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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9781593271732
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1593271735
Label: No Starch Press
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Manufacturer: No Starch Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: February 09, 2008
Publisher: No Starch Press
Studio: No Starch Press
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- ISBN13: 9781593271732
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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.
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- Save your moneyThis is probably the first time reviews on amazon completely failed me. if you have any coding experience at all, php or otherwise, move on. if you want proper syntax/style, move on. if you have access to [...] or even google, do so as well. there is nothing in this book that you will not get for free on any random coding related site, except it being free, updated and better. now, if you dont mind paying for crappy content you may get something out of it if you havent moved passed the "hello world" ... Read More
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- good start..This book is a good start to learning some cool php scripts, but I found myself spending lots of time on google and other sites to actually get any of it to work. A few apis are used that are outdated, like yahoo and google maps. Additionally, the book has quite a few spelling errors and at times can be hard to follow (ie. what function goes in what file, when did the author break code into multiple files, etc. If you don't mind looking around online, this book gives you some neat ideas for cool php ... Read More
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- Good reference bookThis is an excellent reference book with lots of good chunks of PHP code to incorporate quickly and easily into new or existing code. I'd recommend it as a good reference book with coe you can immediately deploy. Haven't had a chance to look through entire book but realize that it is going to be something I reference repeatedly.
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- Wicked Cool PHP - Great Book!This book offered me examples i badly needed to complete my online class assignment project.
The examples are easy and well explained, so buying this book will not cause you to have any remorse for buying stuff that confuses you. This is the book where you get all the explanations. Even when the script is self explanatory the author takes no chances.. he explains it! One thing to note is that this book is for people who already have some knowledge about PHP.
Highly recommend ... Read More
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- Excellent cookbook for both new and expereinced codersI have coded a good deal in PHP and read a lot of literature on the language along the way. On one's way of coding this or that web site most programmers run across the same challenges, often simple problems but without an elegant solution or at least not an obvious and handy one. The book appears to be written by experienced coders that have collected their slickest solutions to these problems and structured them into an easy to read format. As an example: How do I convert plain-text with line breaks into ... Read More
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