Wicked Cool PHP: Real-World Scripts That Solve Difficult Problems

Description

Wicked Cool PHP capitalizes on the success of the "Wicked Cool" series from No Starch Press. Rather than focus on the basics of the language, Wicked Cool PHP provides (and explains) PHP scripts that can be implemented immediately to simplify webmasters' lives. These include unique scripts for processing credit cards, checking for valid email addresses, templating, overriding PHP's default settings, and serving dynamic images and text. Readers will also find extensive sections on working with forms, words, and files; ways to harden PHP by closing common security holes; and instructions for keeping data and transactions secure. By exploring working code, readers learn how to customize their webserver's behavior, prevent spammers from adding annoying comments, scrape information from other web sites, and much more. This is a book that's sure to appeal to PHP programmers who have been there and done that and who want a book that delivers meaty content, not only promise.

PUBLISHER COMMENTS:
William Steinmetz is the author of LAN Party: Hosting the Ultimate Frag Fest (Wiley) and co-author of Paint Shop Pro for Dummies (IDG). He is the webmaster and editor of StarCityGames.com, where traffic has quadrupled as a result of the changes he designed and implemented, all using PHP.

Brian Ward is the author of How Linux Works, The Book of VMware, and The Linux Problem Solver (all from No Starch Press).

CONTENTS:

WICKED COOL PHP.INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: THE FAQS OF LIFE - THE SCRIPTS EVERY PHP PROGRAMMER WANTS (OR NEEDS) TO KNOWChapter 2: CONFIGURING PHPChapter 3: PHP SECURITYChapter 4: WORKING WITH FORMSChapter 5: WORKING WITH TEXT AND HTMLChapter 6: WORKING WITH DATESChapter 7: WORKING WITH FILESChapter 8: USER AND SESSION TRACKINGChapter 9: WORKING WITH EMAILChapter 10: WORKING WITH IMAGESChapter 11: USING cURL TO INTERACT WITH WEB SERVICESChapter 12: INTERMEDIATE PROJECTSAPPENDIXCOLOPHON