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This book is an essential guide to some of the best free addons to PHP. These addons provide invaluable functionality for improving your PHP Web applications, including accessing databases, generating robust Web forms, using page templating systems, creating and parsing XML documents, authenticating users, and much more.Because many of the tools covered in this book have skimpy or nonexistent documentation, Sklar provides plenty of information about installing, configuring, and using each tool, along with tons of examples written with both PHP 4 and PHP 5 in mind.For example, there`s no need for you to code your own authentication system or Web form construction set: Sklar has laid out the details of Auth and HTML_QuickForm, two PEAR modules that do the job for you. Also, chapters on debugging your programs and how to increase your Web server speed will help you to eliminate some inefficiencies in PHP and enhance performance without any code modification.About the AuthorDavid Sklar is an independent software development and strategic technology consultant. He was a cofounder and the Chief Technology Officer of Student.com and TVGrid.com. At both companies, David oversaw the development of varied systems that delivered personalized dynamic content to users around the world.Since then, David continues to rely on PHP for personal and professional projects. He is also the coauthor of PHP Cookbook (O`Reilly, 2002). When away from the computer, David eats minidonuts, plays records, and likes to cook. He is a principal of The Transparency Project, a nonprofit organization that coordinates data markup standards and builds tools that analyze publicly available political and campaign finance information. David lives in New York City and has a degree in Computer Science from Yale! University.
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