With the release of PHP 5 web developers need a guide to developing with PHP 5 to both learn its complex new features and more fully implement the long-standing features on which PHP's success is built. PHP 5 in Practice is a reference guide that provides developers with easy-to-use and easily extensible code to solve common PHP problems. It focuses on providing real code solutions to problems, allowing the reader to learn by seeing exactly what is happening behind the scenes to get your solution. Because a real-life situation will rarely match the book's example problems precisely, PHP 5 in Practice explains the solution well enough that you will understand it and can learn how to truly solve your own problem.
About the Author
Elliott White III (who prefers to be called Eli) is a Senior Web Programmer for digg.com with more than 11 years of experience developing web applications. He has presented at various PHP conferences around the world and has been involved with a number of books.
Jonathan Eisenhamer has been programming professionally for more than 20 years, predominantly in support of the astronomical community. Over this time period, he earned an M.S. in Computer Science and has been coauthor on papers in the fields of astronomy, astronomical computing, and computing technology in the classroom. Mr. Eisenhamer is currently supervisor and lead programmer for the web and print services group within the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute, dedicated to providing the public with the latest results from the Hubble Space Telescope.