PHP for the Web

With PHP for the World Wide Web, Third Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the software, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. This task-based visual reference guide uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to teach beginning and intermediate users this popular open-source scripting language. Leading technology author Larry Ullman guides readers through the new features in PHP 5, including a complete rewrite of date handling code, with improved time-zone support, important security fixes, and over 30 new functions in various extensions and built-in functionality.Both beginning users, who want a thorough introduction to the technology, and more advanced users, who are looking for a convenient reference, will find what they need here-in straightforward language and through readily accessible examples. Need to learn PHP fast? Try aVisual QuickStart!This best-selling reference's visual format and step-by-step, task-based instructions will have you up and running with the PHP scripting language in no time! In this completely updated edition of our best-selling guide PHP for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide, leading Web scripting expertLarry Ullman uses crystal-clear instructions and friendly prose to introduce you to everything that's new in PHP. Filled with step-by-step, task-based instructions and loads of visual aids, this book explains how to learn the ins and outs of this important and popular scripting language. Along the way, you'll find extensive coverage of all the language's new features: including a complete rewrite of date handling code, with improved time-zone support, important security fixes, and over 30 new functions in various extensions and built-in functionality.