Use your existing web-based PHP skills to write all types of software: CLI scripts, desktop software, network servers, and more. This book gives you the tools, techniques, and background necessary to write just about any type of software you can think of, using the PHP you know. PHP Beyond the Web shows you how to take your knowledge of PHP development for the web and utilise it with a much wider range of software systems. Enjoy the benefits of PHP after reading this book: save money by redeploying existing skills, not learning new ones; save time and increase productivity by using a high-level language; and make money by providing your clients a full-stack service (not just websites). PHP is no longer just a great scripting language for websites, it's now a powerful general-purpose programming language. Expand your use of PHP into your back-end systems, server software, data processing services, desktop interfaces, and more. What You'll Learn Write interactive shell scripts Work with system daemons Write desktop software Build network servers Interface with electronics using PHP and the Raspberry Pi Manage performance, deployment, licensing, and system interaction Discover the software tools for development and get other great sources of technical information and help Who This Book Is For Experienced PHP programmers or experienced programmers interested in leveraging PHP outside the web development context. /div

With PHP for the World Wide Web, Fourth Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide, readers can start from the beginning to get a tour of the programming language, or look up specific tasks to learn just what they need to know. This task-based visual reference guide uses step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots to teach beginning and intermediate users this popular open-source scripting language. Leading technology author Larry Ullman guides readers through the latest developments including use and awareness of HTML5 with PHP. Other addressed changes include removal of outdated functions and more efficient ways to tackle common needs. Both beginning users, who want a thorough introduction to the technology, and more intermediate users, who are looking for a convenient reference, will find what they need here--in straightforward language and through readily accessible examples.

The author shows how to use PHP's powerful new modules to create database-independent, GUI-driven Web applications, and utilizes complete working applications readers can reuse in their own programs. Examples are derived from the author's six years as a professional PHP developer.

Offering hands-on tools that range from basic PHP and Pear installation and scripting to advanced multimedia and database optimizing tricks, this text includes hacks for integrating with iTunes, generating PDFs and using X10 to control home heating and security with PHP applications.

"Introduction. 1. Pt. I. Getting Started. 3. 1. Getting Started. 5. 2. Setting Up PHP. 15. 3. PHP Basics. 43. 4. Object-Oriented PHP. 121. Pt. II. Getting Started with PostgreSQL. 137. 5. Relational and Object-Relational Database Concepts. 139. 6. Installing PostgreSQL. 149. 7. Basic SQL. 177. 8. Advanced SQL. 225. 9. Embedded Languages. 307. 10. PostgreSQL Administration. 349. Pt. III. PHP/PostgreSQL Interaction. 379. 11. Writing Database-Driven Applications. 381. 12. Working with BLOBs. 405. 13. Working with Persistent Database Connections. 423. Pt. IV. Advanced Technologies. 433. 14. Managing Regular Expressions. 435. 15. Session Management. 463. 16. Working with Dynamic Documents, Images, and Movies. 475. 17. Working with Dates and Time. 521. 18. Tuning. 551. 19. XML. 573. 20. Security Issues. 585. Pt. V. Practical Examples. 597. 21. Web Applications. 599. 22. Extending PostgreSQL. 669. 23. High-Availability Systems. 695. Pt. VI. Migration. 709. 24. Migration. 711. . Index. 721.

Harness the power of the Laravel ecosystem to bring your idea to life. In this book, Michael Akopov shares his experiences creating software solutions that can not only survive but thrive. Since 2011, Laravel has revolutionized how PHP developers work by providing tools that just work, take care of routine tasks, and boost productivity. Concurrently, it's fostered an ecosystem of packages, libraries, tools, companies, and solutions that tackle challenges common to web applications, share solutions, and collaborate around the world. This approach allows you to focus on what really matters to make your idea stand out without wasting time on already-solved problems. An overview of this ecosystem has been sorely needed. I'm thrilled to see Michael provide a survey of the Laravel world so that developers can learn more about the variety of tools available to them. - Taylor Otwell This book covers: What makes Laravel productive and how to get the most out of it. The key technical subsystems Laravel provides a web app. What to focus on and what to delegate to succeed as an entrepreneur. Options for setting up development environments to build your application. Services to look at to minimize DevOps tasks for running servers. The pros and cons of serverless or dedicated hosting models. Laravel packages to jumpstart front-end and back-end coding. Components to use to augment what the framework provides. Where to get news and support from the Laravel community. Written by Laravel and PHP professional Michael Akopov, this book provides a concise guide for taking your software from an idea to a business. If you're looking to take a project to the next level, he'll show you how to put it together without burning out.

Learn PHP, the programming language used to build sites like Facebook, Wikipedia and WordPress, then discover how these sites store information in a database (MySQL) and use the database to create the web pages. This full-color book is packed with inspiring code examples, infographics and photography that not only teach you the PHP language and how to work with databases, but also show you how to build new applications from scratch. It demonstrates practical techniques that you will recognize from popular sites where visitors can: Register as a member and log in Create articles, posts and profiles that are saved in a database Upload their own images and files Automatically receive email notifications Like and comment on posts. To show you how to apply the skills you learn, you will build a complete content management system, enhanced with features that are commonly seen on social networks. Written by best-selling HTML & CSS and JavaScript & jQuery author Jon Duckett, this book uses a unique visual approach, with step-by-step instructions, practical code examples and pro tips that will teach you how to build modern database-driven websites using PHP.