PHP Objects, Patterns and Practice (3rd edition)

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Contents

■Contents at a Glance ............................................................................................iii

■Contents ................................................................................................................ v

■About the Author ............................................................................................... xvii

■About the Technical Reviewer.......................................................................... xviii

■Acknowledgments.............................................................................................. xix

■Introduction to the Third Edition ......................................................................... xx

Part 1: Introduction ..................................................................................................

■Chapter 1: PHP: Design and Management.............................................................

The Problem.................................................................................................................... 3

PHP and Other Languages .............................................................................................. 4

About This Book .............................................................................................................. 5

Objects ...................................................................................................................................................

Patterns..................................................................................................................................................

Practice ..................................................................................................................................................

What’s New in the Third Edition.............................................................................................................

Summary.........................................................................................................................

Part 2: Objects ..........................................................................................................

■Chapter 2: PHP and Objects ................................................................................

The Accidental Success of PHP Objects ....................................................................... 11

In the Beginning: PHP/FI ......................................................................................................................

Syntactic Sugar: PHP 3 ........................................................................................................................

PHP 4 and the Quiet Revolution ...........................................................................................................12