100 Best PHP Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript: With jQuery, CSS & HTML5 (Learning PHP, MYSQL, Javascript, CSS & HTML5)

Robin Nixon

5.0

Build interactive, data-driven websites with the potent combination of open source technologies and web standards, even if you have only basic HTML knowledge. In this update to this popular hands-on guide, you’ll tackle dynamic web programming with the latest versions of today’s core technologies: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, and key jQuery libraries.

Web designers will learn how to use the

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PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice

MATT ZANDSTRA

4.8

Aided by three key elements: object fundamentals, design principles, and best practices, you'll learn how to develop elegant and rock solid systems using PHP.

The 5th edition of this popular book has been fully updated for PHP 7, including replacing the PEAR package manager with Composer, and new material on Vagrant and PHP standards. It provides a solid grounding in PHP's support for objects, it b

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PHP Cookbook

David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg

4.7

This cookbook has a wealth of solutions for problems that PHP programmers face regularly. With topics that range from beginner questions to advanced web programming techniques, PHP Cookbook, 3rd Edition contains practical code recipes for anyone who uses this scripting language to generate dynamic web content. Revised for PHP 5.4, this edition includes new sections on updated web services, data fo

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PHP and MySQL Web Development

Luke Welling, Laura Thomson

4.7

PHP and MySQL Web Development, Fifth Edition The definitive guide to building database-driven Web applications with PHP and MySQL
PHP and MySQL are popular open-source technologies that are ideal for quickly developing database-driven Web applications. PHP is a powerful scripting language designed to enable developers to create highly featured Web applications quickly, and MySQL is a fast, reliab

Recommended by Scott Johnson.

Scott Johnson

I spent a ton of years doing mostly product management as opposed to software engineering (what I do now). Although I had written code and managed engineers, I wasn't really a hands on software engineer. In the wake of the dot com crisis, when everyone was unemployed, when an unexpected software engineering gig landed on me, the book PHP and MySQL Web Development by Luke Welling and Laura Thompson literally taught me database backed web development. Oddly enough, two years later, I ended up marrying one of the book's editors. If I hadn't read that book, I wouldn't have ended up speaking at the PHP conference where I met my wife and I would not be married to her (or have my kids). That one book took me down the Open Source path and while I've changed languages (Ruby / Rails), it literally changed every single aspect of my life. [source]

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Modern PHP: New Features and Good Practices

Josh Lockhart

4.7

PHP is experiencing a renaissance, though it may be difficult to tell with all of the outdated PHP tutorials online. With this practical guide, you'll learn how PHP has become a full-featured, mature language with object-orientation, namespaces, and a growing collection of reusable component libraries.

Author Josh Lockhart--creator of PHP The Right Way, a popular initiative to encourage PHP best pr

6

Laravel: Up & Running: A Framework for Building Modern PHP Apps

Matt Stauffer

4.6

What sets Laravel apart from other PHP web frameworks? Speed and simplicity, for starters. This rapid application development framework and its ecosystem of tools let you quickly build new sites and applications with clean, readable code. Fully updated to cover Laravel 5.8, the second edition of this practical guide provides the definitive introduction to one of today's mostpopular web frameworks.

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Programming PHP

Kevin Tatroe, Peter Macintyre, et al.

4.6

This updated edition teaches everything you need to know to create effective web applications with the latest features in PHP 5.x. You’ll start with the big picture and then dive into language syntax, programming techniques, and other details, using examples that illustrate both correct usage and common idioms.

If you have a working knowledge of HTML, the authors’ many style tips and practical prog

8

PHP for the World Wide Web (Visual QuickStart Guide)

Larry Ullman

4.6

Aimed at beginning PHP developers, this volume uses step-by-step instructions and visual aids to get you started testing scripts, using basic syntax, working with variables, creating Web applications, and other information needed to know to create dynamic Web pages. It covers topics such as Zend Engine, XML support, SQLite, and others.

