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Wicked Cool PHP: Real-World Scripts That Solve Difficult Problems
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Chapter 4: Working with Forms
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PHP is an easy-to-use scripting language perfect for quickly creating the Web
features you need. Once you know the basics of how the language works, wouldn't
it be great to have a collection of useful scripts that solve those tricky problems
and add interesting functionality to your site? We thought so, too.
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 process credit
cards, check the validity of email addresses, template HTML, and serve dynamic
images and text. The 76 easily implemented scripts will also teach you how to:
- Send and receive email notifications
- Track your visitors' behavior with cookies and sessions
- Override PHP's default settings
- Manipulate dates, images, and text on the fly
- Harness SOAP and other web services
- Create an online poll, ecard delivery system, and blog
But it's not all fun and games: Security is a big concern when programming
any web application. So you'll learn how to encrypt your confidential data,
safeguard your passwords, and prevent common cross-site-scripting attacks.
And you'll learn how to customize all of the scripts to fit your own needs.
Dynamic Web content doesn't have to be difficult. Learn the secrets of
the craft from two experienced PHP developers with Wicked Cool PHP.
About the Authors
William Steinmetz is the author of LAN Party: Hosting the Ultimate Frag Fest
(Wiley) and co-author of Paint Shop Pro for Dummies (IDG). He is the webmaster
and editor of StarCityGames.com, where traffic has quadrupled as a result of
the changes he designed and implemented, all using PHP.
Brian Ward has been working with Linux since 1993, when he scraped together
enough pennies for a secondhand 386. He has a Ph.D. in computer science from
the University of Chicago, and currently works in San Francisco as a consultant
and instructor. He is author of the Linux Kernel-HOWTO, The Book of VMware and
The Linux Problem Solver.
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