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Why is PHP the most widely used programming language on the web? This updated edition teaches everything you need to know to create effective web applications using the latest features in PHP 7.4. You’ll start with the big picture and then dive into language syntax, programming techniques, and other details, using examples that illustrate both correct usage and common idioms.
If you have a working knowledge of HTML, authors Kevin Tatroe and Peter MacIntyre provide many style tips and practical programming advice in a clear and concise manner to help you become a top-notch PHP programmer.Understand what’s possible when you use PHP programsUnderstand what’s possible when you use PHP programsLearn language fundamentals, including data types, variables, operators, and flow control statementsLearn language fundamentals, including data types, variables, operators, and flow control statementsExplore functions, strings, arrays, and objectsExplore functions, strings, arrays, and objectsApply common web application techniques, such as form processing, data validation, session tracking, and cookiesApply common web application techniques, such as form processing, data validation, session tracking, and cookiesInteract with relational databases like MySQL or NoSQL databases such as MongoDBInteract with relational databases like MySQL or NoSQL databases such as MongoDBGenerate dynamic images, create PDF files, and parse XML filesGenerate dynamic images, create PDF files, and parse XML filesLearn secure scripts, error handling, performance tuning, and other advanced topicsLearn secure scripts, error handling, performance tuning, and other advanced topicsGet a quick reference to PHP core functions and standard extensionsGet a quick reference to PHP core functions and standard extensions
Last updated: June 14, 2025, 6:29 pm
| Brand | by Kevin Tatroe (Author), Peter MacIntyre (Author) Format: Kindle Edition |
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Learn PHP Fast and Learn It Well. Master PHP Programming with a unique Hands-On Project
New Book by Best Selling Author Jamie Chan. Book 6 of the Learn Coding Fast Series. Do you want to learn PHP fast but are overwhelmed by all the information you find online? Or perhaps you have completed numerous PHP tutorials but are still unsure how everything works together. This book is for you. You no longer have to waste your time and money learning PHP from lengthy books, expensive online courses or fragmented PHP tutorials. This book covers all the major topics in PHP and is written in a concise and to the point manner. In addition, you’ll be guided through a project at the end of the book where you get to apply the concepts learned and see how it all ties together.
What this book offers…
PHP for Beginners Complex concepts are broken down into simple steps to ensure that you can easily master PHP even if you have never coded before. Concepts are presented in a “to-the-point” style to cater to the busy individual; no fluff or unnecessary details. Careful selection of topics Topics are carefully selected to give you a broad exposure to PHP. These topics include HTML form handling, security management (prevention of XSS and SQL injection), object-oriented programming, error and exception handling techniques, databases and more. Carefully Chosen PHP Examples Examples are carefully chosen to illustrate all concepts. In addition, the output for all examples is provided immediately so you do not have to wait till you have access to your computer to test the examples.
How is this book different…
The best way to learn programming is by doing. This book includes a complete project at the end of the book where you get to build a mini-blog using PHP and MySQL. Working through the project gives you a chance to see how everything works together, including how to set up your servers, create a database, connect to it, process forms, manage security issues, handle errors and exceptions and more. Completing the project will not only give you an immense sense of achievement, it’ll also help you retain the knowledge you’ve learned and master the language. Are you ready to dip your toes into the exciting world of PHP coding? This book is for you. Click the BUY button and download it now.
Pre-requisites:
Note that this book requires basic knowledge of HTML and SQL.
What you’ll learn:
– What is PHP – What software do you need to run PHP scripts – How to set up your own server – What are constants, variables and operators – What are the common data types in PHP – How to control the flow of your PHP program using If statements, while loops etc – How to use numerous built-in functions in PHP – How to define your own functions – What is a cookie and session and how to use them – How to process HTML forms using the get and post methods – How to prevent attacks on your site – What is OOP and inheritance – How to connect to a database – How to handle errors and exceptions .. and more… Finally, you’ll be guided through a hands-on project that requires the application of all the topics covered. Click the BUY button and download the book now to start learning PHP. Learn it fast and learn it well.
Frenemies-to-Lovers Billionaire RomanceA contract?It’s a good cause. Why should I say no?Does his motive really matter?I’ve never met my best friend. Is that weird? Didn’t think so. Anonymity gives me freedom to say things I’d never say to someone’s face.And then he breaks it.Yep, the arrogant jerk injects himself into my life without any word or warning. Oh, and the best part? He just happens to be the billionaire owner of the social media company I work for. That’s right, people! He’s my boss!And he’s hot. And he argues with me. He tests me and I push back. It’s one long game of tug-of-war. He won’t yield and I won’t surrender. Me or him? Who will win? Who’s right? Who’s wrong—damn, then we’re kissing and one thing leads to another…This isn’t good. Actually, it is good. Too good. Thank God I can’t stand him or it could get complicated. Frenemies with benefits works for me. He’s there when I’m horny and when I need to flex my sass muscles. It is what it is. No future. No commitment. Who cares if no one else gets it?
Warning: Contains explicit language and imagery. Suitable only for ages 18 and over.**HEA STANDALONE**
MartinH (verified owner) –
Good book to start learning PHPI liked it, it’s a good book for someone who wants to learn PHP. However, they don’t talk about any low level details, explain how some functions work under the hood, what’s the complexity or give tips on how to optimize code (and I kinda expected that). Not really a problem, but some other people might need to know that
Amazon Customer (verified owner) –
DisappointingThere's lots of good information in this book, but as it claims to cover PHP 7.4 many of the language improvements appear to be missing. For instance:
There's no mention that you can create arrays with the square bracket syntax: $nums = [1, 2, 3, 4] or $person = ['name' => 'martin']
There's no mention of variadic function parameters: public function sum(…$args){}
So I wonder what else is missing?
Also missing are things most PHP developers take for granted nowadays:
Composer – PHPs defacto package manager.
Autoloading
The various frameworks that exist (Symfony, Laravel etc.)
This feels like a very lazy update to the previous editions.
Gabriela Leal (verified owner) –
Solid book on the fundamentals on phpI mainly got this book as a resource for a recent job offering with absolutely no experience writing within the language, and believed that this would be a good resource to be able to utilize for this job. However there are some caveats to this book, that I feel are mainly due to the structure of my work that ends up having me not really utilizing it as much when going into the later chapters, as most of the solution are handled much more by framework basis.
This book, is a solid book in my opinion of being able to get someone who is brand new to programming up and running, with a wide variety of topics to explore, and in that retrospect, in my opinion if you need a book that is a solid foundation to learn a variety of topics, then this is a good start for you to explore, as it will help you to learn terminology that you will need to know later when exploring frameworks.
However, in the sense of the work that I mainly due being through frameworks, what I was mainly hoping from this book is to describe best practices of the many different flavors of php, which it does do in some retrospect, but for most of the topics in this book I hardly ever touch, as they are rarely ever needed. I do still feel this is a solid resource to understand the language as a whole of what it can do, but if you are looking for a book that can describe at a better level best practices, you may need to look elsewhere to cover it.
Dusk (verified owner) –
There are no page numbersBe aware that there are no page numbers for this version of the book, this can make it difficult for school assignments that may refer by page number specifically.
A E (verified owner) –
Pretty good, but not perfectIf you're looking for a book to get a better understanding of PHP and dynamic web sites, this book is pretty good. It doesn't go into deep detail, so that is a bit frustrating because there are some parts that are glossed over, rather than the deep in-depth details that a newbee to dynamic web site development needs.