FW: O'Reilly Publishes Concise Guide to PHP

Doug Kyle dkyle at grpl.org
Fri Feb 4 07:51:05 CST 2000


One very powerful Perl based alternative to ASP is mod_perl:
http://perl.apache.org/  Much of the excellent O'Reilly book on mod_perl is
available online at http://www.modperl.com/.  There is even an ASP mod_perl
module.

--
Doug Kyle - Information Systems
Grand Rapids Public Library
"During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in
creating the Internet."
-- Al Gore


Brandon Gohsman wrote:

> New book!
>
> I was just about to buy a book on PHP when this dropped in my mailbox (I'm
> interested in any alternative to ASP). So, it is on it's way as well.
>
> Brandon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denise Olliffe [mailto:deniseo at oreilly.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 5:40 PM
> To: brandon at squareonedesign.com
> Subject: O'Reilly Publishes Concise Guide to PHP
>
> FOR REVIEW COPY CONTACT:
> Denise Olliffe
> (707)829-0515 ext. 339
> deniseo at oreilly.com
> http://www.oreilly.com
>
> O'Reilly Publishes Concise Guide to PHP
>
> Sebastopol, CA-An open source, cross-platform alternative to
> Microsoft's Active Server Page (ASP) technology, PHP is a freely
> available script language and interpreter now running on over 700,000
> web sites. PHP is proving to be a powerful tool for building dynamic,
> database-driven websites.
>
> As with ASP, PHP (the initials refer to the first version of the
> program "Personal Home Page Tools") script is embedded within a Web
> page along with its HTML. Before the page is sent to a user that has
> requested it, the Web server calls PHP to interpret and perform the
> operations called for in the PHP script. This allows scripts to be
> built into HTML code that can access back-end databases, enabling
> on-the-fly creation of pages.
>
> O'Reilly & Associates has just published a handy reference to PHP-"The
> PHP Pocket Reference." Written by Rasmus Lerdorf (who started the PHP
> Project back in 1995 and has been actively involved in PHP development
> ever since), this small book acts both as a perfect tutorial for
> learning the basics of developing Web applications with PHP and as a
> reference to the vast array of functions provided by PHP. "The PHP
> language itself borrows concepts from other common languages, such as C
> and Perl. If you have some experience with one of these languages, you
> should feel right at home with PHP," says Lerdorf.
>
> A sample section from the book is available free online at:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phppr/chapter/php_pkt.html
>
> For more information about the book, including Table of Contents,
> index, author bio, and samples, see:
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/phppr/
>
> For a cover graphic in jpeg format, go to:
> ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/1565927699.jpg
>
> # # #
>
> PHP Pocket Reference
> By Rasmus Lerdorf
> 1st Edition January 2000
> 1-56592-769-9, 120 pages, $9.95
> order at oreilly.com
> 1-800-998-9938
> http://www.oreilly.com




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