PHP Crash Course

This guide is written for people new to PHP who want to get into web development. It moves readers from first steps to professional-level skill through a large number of detailed sample programs and practice tasks. Along the way, readers pick up methods for building sites that load quickly, resist attacks, and stay simple to update, while developing general programming know-how. The book also covers recurring design solutions used in real projects and current techniques for creating, extending, and changing web applications with PHP.