This updated edition teaches everything you need to know to create effective web applications with the latest features in PHP 5.x. 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, the authors€ many style tips and practical programming advice will help you become a top-notch PHP programmer.

• Get an overview of what€s possible with PHP programs
• Learn language fundamentals, including data types, variables, operators, and flow control statements
• Understand functions, strings, arrays, and objects
• Apply common web application techniques, such as form processing, data validation, session tracking, and cookies
• Interact with relational databases like MySQL or NoSQL databases such as MongoDB
• Generate dynamic images, create PDF files, and parse XML files
• Learn secure scripts, error handling, performance tuning, and other advanced topics
• Get a quick reference to PHP core functions and standard extensions