Description: I've gotten to the point now after 3 years of PHP coding that I can write database based applications in my sleep. I'm familiar with at least 60% of the non-database related PHP functions. I consider myself an advanced PHP programmer. When I read through this book, I found myself wanting more. Sure, it opened my eyes up to a few functions I wasn't familiar with (such as using true type fonts for images), but I found it to be lacking overall. I was surprised that the ob_start()/ob_get_contents() related functions weren't even mentioned with the ultra basic templating class used at the beginning of the book. Nor was custom error handling even touched on. That's not to say that the book doesn't have any good qualities. The OOP chapter, while brief, was at least useful. And I absolutely loved the coding style in the book (all other book publishers should take a lesson from this). New lines of code are highlighted as red, and shown exactly where they're supposed to go in relation to the cod ..
ISBN:
0201775972
Release Date:
15 December, 2001
List Price:
$20.99
Author:
Larry E. Ullman, Larry Ullman
Publisher:
Peachpit Press
Last Updated:
06/26/2003
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