Advanced PHP

Advanced PHP Peter Green and Joel Boonstra Agathon Group Originally presented at Gospelcon 2006 Introduction Security, reusability, efficiency Security, reusability, efficiency Any problem worth solving is worth solving the right way Security, reusability, efficiency Any problem worth solving is worth solving the right way Solving a problem the right way is hard Security, reusability, efficiency Any problem worth solving is worth solving the right way Solving a problem the right way is hard Solving the same hard problem more than once is silly Techniques Techniques Directory organization Techniques Directory organization Using pre-written libraries Techniques Directory organization Using pre-written libraries Writing your own libraries Tools Tools PEAR: a code repository for PHP Tools PEAR: a code repository for PHP Smarty: a template language for PHP Tools PEAR: a code repository for PHP Smarty: a template language for PHP php.ini: your friend in site organization Tools PEAR: a code repository for PHP Smarty: a template language for PHP php.ini: your friend in site organization various PHP functions for securing data Step 0: Organizing your directory Concepts covered Concepts covered “Slow down, you move too fast!” Concepts covered “Slow down, you move too fast!” Separation of logic from presentation Concepts covered “Slow down, you move too fast!” Separation of logic from presentation Prevent access to sensitive files Concepts covered “Slow down, you move too fast!” Separation of logic from presentation Prevent access to sensitive files Self-contained, portable development PHP