SAMS Teach Yourself PHP4 in 24 Hours (2000).pdf

SAMS Teach Yourself PHP4 in 24 Hours

Matt Zandstra

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International Standard Book Number: 0-672-31804-0

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First Printing: June 2000

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Dedication

For my father: Who would have approved.

About the Author

Matt Zandstra ( matt@corrosive.co.uk> ) runs Corrosive Web Design

(http://www.corrosive.co.uk) with his business partner Max Guglielmino. A compulsive scripter,

he has developed software in PHP, Java, JavaScript, Perl, Lingo, and AppleScript. Matt

originally graduated in philosophy and has learned his trade by reinventing wheels and then

working out why they don't run straight. Matt has taught courses in HTML, JavaScript, Perl,

and PHP and was a contributing author to Dynamic HTML Unleashed . When not coding, Matt

is a committed urban cyclist, a Guinness drinker, an obsessive reader, and a writer of

unpublishable short stories. One day he claims he will write a novel.

Acknowledgments

The open source concept made both my career and this book possible. I would like to thank all

those people whose voluntary efforts continue to defy the received wisdom.

Particular thanks to the PHP community, especially contributors to the PHP mailing lists whose

postings revealed pitfalls, suggested techniques, and kept me amused.

From Macmillan, I would like to thank Randi Roger for suggesting me for this project as well as

Jeff Schultz, Paul Schneider, and Scott Meyers for support and tolerance as deadlines loomed

and panic set in.

Thanks must also go to all at Corrosive for putting up with my continued absence and my

extreme vagueness on any matter not pertaining to PHP. In particular, my business partner

Massimo Guglielmino, who kept the Corrosive show on the road under the usual stressful

circumstances, and Dave Urmson, who took over formatting when the going got tough. Other

Corrosive stars include Anisa Swaffield, Jeff Coburn, Mai Chokelumlerd, and Moira Govern.

I must also thank Small Planet (http://www.smallpla.net) for providing me with additional

development space and allowing me to use it to play with beta software. Particular thanks to

Mohammed Abba and Clive Hills, who recompiled PHP on the Small Planet system more

times than we care to remember.

One of the best ways to test a tutorial text is to use it in class. Thanks to my PHP students who

graciously agreed to act as guinea pigs.

Thanks also to my partner Louise and our new daughter Holly for being there, and bearing the

grumpy, hunched, and obsessed character I became while writing this book.

As my social life took second place to PHP, my local became a refuge for last minute pint and

proofing sessions. Thanks to Alan and Dora of the Prince Arthur for running the perfect pub.

Finally, thanks to the fishes, who cheered up a lurker.

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Email: <webdev_sams@mcp.com>

Mail: Mark Taber

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