[share_ebook] PHP Programming with PEAR: XML, Data, Dates, Web Services, and Web APIs

PEAR is the PHP Extension and Application Repository, and is a framework and distribution system for reusable, high-quality PHP components, available in the form of “packages”.This book explains many powerful PEAR packages for maximizing your PHP development productivity for accessing and displaying data, handling dates, working with XML and Web Services, and accessing Web APIs.
In this book, you will learn how to use a number of the most powerful PEAR packages available to boost your PHP development productivity. By focusing on these packages for key development activities, this book is an in-depth guide to getting the most from these powerful coding resources.

Accessing databases with MDB2
Displaying data in a range of formats (HTML, Excel spreadsheet, PDF)
Creating and parsing XML documents
Serializing PHP objects into XML, and unserializing XML documents to PHP objects
Consuming and offering web services