The PHP Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks

One of the great things about PHP is its vibrant and active community. Developers enjoy many online meeting points, including the SitePoint Forums, 1 where de­ velopers get together to help each other out with problems they face on a daily basis, from the basics of how PHP works, to solving design problems like “How do I val­ idate a form?”As a way to get help, these communities are excellent—they’re replete with all sorts of vital fragments you’ll need to make your projects successful. But putting all that knowledge together into a solution that applies to your particular situation can be a challenge. Often,...