Chapter 10. PHP Extensions

Although the core of the PHP language provides functions that accomplish many commonly needed tasks, there are numerous extensions that can be added to bring a PHP configuration to a whole new level. This chapter explores some of the more useful extensions, but it only touches on the tip of the iceberg. The extensions in this chapter deal with manipulating images, creating PDF files (without the use of Adobe Acrobat), creating flash files (without the use of any commercial software), and interfacing with XML documents. Some of these extensions are already bundled and enabled for you with the default configuration, so what are you waiting for?

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