Foundations of PEAR: Rapid PHP Development

This book has been carefully constructed to be a one stop resource for locating the right PEAR package. It is the first book that devotes exclusive coverage to PEAR covering key items and topics missing in the online documentation. The most useful and widely used packages have been carefully selected for inclusion in this book. The packages inside have been broken down logically by function. Each package is covered in detail, yet presented in a fashion that allows the reader to quickly jump to the key items needed to implement a solution. To see the packages in action, performing in real world applications four projects have been included in the book that each use a combination of PEAR packages in their implementations. Armed with the knowledge in this book, the reader is set to take their PHP development to a new level.