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

About this book

Instead of starting at "Hello World " Wicked Cool PHP assumes that youre familiar with the language and jumps right into the good stuff. After you learn the FAQs of life-the most commonly wished for PHP scripts-youll work your way through smart configuration options and the art of forms all the way through to complex database-backed scripts. Wicked Cool PHP contains a wide variety of scripts to process credit cards check the validity of email addresses template HTML and serve dynamic images and text. The 76 easily implemented scripts will also teach you how to: Send and receive email notifications Track your visitors behavior with cookies and sessions Override PHPs default settings Manipulate dates images and text on the fly Harness SOAP and other web services Create an online poll ecard delivery system and blog But its not all fun and games: Security is a big concern when programming any web application. So youll learn how to encrypt your confidential data safeguard your passwords and prevent common cross-site-scripting attacks. And youll learn how to customize all of the scripts to fit your own needs. Dynamic Web content doesnt have to be difficult. Learn the secrets of the craft from two experienced PHP developers with Wicked Cool PHP.