Re: Professional PHP4 Programming - Wrox Press

We try to stay completely neutral when it comes to PHP books. You will get a listing on php.net/books.php but advertising for one particular book on the main page is just going to upset the many other authors of books that contribute to PHP. -Rasmus On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Dilip Thomas wrote: > Hi > > Prefaces first - I work for Wrox Press' Open source category as > content architect. > We are releasing the Professional PHP4 book slated for January next > year. > Written and reviewed by several members from the Zend QA team, the > book > is purported to be a resource for working PHP developers, who want to > take their skills to the next level. > > Packed with 26 Chapters including 2 case studies, this book has the > following coverage: > > * Whys and wherefores of PHP4. > * Customizing PHP installation on *Nix, Windows and Mac OS X OS. > > * Detailed coverage on coding FTP clients, network-related > function calls, directory services. > * Extensive coverage of PHP support for LDAP. > * Comprehensive coverage of multi-tiered development. > * PHPs Interaction with XML. > * In-depth coverage of PHP and MySQL. > * Definitive coverage of PHP with PostgreSQL and ODBC. > * Internationalization, securing, and optimizing the PHP > application. > * PHP extension libraries. > * Tutorials to build real world employee directory, online library > applications and a GTK interface to the application. > * Case studies on user privilege system, and a multi-tiered WAP > based shopping cart. > > Dunno if I am hitting the right button, but i did like to know if I can > get a sample chapter and the book > Cover posted on php.net, soon after production in January. The book will > hit the Amazon and B&N > Stores late Jan next year. > > I can organize to ship a copy of the book, directly from our printers > for review. > > Cheers and Thanks in advance, > Dil Thomas > Technical Architect, > Wrox Press (Open Source) > > We must be the change we wish to see -- M.K.Gandhi > > > > >