Save precious web development time using PHP Cookbook, Second Edition. With solutions to real-world problems at your fingertips, information is instantly available for a multitude of coding challenges.Used on more than 20 million web sites today, PHP is more popular than any other scripting language. PHP???s natural simplicity combined with our Cookbook???s unique format helps you build dynamic web applications that will work on any web browser. This revised edition makes it easy to find specific solutions for programming challenges, including:Form handlingSession managementDatabase interactionUsing web servicesWith topics that range from beginner questions to advanced web programming techniques, this guide???s recipes contain practical examples for anyone using PHP to generate dynamic web content. Each recipe includes a discussion that explains the logic and concepts underlying the provided solution, and insights from PHP veterans to help you master the language with ease. Updated to cover PHP 5, this book explains in detail how to use new language features, such as the vastly improved object-oriented capabilities and the new PDO data access extension. New sections on classes and objects are included, along with the following essential material:Processing XMLInteracting with JavaScriptBuilding web services with PHPWorking with SOAP and REST architecturesWith over 250 recipes, PHP Cookbook, Second Edition, has a wealth of solutions for problems that you???ll face regularly. Furthermore, each recipe???s discussion section imparts valuable concepts that will be useful to any PHP developer. About the Authors Adam Trachtenberg is a technical evangelist for eBay and is the author of two O'Reilly books, Upgrading to PHP 5 and PHP Cookbook. In February he will be speaking at Web Services Edge 2005 on 'Developing E-Commerce Applications with Web Services' and at the O'Reilly booth at LinuxWorld on 'Writing eBay Web Services Applications with PHP 5.'