PHP Functions Essential Reference

PHP Functions Essential Reference is a detailed and practical funtion reference for the PHP programming language. Concise and authoritative, this working programmer’s guide covers the core function groups plus 300 additional commonly used PHP functions, and details 800 more functions on the book’s web site, php-er.com.Written by working developers and PHP community leaders, this book is full of working code that utilizes the rich variety of functions available with PHP. Every function is supported by one or more examples that illustrate the function in action. This definitive guide to PHP is a must-have for any serious PHP programmer.

If you’re a programmer looking for the most effective uses of PHP, this book will provide you with:

• A clear guide to common function usage and pitfalls
• Easy to find, detailed information on the most important PHP functions
• Practical examples of each function’s use
• Overview’s that discuss how and why to use a particular group of functions
• Practical, complete documentation on powerful but obscure functions such as pack and unpack
• Detailed writeups on critical PHP extensions such as MySQL, core language functions like the class object, string, and variable-related functions, and new language features such as ticks

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