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PHP 5 CMS Framework Development - 2nd Edition

By : Martin Brampton
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PHP 5 CMS Framework Development - 2nd Edition

By: Martin Brampton

Overview of this book

If you want an insight into the critical design issues and programming techniques required for a web oriented framework in PHP5, this book will be invaluable. Whether you want to build your own CMS style framework, want to understand how such frameworks are created, or simply want to review advanced PHP5 software development techniques, this book is for you.As a former development team leader on the renowned Mambo open-source content management system, author Martin Brampton offers unique insight and practical guidance into the problem of building an architecture for a web oriented framework or content management system, using the latest versions of popular web scripting language PHP.The scene-setting first chapter describes the evolution of PHP frameworks designed to support web sites by acting as content management systems. It reviews the critical and desirable features of such systems, followed by an overview of the technology and a review of the technical environment.Following chapters look at particular topics, with:• A concise statement of the problem • Discussion of the important design issues and problems faced • Creation of the framework solution At every point, there is an emphasis on effectiveness, efficiency and security – all vital attributes for sound web systems. By and large these are achieved through thoughtful design and careful implementation. Early chapters look at the best ways to handle some fundamental issues such as the automatic loading of code modules and interfaces to database systems. Digging deeper into the problems that are driven by web requirements, following chapters go deeply into session handling, caches, and access control. New for this edition is a chapter discussing the transformation of URLs to turn ugly query strings into readable strings that are believed to be more “search engine friendly” and are certainly more user friendly. This topic is then extended into a review of ways to handle “friendly” URLs without going through query strings, and how to build RESTful interfaces. The final chapter discusses the key issues that affect a wide range of specific content handlers and explores a practical example in detail.

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PHP 5 CMS Framework Development - 2nd Edition
Martin Brampton
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Table of Contents (24 chapters)
PHP 5 CMS Framework Development
PHP 5 CMS Framework Development
Second Edition
Second Edition
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
CMS Architecture
CMS Architecture
The idea of a CMS
Technology for CMS building
The CMS environment
Summary
2
Organizing Code
Organizing Code
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Exploring PHP and object design
Framework solution
Summary
3
Database and Data Objects
Database and Data Objects
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Exploring PHP indirect references
Framework solution
Summary
4
Administrators, Users, and Guests
Administrators, Users, and Guests
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Exploring PHP arrays and SQL
Framework solution
Summary
5
Sessions and Users
Sessions and Users
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Session data and scalability
Exploring PHP frameworks of classes
Framework solution
Creating a session
Keeping session data tidy
Summary
6
Caches and Handlers
Caches and Handlers
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Exploring PHP static elements and helpers
Framework solution
Summary
7
Access Control
Access Control
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Exploring SQL MySQL and PHP
Framework solution
Summary
8
Handling Extensions
Handling Extensions
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Exploring PHP XML handling
Framework solution
Summary
9
Menus
Menus
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Exploring PHP array functions
Framework solution
Summary
10
Languages
Languages
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Exploring PHP character sets
Framework solution
Summary
11
Presentation Services
Presentation Services
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Exploring PHP clarity and succinctness
Framework solution
Summary
12
Other Services
Other Services
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Framework solution
Summary
13
SEF and RESTful Services
SEF and RESTful Services
The problem
Discussion
Framework solution
Summary
14
Error Handling
Error Handling
The problem
Discussion
Framework solution
Summary
15
Real Content
Real Content
The problem
Discussion and considerations
Framework solution
Summary
Packaging Extensions
Packaging Extensions
Packaging XML Example
Packaging XML Example

About the Reviewers

Deepak Vohra is a consultant and a principal member of the NuBean.com software company. Deepak is a Sun Certified Java Programmer and Web Component Developer, and has worked in the fields of XML and Java programming and J2EE for over five years. Deepak is the co-author of the Apress book Pro XML Development with Java Technology and was the technical reviewer for the O'Reilly book WebLogic: The Definitive Guide. Deepak was also the technical reviewer for the Course Technology PTR book Ruby Programming for the Absolute Beginner, and the technical editor for the Manning Publications book Prototype and Scriptaculous in Action. Deepak is also the author of the Packt Publishing book JDBC 4.0 and Oracle JDeveloper for J2EE Development, and Processing XML documents with Oracle JDeveloper 11g.

Hari K. T completed his B.Tech course in Information Technology from Calicut University in the year 2007. He is an open source lover (LAMP on his head), and attendee of bar-camp kerala and different tech groups. When he was in the fourth semester (around 2005) searching for GNU/Linux he saw the blog of an Electrical student Dileep. From there onwards he started his own research in the web, started blogging at http://ijust4u.blogspot.com/ (some were his stupid thoughts :) ).

After completing his B.Tech he managed to get a job of his interest as a PHP Developer. In due course, he recognized the benefits of frameworks, ORM, and so on and he contributed his experience to others by starting a sample blog tutorial with zend framework for the PHP community. You can see the post at www.harikt.com and download the code from github. Worked on different open source projects such as os-commerce, drupal, and so on. Anybody interested in building your next web project can get in touch with him through e-mail, twitter, LinkedIn, or through www.harikt.com. For a more detailed information about Hari K. T, you can visit www.harikt.com, LinkedIn, Twitter, and so on.

First of all I would like to thank the entire Packt Publishing team for giving me an opportunity to get involvedin this book and also for giving me various other books for reviewing. It's always great pleasure to see our friends and family supporting us immensely. The Internet and technologies have changed me a lot ;-). Thanks to all who have supported me and still supporting me.

Martien de Jongis a creative, young developer who loves to learn. He has built and helps build many web applications. Even though he is still young, Martin has many years of experience as he started programming at a very young age.

His main employer of interest at the moment is iDiDiD, a social network (www.ididid.eu) focusing on events and sharing experiences. He has developed many of the core parts of the website

I want to thank Martin for letting me read and use his work.

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