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Head First PHP & MySQL

Lynn Beighley

4.5

If you're ready to create web pages more complex than those you can build with HTML and CSS, Head First PHP & MySQL is the ultimate learning guide to building dynamic, database-driven websites using PHP and MySQL. Packed with real-world examples, this book teaches you all the essentials of server-side programming, from the fundamentals of PHP and MySQL coding to advanced topics such as form valida

10

Essential PHP Security

Chris Shiflett

4.4

Being highly flexible in building dynamic, database-driven web applications makes the PHP programming language one of the most popular web development tools in use today. It also works beautifully with other open source tools, such as the MySQL database and the Apache web server. However, as more web sites are developed in PHP, they become targets for malicious attackers, and developers need to pr

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Web Design with Html, Css, JavaScript and Jquery Set

Jon Duckett

4.4

A two-book set for web designers and front-end developers This two-book set combines the titles HTML & CSS: Designing and Building Web Sites and JavaScript & jQuery: Interactive Front-End Development. Together these two books form an ideal platform for anyone who wants to master HTML and CSS before stepping up to JavaScript and jQuery.

HTML & CSS covers structure, text, links, images, tables, forms

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PHP Object-Oriented Solutions

David Powers

4.4

My first experiments with object-oriented programming in PHP took place about six years ago. Unfortunately, the book that introduced me to the subject concentrated on the mechanics of writing classes and paid little heed to principles underlying OOP. As a result, I wrote classes that were closely intertwined with a specific project ("tightly coupled," to use the OOP terminology). Everything worked

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PHP Advanced and Object-Oriented Programming: Visual Quickpro Guide

Larry Ullman

4.4

Readers can take their PHP skills to the next level with this fully revised and updated PHP Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide, Third Edition! Filled with fourteen chapters of step-by-step content and written by bestselling author and PHP programmer Larry Ullman, this guide teaches specific topics in direct, focused segments, shows how PHP is used in real-world applications. The book teaches developi

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PHP Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy

David Powers

4.4

Dynamic Web Design Made Easy--that's a pretty bold claim. How easy is easy? It's not like an instant cake mix: just add water and stir. Dynamic web design is--well-- dynamic. Every website is different, so it's impossible to grab a script, paste it into a web page, and expect it to work. Building dynamic sites involves diving into the code and adju- ing it to your own requirements. If that thought

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PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites

Larry Ullman

4.3

It hasn't taken Web developers long to discover that when it comes to creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites, MySQL and PHP provide a winning open-source combination. Add this book to the mix, and there's no limit to the powerful, interactive Web sites that developers can create. With step-by-step instructions, complete scripts, and expert tips to guide readers, veteran author and database de

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JavaScript and jQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development

Jon Duckett

4.3

Learn JavaScript and jQuery a nicer way

This full-color book adopts a visual approach to teaching JavaScript & jQuery, showing you how to make web pages more interactive and interfaces more intuitive through the use of inspiring code examples, infographics, and photography. The content assumes no previous programming experience, other than knowing how to create a basic web page in HTML & CSS. You'l

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PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual Quickpro Guide

Larry Ullman

4.3

Learn PHP and MySQL programming-- the quick and easy way! Easy visual approach uses demonstrations and real-world examples to guide you step by step through advanced techniques for dynamic Web development using PHP and MySQL.
- Concise steps and explanations let you get up and running in no time.
- Essential reference guide keeps you coming back again and again.
- Whether you're new to prog

18

PHP Master

Davey Shafik

4.3

PHP Master is tailor-made for the PHP developer who's serious about taking their server-side applications to the next level and who wants to really keep ahead of the game by adhering to best practice, employing the most effective object-oriented programming techniques, wrapping projects in layers of security and ensuring their code is doing its job perfectly.

Create professional, dynamic applicatio

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The PHP Workshop: A New, Interactive Approach to Learning PHP

Alexandru Busuioc, David Carr, et al.

4.3

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PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice

Matt Zandstra

4.3

PHP 5's object-oriented enhancements are among the most significant improvements in the 10+ year history of the language. This book introduces you to those features and the many opportunities they provide, as well as a number of tools that will help you maximize development efforts.

The book begins with a broad overview of PHP 5's object-oriented features, introducing key topics like class declarat

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Professional PHP Programming

Jesus M. Castagnetto, Harish Rawat, Deepak T. Veliath

4.3

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Murach's PHP and MySQL

Joel Murach, Ray Harris, et al.

4.3

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Laravel PHP 5.8 | Learn PHP Programming A to Z: A Complete Guide For Beginners And Experienced

Tim Berners

4.3

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Php, Mysql, & JavaScript All-In-One for Dummies

Blum

4.3

Explore the engine that drives the internet

It takes a powerful suite of technologies to drive the most-visited websites in the world. PHP, mySQL, JavaScript, and other web-building languages serve as the foundation for application development and programming projects at all levels of the web.

