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New PHP5 features
Although much of PHP4’s functionality survives unchanged in PHP5, there have been some
deep changes. Among the ones we cover are:
& Zend Engine 2 and the new object model, with support for private/protected members,
abstract classes, and interfaces
& PHP5’s completely reworked XML support, built around libmxl2
& Exceptions and exception handling
MySQL coverage
We now cover MySQL 4.0 installation, database design, and administration, including backups,
replication, and recovery. As with previous editions, we devote much of the book to
techniques for writing MySQL-backed PHP applications.
Other new material
In addition to MySQL- and PHP5-specific features, we’ve added:
& Improved coverage of databases other than MySQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL, and the PEAR
database interaction layer)
& The PEAR code repository
& A chapter on integrating PHP and Java
& Separate chapters on error-handling and debugging techniques
Finally, we reorganized the entire book, pushing more advanced topics toward the end, to
give beginners an easier ramp up |