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If you`re using PHP 4, then chances are good that an upgrade to PHP 5 is in your future. The more you`ve heard about the exciting new features in PHP 5, the sooner that upgrade is probably going to be. Although an in-depth, soup-to-nuts reference guide to the language is good to have on hand, it`s not the book an experienced PHP programmer needs to get started with the latest release. What you need is a lean and focused guide that answers your most pressing questions: what`s new with the technology, what`s different, and how do I make the best use of it? In other words, you need a copy of Upgrading to PHP 5.
This book is targeted toward PHP developers who are already familiar with PHP 4. Rather than serve as a definitive guide to the entire language, the book zeroes in on PHP 5`s new features, and covers these features definitively. You`ll find a concise appraisal of the differences between PHP 4 and PHP 5, a detailed look at what`s new in this latest version, and you`ll see how PHP 5 improves on PHP 4 code. See PHP 4 and PHP 5 code side-by-side, to learn how the new features make it easier to solve common PHP problems. Each new feature is shown in code, helping you understand why it`s there, when to use it, and how it`s better than PHP 4. Short, sample programs are included throughout the book.
Topics covered in Upgrading to PHP 5 include:The new set of robust object-oriented programming features An improved MySQL extension, supporting MySQL 4.1, prepared statements, and bound parameters Completely rewritten support for XML: DOM, XSLT, SAX, and SimpleXML Easy web services with SOAP SQLite, an embedded database library bundled with PHP 5 Cleaner error handling with exceptions Other new language features, such as iterators, streams, and more.Upgrading to PHP 5 won`t make you wade through information you`ve covered before. Written by Adam Trachtenberg, coauthor of the popular PHP Cookbook, this book will take you straight into the heart of all that`s new in PHP 5. By the time you`ve finished, you`ll know PHP 5 in practice as well as in theory.ISBN - 9788173666209
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Pages : 358
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