Dig into this all-in-one book to get a grasp on these in-demand skills, and figure out how to apply them to

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Beginning PHP 5.3

Matt Doyle

4.3

Serving as a complete introduction to PHP 5.3, this book walks you through all the major concepts of PHP in a way that’s easy to follow, with plenty of code snippets illustrating each concept to aid learning. You’ll discover how to install and configure PHP 5.3, how to get started with simple programs, and the basic building blocks of PHP such as variables, operators, expressions, arrays, and obje

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Laravel Testing Decoded

Jeffrey Wa

4.3

Please note that this book exclusively covers Laravel 4.

I've seen it way too many times. As your application grows, so does your sloppy, untested codebase. Before long, you begin to drown, as your ability to manually test the application becomes unrealistic, or even impossible! It's at these specific times, when you begin to realize the down-right necessity for testing. Sure, you might have read a

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PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual Quickpro Guide

Larry Ullman

4.3

With step-by-step instructions, complete scripts, and expert tips to guide readers, this work gets right down to business - after grounding readers with separate discussions of first the scripting language (PHP) and then the database program (MySQL), it goes on to cover security, sessions and cookies, and using additional Web tools.

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Modernizing Legacy Applications in PHP

Paul M. Jones

4.3

Get your code under control in a series of small, specific steps.

As you apply these incremental refactorings in order, each one building on the last, you will steadily transform your legacy PHP application from a spaghetti mess to an organized, modern, testable application, free of globals and mixed concerns.

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JavaScript for PHP Developers

Stoyan Stefanov

4.2

If you want to significantly expand your web development skills beyond PHP, this practical, hands-on book teaches you ECMAScript—the core JavaScript language—from the ground up. You’ll discover some similarities between JavaScript and PHP, such as conditions and loops, but the primary focus is on JavaScript’s unique object creation, classes, prototypes, and inheritance.

JavaScript knowledge is esse

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Laravel: From Apprentice To Artisan

Taylor Otwell

4.2

Written by the creator of Laravel, this is the definitive guide to advanced application development with Laravel 4. Learn about dependency injection, interfaces, service providers, SOLID design, and more while exploring practical, real-world code examples. Whether you're building a robust, large application with the Laravel framework, or just want to sharpen your software design chops, this book w

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Murach's MySQL

Joel Murach

4.2

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PHP/Architect's Guide to Date and Time Programming

Derick Rethans

4.2

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Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL

Hugh E. Williams, David Lane

4.2

There are many reasons for serving up dynamic content from a web site: to offer an online shopping site, create customized information pages for users, or just manage a large volume of content through a database. Anyone with a modest knowledge of HTML and web site management can learn to create dynamic content through the PHP programming language and the MySQL database. This book gives you the bac

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Yii 2 For Beginners

Bill Keck

4.2

Yii 2 for beginners will take you step by step through setup and installation, and then on to coding in the most exciting PHP framework available today. The book focuses on creating a reusable template that can serve as the basis for your projects.

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Learning PHP Design Patterns

William Sanders

4.2

Build server-side applications more efficiently—and improve your PHP programming skills in the process—by learning how to use design patterns in your code. This book shows you how to apply several object-oriented patterns through simple examples, and demonstrates many of them in full-fledged working applications.

Learn how these reusable patterns help you solve complex problems, organize object-ori

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Learning PHP 5

David Sklar

4.2

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

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Wicked Cool PHP: Real-World Scripts That Solve Difficult Problems

William Steinmetz, Brian Ward

4.2

Instead of starting at "Hello World," Wicked Cool PHP assumes that you're familiar with the language and jumps right into the good stuff. After you learn the FAQs of life-the most commonly wished for PHP scripts-you'll work your way through smart configuration options and the art of forms, all the way through to complex database-backed scripts.

