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Anyone read new book php in action?
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:42 am
by matthijs
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
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:50 am
by Arawn
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.
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:11 pm
by Ollie Saunders
Does sound like a very nice mix.
They use SimpleTest for the most part.
Well, they are a bit biased.

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 1:03 am
by matthijs
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 2:57 am
by JayBird
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

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:00 am
by matthijs
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.
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:10 am
by RobertGonzalez
I may have to have a look at that book.