Creating Dynamic Websites in PHP

It is difficult to find something informative about PHP? A tried-and-true resource, updated in its fourth edition, this book helps beginner developers learn everything they need to create quality web applications.
You will start with a general overview of the technology... and gradually move on to the language's syntax, programming techniques, and other important details. Examples will be used to demonstrate both the correct application of the language and common idioms. It is assumed that the reader already has experience working with HTML.

You will receive numerous programming style and software development process recommendations from Kevin Tatro and Peter McIntyre. This material, presented in an accessible and compact form, will help you master the art of programming in PHP.
• General information about the results that can be achieved using PHP.
• Basics of the language, including data types, variables, operators, control statements.
• Functions, strings, arrays, and objects.
• Solutions to common development tasks: form processing, data validation, session data tracking, and cookies.
• Working with relational databases (MySQL) and NoSQL databases (such as MongoDB).
• Generating images, creating PDF files, parsing XML files.
• Script security, error handling, performance optimization, and other non-trivial topics.