Wicked Cool PHP contains a wide variety of scripts to

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Php|architect's Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide

Davey, Shafik and Ben, Ramsey

4.2

The third edition of the popular Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide, edited and produced by php[architect], provides the most comprehensive and thorough preparation tool for developers who wish to take the exam. Zend Certification is an industry-recognized benchmark used to validate PHP expertise while indicating a developer’s commitment to mastering the craft and being a professional programmer

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Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional (Beginning from Novice to Professional)

W Jason Gilmore

4.2

"Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition" offers a comprehensive introduction to two of the most prominent open-source technologies on the planet: the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database server. Updated to introduce the features found in MySQL's most significant release to date, readers willlearn how to take advantage of the features of both technologies to bu

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PHP 5 Power Programming

Andi Gutmans, Stig Bakken, Derick Rethans

4.2

Back Cover The definitive introduction for today's most powerful PHP 5 techniques In this book, PHP 5's co-creator and two leading PHP developers show you how to make the most of PHP 5's industrial-strength enhancements in any project -- no matter how large or complex. Their unique insights and realistic examples illuminate PHP 5's new object model, powerful design patterns, improved XML Web servi

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PHP & MySQL For Dummies

Janet Valade

4.2

Build an online catalog and a members-only site

Everything you need to know to create a dynamic PHP and MySQL Web site!

Been thinking of creating a high-quality interactive Web site? This book is just what you need to get started! Here's the fun and easy way(r) to develop a Web application in PHP 4, 5, or 6 and MySQL 5, test your software, enable your Web pages to display, change, and move databas

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Pro Drupal Development

John VanDyk, Matt Westgate

4.2

Drupal is one of the most popular content management systems in use today. With it, one can create a variety of community-driven sites, including blogs, forums, wiki-style sites, and much more. Assuming that users already possess the knowledge to install and bring a standard installation online, the authors delve into Drupal internals, showing how to truly take advantage of its powerful architectu

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Big-blk Mopar Php1302

Chuck Senatore

4.2

Hundreds of thousands of racing enthusiasts rely on this essential guide for building a race-winning, high performance big-block Mopar. Includes detailed sections on engine block preparation, blueprinting and assembly.

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Build APIs You Won't Hate

Phil Sturgeon and Ashley Hockne

4.2

Everyone and their dog wants an API, so you should probably learn how to build them.

Tasked with building an API for your company but don't have a clue where to start? Taken over an existing API and hate it? Built your own API and still hate it? This book is for you.

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Advanced PHP Programming

George Schlossnagle

4.2

Over the past three years PHP has evolved from being a niche language used to add dynamic functionality to small sites to a powerful tool making strong inroads into large-scale, business-critical Web systems. The rapid maturation of PHP has created a skeptical population of users from more traditional "enterprise" languages who question the readiness and ability of PHP to scale, as well as a large

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Laravel 5 Cookbook Enhance Your Amazing Applications

Nathan Wu

4.2

We believe programming should be fun to learn. You'll LEARN BY DOING right from the beginning. This book features a lot of practical Laravel tutorials. Each tutorial includes practical advice, tips and tricks for working with jQuery, AJAX, JSON, API, modular PHP, testing, deployment and more.

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Php: The Complete Reference

Steven Holzner

4.1

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.

Your One-Stop Guide to Web Development with PHP--Covers PHP 5.2

Build dynamic, cross-browser Web applications with PHP--the server-side programming language that's taken the Internet by storm. Through detailed e

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Professional WordPress: Design and Development

Hal Stern, David Damstra, Brad Williams

4.1

An in-depth look at the internals of the WordPress system. As the most popular blogging and content management platform available today, WordPress is a powerful tool. This exciting book goes beyond the basics and delves into the heart of the WordPress system, offering overviews of the functional aspects of WordPress as well as plug-in and theme development. What is covered in this book?

WordPress a

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PHP 7 in easy steps

Mike McGrath

4.1

PHP 7 in easy steps will teach you to code server-side scripts. It begins by explaining how to install a free web server and the PHP interpreter to create an environment in which you can produce your own data-driven server-side web pages. You will learn how to write PHP server-side scripts and how to make MySQL database queries. Examples illustrate how to store and retrieve Session Data, how to pr

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Pro PHP Security: From Application Security Principles to the Implementation of Xss Defenses

Chris Snyder, Thomas Myer, Michael Southwell

4.1

PHP security, just like PHP itself, has advanced. Updated for PHP 5.3, the second edition of this authoritative PHP security book covers foundational PHP security topics like SQL injection, XSS, user authentication, and secure PHP development. Chris Snyder and Tom Myer also delve into recent developments like mobile security, the impact of JavaScript, and the advantages of recent PHP hardening eff

