"PHP Game Programming" offers you the introduction you need to begin creating your own online games. You'll be amazed at the games you can create with this powerful - and completely free - development tool! Dive right in as you begin with coverage of server configuration and the major features of PHP. Then you're off and running as you use PHP to create and manipulate graphics, develop a chess game using a non-relational database, and send and receive data through sockets. Put your new skills to use as you create your own massively multiplayer online game! From the basics of PHP and HTML to the exciting task of creating dynamic terrain and Flash movies, "PHP Game Programming" will help you turn your online game ideas into reality!

About the Author

Matt Rutledge was a professional web developer at 15; a telecommunications programmer at 17 and went back to web development at 19. He is currently lead developer at DATA, Inc. (www.datausa.com) a digital visualization company specializing in 3D-computer animation and web development. Rutledge is from Denver, CO and has published two articles for the web development community: one related to security with .Net; the second, error management using ASP.

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