Matt Zandstra has worked as a web programmer, consultant, and writer for nearly two decades.He is the author of SAMS Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours (three editions) and a contributor to DHTML Unleashed . He has written articles for Linux Magazine , Zend.com , IBM DeveloperWorks , and php:architect Magazine , among others.Matt works as a consultant advising companies on their architectures and system management, and also develops systems primarily with PHP, and Java.Matt also writes fiction.