Anyone read new book php in action?

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matthijs
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Anyone read new book php in action?

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Just stumbled upon it: http://www.manning.com/reiersol/
PHP in Action
Dagfinn Reiersøl with Marcus Baker and Chris Shiflett
From the downloadable sample chapters, it seems like a pretty good book, useful when you're into using object oriented programming and design patterns building your apps.

Has anyone already read it?

The only review I found so far is http://raphaelstolt.blogspot.com/2007/0 ... eview.html
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The Introduction, Chapter 17 on Input Validation and Appendix B on Security probably does not quiet count as having read it. It's on my list of things to do though. It seems to cover all the hot topics: Test Driven Development, Patterns and of course the MVC pattern. Beyond the buzz there are a number of fundamental topics that are touched upon, such as, open-closed principle, single-responsibility principle and dependency-inversion principle. There's an entire chapter devoted to Refactoring. They use SimpleTest for the most part. There some PHPUnit too.
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Post by Ollie Saunders »

Does sound like a very nice mix.
They use SimpleTest for the most part.
Well, they are a bit biased. :)
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Just bought it, after reading the sample chapters. Seems very good, I will let you know what I think when I've read some more.
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matthijs wrote:Just bought it, after reading the sample chapters. Seems very good, I will let you know what I think when I've read some more.
I just went on amazon.co.uk to have a look at this and it said it wasn't published yet :?
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If you buy it at manning you get both the pdf and the print edition (or only the pdf if you want). After buying you get the pdf immediately.
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I may have to have a look at that book.
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