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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
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
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.
Average Rating: 
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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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- Nicely laid out but not Wicked CoolPros: The book is fun and easy to ready.
Cons: Teaches some bad coding styles and has a number of spelling mistakes. eg. Reg Ex for validating email has a typo making it useless.
Overall: More for beginners just starting to put what they know into practice. The code provided isn't ready for production environment.
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- Good ProductThe most important things with online buying is a good price, fast delivery and the product received is the item and condition stated. I would recommend and buy from this user again.
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