PHP in Action

　　To keep programming productive and enjoyable, state-of-the-art practices and principles are essential. Object-oriented programming and design help manage complexity by keeping components cleanly separated. Unit testing helps prevent endless, exhausting debugging sessions. Refactoring keeps code supple and readable. PHP offers all this-and more.
　　
　　 This book shows you how to apply PHP techniques and principles to all the most 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