PHP Functions Essential Reference is a detailed and practical funtion reference for the PHP programming language. Concise and authoritative, this working programmer's guide covers the core function groups plus 300 additional commonly used PHP functions, and details 800 more functions on the book's web site, php-er.com. Written by working developers and PHP community leaders, this book is full of working code that utilizes the rich variety of functions available with PHP. Every function is supported by one or more examples that illustrate the function in action. This definitive guide to PHP is a must-have for any serious PHP programmer. If you're a programmer looking for the most effective uses of PHP, this book will provide you with:

• A clear guide to common function usage and pitfalls
• Easy to find, detailed information on the most important PHP functions
• Practical examples of each function's use
• Overview's that discuss how and why to use a particular group of functions
• Practical, complete documentation on powerful but obscure functions such as pack and unpack
• Detailed writeups on critical PHP extensions such as MySQL, core language functions like the class object, string, and variable-related functions, and new language features such as ticks

Apache, MySQL, PHP3, and IMP<193> the pieces exist. Each piece has been described ad nauseam. What does not exist is a guide to the marriage of these software technologies into a useful book, until now. This book puts together information on installing, setting up, and troubleshooting each of these technologies into one complete volume. You also learn how each piece is part of a whole by learning, step-by-step, how to create a web-based e-mail system. Learn to run the Linux equivalent of Active Server Pages (ASP) using PHP3, set up an e-commerce site using a database and the Apache web server, and create a data entry system (such as sales, product quality tracking, customer preferences, etc) that requires no installation in the PC.

The PHP Anthology: Object Oriented PHP Solutions is a complete reference guide for any PHP developer—hobbyist or professional—to help you write better, faster and more secure code that solves common problems. The author, Harry Fuecks, has compiled over 100 best-practice solutions that any developer will find invaluable when building content management systems, intranets, shopping carts or anything else.

More than 50 percent of all web servers are running on "free" Apache software. The software is very good, and this is exactly the type of book users will need after they have downloaded it and are starting to try to set up their servers. An advanced beginner can use this book and the Apache software to get a server up very quickly. The CD-ROM offers plenty of tools and accessories.
Book Descriptions
A book/CD-ROM guide to administering an Apache Web Server, for those with no previous Web administration experience. Early chapters walk through source compilation, binary installations, and configuration issues, and later chapters concentrate on advanced issues such as the SSI, CGI, and FastCGI configurations and their impact on the server and its security model. More advanced topics include monitoring and URL rewriting techniques. The CD-ROM contains the server source and binary distributions for Apache Server and Perl.

* Demonstrates Web application development by presenting ten real, ready-to-use examples
* Samples start with a simple guess book and end with a fully-functional e-commerce site with a shopping cart
* New features include both MySQL 4.1 and PHP 4.2
* Latest edition contains new applications including log analysis and project tracking