* PHP is commonly used to create dynamically driven web pages and output HTML. The power of PHP goes beyond that of just web pages however. In this book, the reader will learn how to create that other content, specifically Microsoft Office documents, charts, graphs, PDF files, Flash, and SVG

* Throughout the book there are many working examples of code that can be put immediately to use. This cookbook format is interlaced with theory that will not only show a reader how to do something, but why it is done that way

* PHP is being widely accepted in businesses large and small. This can be evidenced by such conferences as the Zend/PHP Conference and Expo 2005 where the theme is "PHP Is Ready for Business!" This book will provide those programming integrated business systems with the necessary tools in PHP