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PHP has gained a following among non-technical web designers who need to add interactive aspects to their sites. Offering a gentle learning curve, PHP is an accessible yet powerful language for creating dynamic web pages. As its popularity has grown, PHP’s basic feature set has become increasingly more sophisticated. Now PHP 5 boasts advanced features–such as new object-oriented capabilities and support for XML and Web Services–that will please even the most experienced web professionals while still remaining user-friendly enough for those with a lower tolerance for technical jargon.

If you’ve wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven’t known where to start, then Learning PHP 5 is the book you need. If you’ve wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven’t known where to start, then Learning PHP 5 is the book you need. With attention to both PHP 4 and the new PHP version 5, it provides everything from a explanation of how PHP works with your web server and web browser to the ins and outs of working with databases and HTML forms. Written by the co-author of the popular PHP Cookbook, this book is for intelligent (but not necessarily highly-technical) readers. Learning PHP 5 guides you through every aspect of the language you’ll need to master for professional web programming results. This book provides a hands-on learning experience complete with exercises to make sure the lessons stick.

Learning PHP 5 covers the following topics, and more:

• How PHP works with your web browser and web server
• PHP language basics, including data, variables, logic and looping
• Working with arrays and functions
• Making web forms
• Working with databases like MySQL
• Remembering users with sessions
• Parsing and generating XML
• Debugging

Written by David Sklar, coauthor of the PHP Cookbook and an instructor in PHP, this book offers the ideal classroom learning experience whether you’re in a classroom or on your own. From learning how to install PHP to designing database-backed web applications, Learning PHP 5 will guide you through every aspect of the language you’ll need to master to achieve professional web programming results.

Learning PHP 5

Portable and precise, this pocket-sized guide delivers ready answers for administering Windows Small Business Server 2008. Zero in on core support tasks and tools using quick-reference tables, instructions, and lists. You’ll get the focused information you need to solve problems and get the job done?whether at your desk or in the field.

Get fast facts to:

• Plan, install, and configure a small business network
• Navigate the Windows SBS Console tool
• Create and administer user and group accounts
• Manage automatic updates, disk storage, and shared printers
• Configure mail settings and customize internal Web sites
• Boost security with authentication, authorization, and permissions
• Develop a backup and restoration strategy
• Monitor performance using alerts, notifications, and reports
• Expand the network by adding a server and accessing remote computers

Windows Small Business Server 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant (PRO-Administrator’s Pocket Consultant)