Why is PHP the most widely used programming language on the web? This updated edition teaches everything you need to know to create effective web applications using the latest features in PHP 7.4. You'll start with the big picture and then dive into language syntax, programming techniques, and other details, using examples that illustrate both correct usage and common idioms.

If you have a working knowledge of HTML, authors Kevin Tatroe and Peter MacIntyre provide many style tips and practical programming advice in a clear and concise manner to help you become a top-notch PHP programmer.Understand what's possible when you use PHP programsLearn language fundamentals, including data types, variables, operators, and flow control statementsExplore functions, strings, arrays, and objectsApply common web application techniques, such as form processing, data validation, session tracking, and cookiesInteract with relational databases like MySQL or NoSQL databases such as MongoDBGenerate dynamic images, create PDF files, and parse XML filesLearn secure scripts, error handling, performance tuning, and other advanced topicsGet a quick reference to PHP core functions and standard extensions

Kevin Tatroe has been a Macintosh and Unix programmer for twenty years, and an iOS programmer since the hour the iOS SDK released to the public. Being lazy, he's attracted to languages and frameworks that do much of the work for you, such as PHP, Python, and Swift. Peter MacIntyre has over 28 years of experience in the information technology industry, primarily in the area of PHP and Web Technologies. He has contributed writing material for many IT industry publications: Author of PHP: The Good Parts (O'Reilly); co-author: Pro PHP Programming (APress), Programming PHP (3rd Edition - O'Reilly), Using Visual Objects, Using PowerBuilder 5, ASP.NET Bible, Web Warrior Survey on Web Development Languages, and Zend Studio for Eclipse Developer's Guide.Peter is a co-founder and past co-chair and past board member for the Northeast PHP Developer's Conference held in Boston, MA and Charlottetown, PE Canada for the last 6 years (northeastphp.org). As well, Peter has spoken several times at North American and International computer conferences including PHPCE 2017 in Warsaw, Poland; PHP[World] 2016 in Washington, DC; ZendCon 2016 in Las Vegas, NortheastPHP 2017 & 2016 (Charlottetown, PE, Canada), Prairie Dev Con 2016 in Winnipeg, MB, Canada, CA-World in New Orleans, USA; CA-TechniCon in Cologne, Germany; and CA-Expo in Melbourne, Australia. He is a Zend Certified Engineer in PHP 5.3 and PHP 4.0.