With the release of PHP 5 web developers need a guide to developing with PHP 5 to both learn its complex new features and more fully implement the long-standing features on which PHP s success is built. PHP 5 in Practice is a reference guide that provides developers with easy-to-use and easily extensible code to solve common PHP problems. It focuses on providing real code solutions to problems, allowing the reader to learn by seeing exactly what is happening behind the scenes to get your solution. Because a real-life situation will rarely match the book s example problems precisely, PHP 5 in Practice explains the solution well enough that you will understand it and can learn how to truly solve your own problem.

-With the release of PHP 5 web developers nee d a guide to developing with PHP 5 to both learn it 's complex new features and more fully implement the long-standing features on which PHP's succe ss is built. PHP 5 in Practice is a reference guid e that provides developers with easy-to-use an d easily extensible code to solve common PHP pro blems. It focuses on providing real code soluti ons to problems. allowing the reader to learn by seeing exactly w hat is happening behind the scenes to get your so lution. Because a real-life situation will rar ely match the book's example problems precisely , PHP 5 in Practice explains the solution well e nough that you will understand it and can learn ho w to truly solve your own problem.