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Expert PHP 5 Tools

Dirk Merkel

4.1

Each chapter focuses on one topic, such as version control or debugging. After initially discussing essential concepts, the author takes an in-depth look at one or more tools relevant to the topic. Sample projects and plenty of well-documented code are used to work through practical application of the concepts. This book has been written for professional developers new to PHP and experienced PHP d

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Web Coding & Development All-In-One for Dummies

Paul McFedries

4.1

Speak the languages that power the web

With more high-paying web development jobs opening every day, people with coding and web/app building skills are having no problems finding employment. If you're a would-be developer looking to gain the know-how to build the interfaces, databases, and other features that run modern websites, web apps, and mobile apps, look no further. Web Coding & Development

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Learning PHP: A Pain-Free Introduction to Building Interactive Websites

David Sklar

4.1

If you've wanted to try your hand at PHP but haven't known where to start, then "Learning PHP" is the book you need. With attention to both PHP 5.x and the new PHP version 7, it provides everything from an explanation of how PHP works with your web server and web browser to the ins and outs of working with databases and HTML forms. It's also packed with new material to reflect more modern features

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PHP 5 in Practice

Elliott White, Jonathan D. Eisenhamer

4.1

PHP 5 in Practice offers recipes and solutions for PHP programmers. In just a few years, PHP has become one of the most popular languages for powering web content worldwide. This popularity affords both new users and long-time developers access to a large cadre of applications and a vast community of expertise. PHP 5, the latest revision of the language, has extended many concepts of the base lang

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Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL

Kevin Yank

4.1

Build Your Own Database-Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL is a practical guide for first-time users of PHP & MySQL that teaches readers by creating a fully working Content Management System, Shopping Cart and other real-world applications. There has been a marked increase in the adoption of PHP, most notably in the beginning to intermediate levels. PHP now boasts over 30% of the server side scripti

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PHP Web Services: APIs for the Modern Web

Lorna Jane Mitchell

4.1

Whether you’re sharing data between two internal systems or building an API so users can access their data, this practical book provides everything you need to build web service APIs with PHP. Author Lorna Jane Mitchell uses code samples, real-world examples, and advice based on her extensive experience to guide you through the process—from the underlying theory to methods for making your service

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Practical Web 2.0 Applications with PHP

Quentin Zervaas

4.1

Many of today's web development books and articles cover single aspects of the development life cycle, delving only into specific features rather than looking at the whole picture. In this book, we will develop a complete web application. Although we will be using various third-party libraries and tools to aid in development, we will be developing the application from start to finish. The focus of

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PHP in a Nutshell

Paul Hudson

4.1

Now installed on more than 20 million Internet domains around the world, PHP is an undisputed leader in web programming languages. Database connectivity, powerful extensions, and rich object-orientation are all reasons for its popularity, but nearly everyone would agree that, above all, PHP is one of the easiest languages to learn and use for developing dynamic web applications. The ease of develo

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Beginning PHP5, Apache, and MySQL Web Development

Elizabeth Naramore, Jason Gerner, Yann Le Scouarnec, Jeremy Stolz, Michael K. Glass

4.1

This update to a Wrox bestseller dives in and guides the reader through the entire process of creating dynamic, data-driven sites using the open source "AMP" model: Apache Web server, the MySQL database system, and the PHP scripting language. The team of expert authors covers PHP scripting, database management, security, integration, and e-commerce functions and comes complete with a useful syntax

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PHP in Action: Objects, Design, Agility

Dagfinn Reiersol, Marcus Baker, Chris Shiflett

4.1

To keep programming productive and enjoyable, state-of-the-art practices andprinciples are essential. Object-oriented programming and design help managecomplexity by keeping components cleanly separated. Unit testing helps preventendless, exhausting debugging sessions. Refactoring keeps code supple andreadable. PHP offers all this-and more.

PHP in Action shows you how to apply PHP techniques and pr

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Secure Development for Mobile Apps: How to Design and Code Secure Mobile Applications with PHP and JavaScript

J. D. Glaser

4.1

The world is becoming increasingly mobile. Smartphones and tablets have become more powerful and popular, with many of these devices now containing confidential business, financial, and personal information. This has led to a greater focus on mobile software security. Establishing mobile software security should be of primary concern to every mobile application developer. This book explains how yo

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Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers: A Guide to Developing Internet Agents with PHP/CURL

Michael Schrenk

4.1

The Internet is bigger and better than what a mere browser allows. Webbots, Spiders, and Screen Scrapers is for programmers and businesspeople who want to take full advantage of the vast resources available on the Web. There's no reason to let browsers limit your online experience-especially when you can easily automate online tasks to suit your individual needs.

