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PHP in Action: Objects, Design, Agility

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

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PHP in Actionshows you how to apply PHP techniques and principles to all the most common challenges of web programming, including:

Web presentation and templates

User interaction including the Model-View-Contoller architecture

Input validation and form handling

Database connection and querying and abstraction

Object persistence

Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.

Audience
adult
Length
long · 554 pages

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