web Services -- that will please even the most experienced web professionals, while still remaining user-friendly enough for those with a lower tolerance for technical jargon. If you want to try your hand at PHP but don't know where to start, then Learning PHP 5 is the book you need. With attention to both PHP 4 and the new PHP Version 5, it provides everything from a explanation of how PHP works with your web server and web browser to the ins and outs of working with MySQL databases and HTML forms. Written by the coauthor of the popular PHP Cookbook, this book is for intelligent (but not necessarily highly technical) readers.

When it comes to creating dynamic web sites, the open source PHP language is red-hot property: used on more 19 million web sites today, PHP is now more popular than Microsoft's ASP.NET technology. With our Cookbook's unique format, you can learn how to build dynamic web applications that work on any web browser. This revised new edition makes it easy to find specific solutions for programming challenges. "PHP Cookbook" has a wealth of solutions for problems that you'll face regularly. With topics that range from beginner questions to advanced web programming techniques, this guide contains practical examples -- or "recipes" -- for anyone who uses this scripting language to generate dynamic web content. Updated for PHP 5, this book provides solutions that explain how to use the new language features in detail, including the vastly improved object-oriented capabilities and the new MySQLi database extension. New sections on classes and objects are included, along with new material on processing XML, building web services with PHP, and working with SOAP/REST architectures. With each recipe, the authors include a discussion that explains the logic and concepts underlying the solution.