Learn how to write webbots and spid

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Php, MySQL & JavaScript All in One, Sams Teach Yourself

Julie C. Meloni

4.1

In just a short time, you can learn how to use PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript together to create dynamic, interactive websites and applications using three leading web development technologies. No previous programming experience is required. Using a straightforward, step-by-step approach, each lesson in this book builds on the previous ones, enabling you to learn the essentials of full-stack web appli

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Jump Start MySQL: Master the Database That Powers the Web

Timothy Boronczyk

4.1

Get a Jump Start on working with MySQL today!

MySQL is an extremely popular open source relational database management system that that powers many of the applications on the Web. Discover why MySQL's speed, ease of use, and flexibility make it the database of choice for so many developers.

In just one weekend with this hands-on tutorial, you'll learn how to:

Get started with MySQL
Store, modify, and

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Rails for PHP Developers

Derek DeVries, Mike Naberezny

4.1

As a PHP developer, you have some great tools for developing web applications. Ruby on Rails is another key tool to add to your web development toolbox. Rails is a high-level web development framework that emphasizes high productivity and clean code. However, the Ruby language and Rails framework take a different approach from the way many PHP developers write applications.

Ruby lies at the foundat

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Expert PHP and MySQL

Andrew Curioso, Ronald Bradford, Patrick Galbraith

4.1

Best practices and expert techniques for even the most demanding MySQL-driven PHP applications PHP is the world's most popular, general-purpose, open-source scripting language and MySQL is the world's most popular open-source database. This expert-level book begins with a brief overview of the two technologies and quickly moves on to coverage of advanced programming techniques, as well as the exci

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Laravel: Code Bright

Dayle Rees

4.1

This title is the successor to Laravel Code Happy, which sold almost 3000 copies last year, and was considered one of the top learning resources for the Laravel framework. At $29 and cheaper than a good pizza, you will get the book in its current partial form, along with all future chapters, updates, and fixes for free. As of the day I wrote this description, Code Bright had 130 pages and was just

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Beginning PHP and MySQL 5: From Novice to Professional

W Jason Gilmore

4.1

Written for the budding web developer searching for a powerful, low-cost solution for building flexible, dynamic web sites. Essentially three books in one: provides thorough introductions to the PHP language and the MySQL database, and shows you how these two technologies can be effectively integrated to build powerful websites. Provides over 500 code examples, including real-world tasks such as c

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Pro PHP: Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More

Kevin McArthur

4.1

Taking care to focus solely on those topics that will have the most impact on experienced PHP developers, Pro PHP is written for readers seeking to take their understanding of both PHP and sound software development practices to the next level. Advanced object-oriented features, documentation, debugging, software patterns, and the Standard PHP Library are just a few of the topics covered in extens

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Pro PHP Programming

Mladen Gogala, Peter MacIntyre, Adam MacDonald, Brian Danchilla

4.1

If you are a web programmer, you need to know modern PHP. This book presents with many new areas in which PHP plays a large role. If you want to write a mobile application using geo-location data, Pro PHP Programming will show you how. Additionally, if you need to make sure that you can write a multilingual indexing application using Sphinx, this book will help you avoid the pitfalls. Of course, P

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WordPress Plugin Development Cookbook - Second Edition: Create powerful plugins to extend the world's most popular CMS

Yannick Lefebvre

4.1

Key Features Learn how to change and extend WordPress to perform virtually any task Explore the plugin API through approachable examples and detailed explanations Mold WordPress to your project's needs or transform it to benefit the entire community Book Description

WordPress is a popular, powerful, and open Content Management System. Learning how to extend its capabilities allows you to unleash i

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Real-World Solutions for Developing High-Quality PHP Frameworks and Applications

Sebastian Bergmann, Stefan Priebsch

4.1

Learn to develop high-quality applications and frameworks in PHP Packed with in-depth information and step-by-step guidance, this book escorts you through the process of creating, maintaining and extending sustainable software of high quality with PHP. World-renowned PHP experts present real-world case studies for developing high-quality applications and frameworks in PHP that can easily be adapte

