The PHP Functions Essential Reference is a simple, clear and authoritative function reference that clarifies and expands upon PHP's existing documentation.
The authors have spent time evaluating all of the PHP functions and have selected the essential functions to include in the printed book. This includes around 900 of the 1500 functions. The remaining functions will be covered in the same depth and treated in the same way, but they will appear on the newriders.com web site along with the content of the entire book, which is provided under the OPL.

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5.0 out of 5 stars corrected URL for online book, May 5 2004

By	bill_hargen (Largo, FL USA) - See all my reviews

Reviewer Kevin Carlson noted that the book was not available online at the web address that it mentions. It turns out that there is an errata at www.sams.com giving the correct URL: http://fooassociates.com/phpfer/

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have!, Oct 13 2003

By	Graham Kelly (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This book is a must have for any PHP wed developer. I find myself referencing this book quite often. It's logically laid out and makes finding just the right function a lot easier then php.net.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Encyclopedic, but no longer online, Sep 18 2003

By	Kevin Carlson (Everett, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fantastic reference book with code snippets for every function.

My only complaint is that although the book was released under the Open Publication license (allowing it to be freely distributed), the book's website (www.php-er.com) no longer contains the book contents.

Let's hope that this great book becomes available online once more, preferably as a PDF file. I'd love to have it on my computer as well as in paper format.

An update to the new PHP 5 release would also be great.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The ideal desktop reference
It's more then the usual printed version of php.net manuals, this book actually give you usable examples along with clear function explanations. Read more

Published on Jan 22 2003 by Foti Massimo

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential book for all PHPers
You'll have this book within an arm's reach at all times. It's packed with every PHP function and has excellent examples for each one. Read more

Published on Nov 16 2002 by Phillip Schwarzmann

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference Book
This book has an excellent easy to use layout and contains just about every PHP function you can imagine. Read more

Published on Oct 3 2002 by Ernest Correale

5.0 out of 5 stars A goldmine of easy to find information.
I own a number of so-called 'essential' references for many languages, and over a dozen PHP books that claim to be the end all of PHP documentation. Read more