| Overview
Programmers love its flexibility and speed; designers love its
accessibility and convenience. When it comes to creating web sites,
the PHP scripting language is truly a red-hot property. In fact,
PHP is currently used on more than 19 million web sites, surpassing
Microsoft's ASP .NET technology in popularity. Not surprisingly,
this surge in usage has resulted in a number of PHP books hitting
the market. Only one, though, takes the language beyond traditional
Web programming and into mapping, graphing, multimedia, and beyond:
PHP Hacks.
In PHP Hacks, author Jack Herrington wrings out his 20
years of code generation experience to deliver hands-on tools
ranging from basic PHP and PEAR installation and scripting to
advanced multimedia and database optimizing tricks. On the practical side of things, PHP Hacks helps you
develop more robust PHP applications by explaining how to improve
your database design, automate application testing, and employ
design patterns in your PHP scripts and classes. In the category of
"cool," Herrington explains how to upgrade your Web interface
through the creation of tabs, stickies, popups, and calendars. He
even examines how to leverage maps and graphics in PHP. There's
also a bounty of image and application hacks, including those that
show you how to: Integrate web sites with Google maps and satellite imaging Dynamically display iPhoto libraries online Add IRC, SMS, and Instant Messaging capabilities to your Web
applications Drop the latest Wikipedia dictionary onto your Sony PSP Render graphics and user interfaces with SVG, DHTML, and
Ajax
Whether you're a newcomer or an expert, you'll find great value
in PHP Hacks, the only PHP guide that offers something
useful and fun for everyone.
Editorial ReviewsProduct DescriptionProgrammers love its flexibility and speed; designers love its accessibility and convenience. When it comes to creating web sites, the PHP scripting language is truly a red-hot property. In fact, PHP is currently used on more than 19 million web sites, surpassing Microsoft's ASP .NET technology in popularity. Not surprisingly, this surge in usage has resulted in a number of PHP books hitting the market. Only one, though, takes the language beyond traditional Web programming and into mapping, graphing, multimedia, and beyond: "PHP Hacks," In "PHP Hacks," author Jack Herrington wrings out his 20 years of code generation experience to deliver hands-on tools ranging from basic PHP and PEAR installation and scripting to advanced multimedia and database optimizing tricks. On the practical side of things, "PHP Hacks" helps you develop more robust PHP applications by explaining how to improve your database design, automate application testing, and employ design patterns in your PHP scripts and classes. In the category of "cool," Herrington explains how to upgrade your Web interface through the creation of tabs, stickies, popups, and calendars. He even examines how to leverage maps and graphics in PHP. There's also a bounty of image and application hacks, including those that show you how to: Integrate web sites with Google maps and satellite imaging Dynamically display iPhoto libraries online Add IRC, SMS, and Instant Messaging capabilities to your Web applications Drop the latest Wikipedia dictionary onto your Sony PSP Render graphics and user interfaces with SVG, DHTML, and Ajax Whether you're a newcomer or an expert, you'll find great value in "PHPHacks," the only PHP guide that offers something useful and fun for everyone. |
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Reader Reviews From Amazon (Ranked by 'Helpfulness') Average Customer Rating: based on 15 reviews. PHP Potential Unleashed, 2009-06-04 Reviewer rating: There are a lot of ways to learn a language, and PHP is a popular one because it's dynamic. If you truly want to unleash the potential of this dynamic language than you need to get this book! Jack goes into detail and even provides scripts for hundreds of uses with the perspective of a seasoned veteran, it's easy to use and reference different sections. | doesn't keep what it promises, 2008-12-17 Reviewer rating: when I saw the title I was sure it is exactly what I needed, some special tips and tricks, something that you can't find easily on the internet. But it was nothing more.
The good thing is now I have some good ideas in a book and don't have to search every time online. | PHP Hacks, 2008-11-30 Reviewer rating: I haven't finished this book yet, but I think it will go really well with helping me to get a better grasp of PHP. I already knew a little bit before I bought this book and another book here. It's not a book for learning PHP from scratch, its for showing you how to do things with PHP that are very useful and innovative. I also purchased PHP and MySQL FOR Dummies by Larry Ullman, so this should help me in starting my business. :) | A Must Have!, 2008-10-28 Reviewer rating: Along with "PHP in a Nutshell" by Paul Hudson, "Ajax Hacks" by Bruce W. Perry, and "Visual Quickpro Guide PHP 6 and MySQL 5" by Larry Ullman, PHP Hacks is a phenomenal resource for ideas for using PHP.
One of the many things I like to use with PHP is graphics. (I prefer to Use iMagick over GD since it is more object oriented). You can create dynamic images using PHP. It is also my strong belief that given future versions of PHP, sound, animation, and interactivity (like in Adobe Flash) could be developed using a PHP script. (But don't tell Adobe that. It would be like the oil industry finding out people can run cars on water or compressed air.)
PHP Hacks is a remarkable resource to jump start your understanding of PHP. | Nice broad book, 2007-10-09 Reviewer rating: Broad book, covers a little html, a little CSS, a little javascript - RSS, XML, MySQL etc. A lot of functional and usefull PHP hacks. |
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