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Object-Oriented PHP: Concepts, Techniques, and Code

Peter Lavin

4.1

Object-Oriented PHP shows developers how to take advantage of the new object-oriented features of PHP. Working within the context of concrete examples, the book begins with code compatible with PHP 4 and 5, and then focuses on object-orientation in PHP 5. The author's practical approach uses numerous code examples, which will help developers get up to speed with object oriented PHP quickly, and sh

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Php, Mysql, JavaScript & Html5 All-In-One for Dummies

Steve Suehring, Janet Valade

4.1

Get the basics on four key web programming tools in one great book! PHP, JavaScript, and HTML5 are essential programming languages for creating dynamic websites that work with the MySQL database. PHP and MySQL provide a robust, easy-to-learn, open-source solution for creating superb e-commerce sites and content management. JavaScript and HTML5 add support for the most current multimedia effects. T

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Dasar Pemrograman Web Dinamis Menggunakan PHP

Abdul Kadir

4.1

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Professional Web APIs with PHP: eBay, Google, PayPal, Amazon, FedEx, Plus Web Feeds

Paul Reinheimer

4.1

Offers hands-on tips and numerous code examples that show Web developers how to leverage content and feeds from today's top Web sites-including Google, eBay, PayPal, Amazon, Yahoo!, and FedEx Introduces APIs (Application Program Interfaces) in general and uses real-world examples that show how to produce and document them Explains how to use the popular scripting language PHP to create APIs that i

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Agile Web Application Development with Yii1.1 and Php5

Jeffrey Winesett

4.1

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Pro PHP Refactoring

Francesco Trucchia, Jacopo Romei

4.1

Many businesses and organizations depend on older high-value PHP software that risks abandonment because it is impossible to maintain. The reasons for this may be that the software is not well designed; there is only one developer (the one who created the system) who can develop it because he didn't use common design patterns and documentation; or the code is procedural, not object-oriented. With

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The Grumpy Programmer's Guide To Building Testable PHP Applications

Chris Hartje

4.1

There are plenty of books that show the aspiring PHP programmer how to use testing tools. But how do you actually build your application in such a way that using the testing tools is easy instead of a constant struggle?

The guide is aimed at helping intermediate level programmers build applications that should be easier to test and hopefully to maintain. If you're a beginning PHP programmer (or beg

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Learning Heroku Postgres

Patrick Espake

4.1

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PHP Jquery Cookbook

Vijay Joshi

4.1

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Mastering the Spl Library: A PHP[Architect] Guide

Joshua Thijssen, Kevin Bruce, Beth Tucker Long, Eli White, Chris Tankersley, Lori Ann Pannier

4.1

The Standard PHP Library is already a few years old, but recently the library has gained a lot of popularity among PHP developers. With more complex applications and more data to process, the library's many functionalities can make development more efficient and easy. However, one of the major problems of the SPL is the fact that the documentation falls behind the rest of the PHP documentation. Th

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Php And Mongo Db Web Development Beginner's Guide

Rubayeet Islam

4.1

The book follows a "Code first, explain later" approach, using practical examples in PHP to demonstrate unique features of MongoDB. This book is packed with step-by-step instructions and practical examples, along with challenges to test and improve your knowledge. This book assumes that you are experienced in web application development using PHP, HTML, and CSS. Having working knowledge of using a

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Zend Framework in Action

Rob Allen, Nick Lo, Steven Brown

4.1

From rather humble beginnings as the Personal Home Page scripting language, PHP has found its way into almost every server, corporation, and dev shop in the world. On an average day, somewhere between 500,000 and 2 million coders do something in PHP. Even when you use a well-understood language like PHP, building a modern web application requires tools that decrease development time and cost while

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PHP Phrasebook

Christian Wenz

4.1

If you were traveling in Spain, but couldn't speak Spanish very well, you'd probably carry a Spanish dictionary with you. If you are a PHP developer who needs a portable reference guide for frequent use in your job, the PHP Phrasebook is perfect for you. The PHP Phrasebook is actually a pocket guide that is jam-packed with useful and essential PHP code "phrases" for the PHP developer's everyday us

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PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja

Kevin Yank

4.1

Product Description
PHP is an extremely popular open-source general purpose scripting language that’s particularly suited to server-side web development. As of 2007, PHP was used on some 20 million domains worldwide. It’s a very popular choice with the SitePoint community.

