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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext "Wicked Cool PHP" capitalizes on the success of the "Wicked Cool" series from No Starch Press. Rather than focus on the basics of the language! "Wicked Cool PHP" provides (and explains) PHP scripts that can be implemented immediately to simplify webmasters' lives. These include unique scripts for processing credit cards! checking for valid email addresses! templating! overriding PHP's default settings! and serving dynamic images and text. Readers will also find extensive sections on working with forms! words! and files; ways to harden PHP by closing common security holes; and instructions for keeping data and transactions secure. By exploring working code! readers learn how to customize their webserver's behavior! prevent spammers from adding annoying comments! scrape information from other web sites! and much more. This is a book that's sure to appeal to PHP programmers who have been there and done that and who want a book that delivers meaty content! not only promise. Zusammenfassung 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 in to the good stuff. After you learn the FQAs 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 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! e-card delivery system! and blogBut 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis WICKED COOL PHP.INTRODUCTIONChapter 1: THE FAQS OF LIFE--THE SCRIPTS EVERY PHP PROGRAMMER WANTS (OR NEEDS) TO KNOWChapter 2: CONFIGURING PHPChapter 3: PHP SECURITYChapter 4: WORKING WITH FORMSChapter 5: WORKING WITH TEXT AND HTMLChapter 6: WORKING WITH DATESChapter 7: WORKING WITH FILESChapter 8: USER AND SESSION TRACKINGChapter 9: WORKING WITH EMAILChapter 10: WORKING WITH IMAGESChapter 11: USING cURL TO INTERACT WITH WEB SERVICESChapter 12: INTERMEDIATE PROJECTSAPPENDIXCOLOPHON ...
