To keep programming productive and enjoyable, state-of-the-art practices andprinciples are essential. Object-oriented programming and design help managecomplexity by keeping components cleanly separated. Unit testing helps preventendless, exhausting debugging sessions. Refactoring keeps code supple andreadable. PHP offers all this-and more.

PHP in Action shows you how to apply PHP techniques and principles to all themost common challenges of web programming, including:
 

• •  Web presentation and templates
• •  User interaction including the Model-View-Contoller architecture
• •  Input validation and form handling
• •  Database connection and querying and abstraction
• •  Object persistence