The easiest, simplest and most fun way to get into server-side coding. All of the software used is free, so no additional outlay

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Professional Search Engine Optimization with PHP: A Developer's Guide to SEO

Jaimie Sirovich, Cristian Darie

4.0

Maybe you're a great programmer or IT professional, but marketing isn't your thing. Or perhaps you're a tech-savvy search engine marketer who wants a peek under the hood of a search engine optimized web site. Search engine marketing is a field where technology and marketing are both critical and interdependent, because small changes in the implementation of a web site can make you or break you in

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Drupal 8 Module Development: Build modules and themes using the latest version of Drupal 8, 2nd Edition

Daniel Sipos

4.0

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A Year With Symfony - Writing healthy, reusable Symfony2 code

Matthias Noback

4.0

https://leanpub.com/a-year-with-symfony

I've written A Year With Symfony for you, a developer who will work with Symfony2 for more than a month (and probably more than a year). You may have started reading your way through the official documentation ("The Book"), the cookbook, some blogs, or an online tutorial. You know now how to create a Symfony2 application, with routing, controllers, entities o

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Aprende PHP y MySQL (Spanish Edition)

Juan Diego Gutiérrez Gallardo

4.0

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Pro PHP and jQuery

Jason Lengstorf

4.0

At this point, you should feel comfortable with the object-oriented programming style. The whole core of the event calendar's backend will be based on OOP, so any concepts that may currently seem unclear will be more thoroughly examined as the concepts from this chapter are put into a practical, real-world example. In the next chapter, you'll start building the backend of the events calendar. 118

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PHP: Learn PHP In 2 Hours And Start Programming Today!

Cooper Alvin

4.0

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Phpunit Pocket Guide: Test-Driven Development in PHP

Sebastian Bergmann

4.0

Smart web developers will tell you that the sooner you detect your code mistakes, the quicker you can fix them, and the less the project will cost in the long run. Well, the most efficient way to detect your mistakes in PHP is with PHPUnit, an open source framework that automates unit testing by running a battery of tests as you go. The benefits of PHPUnit are significant:

a reduction in the effort

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Practical CakePHP Projects

Kai Chan, John Omokore, Richard K. Miller

4.0

If you've been using PHP for sometime now and would like to start using a web framework, you'll want to try CakePHP, which is an open source rapid development web framework built on PHP.

PHP experts Kai Chan and John Omokore guide you through a variety of practical CakePHP applications. You will work on projects such as a video gallery, unit testing application, an e-commerce app, a blog site, and

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Programming for Beginners: 6 Books in 1 - Swift+PHP+Java+Javascript+Html+CSS: Basic Fundamental Guide for Beginners

MG Martin

4.0

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Symfony 5: The Fast Track

Fabien Potencier

4.0

This book - written by Symfony's creator - lays out a pragmatic approach to developing web applications with Symfony 5: from scratch to production. Whether you are discovering Symfony for the first time or refreshing your knowledge, this practical guide provides the definitive introduction to modern Symfony applications.

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WordPress Complete - Sixth Edition

Karol Krol

4.0

Key Features Learn how to build a WordPress site quickly, effectively, and how to create content that's optimized to be published on the web. Learn the basics of working with WordPress themes and plugins, and even create your own. Beginner-friendly presentation and advice you can apply as soon as today. Packed with screenshots and examples. Book Description

WordPress Complete is a practical guide

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Expert PHP and MySQL: Application Design and Development

Marc Rochkind

4.0

Expert PHP and MySQL takes you beyond learning syntax to showing you how to apply proven software development methods to building commerce-grade PHP and MySQL projects that will stand the test of time and reliably deliver on customer needs.

Developers of real-world applications face numerous problems that seem trivial on the surface, but really do take some skill to get right. Error handling is abo

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PHP 7 Solutions: Dynamic Web Design Made Easy

David Powers

4.0

Make your websites more dynamic by adding a feedback form, creating a private area where members can upload images that are automatically resized, or perhaps storing all your content in a database. David Powers has updated his definitive book to incorporate the latest techniques and changes to PHP, including the arrival of PHP 7. New features include the spaceship and null coalesce operators, gene

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PHP Hacks: Tips & Tools For Creating Dynamic Websites

Jack D. Herrington

4.0