How to Do Everything with PHP and MySQL - Softcover

Vaswani, Vikram

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072257954 ISBN 13: 9780072257953

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2005

Synopsis

Title: How to Do Everything with PHP and MySQL <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: Vikram Vaswani <>Publisher: OSBORNE COMPUTING

About this title

Review:

A great book for someone who knows little about MySQL and PHP and wants to quickly get on with producing some database driven dynamic web pages.

From the Back Cover:

Create MySQL database-driven Web sites and applications with PHP quickly and easily. This step-by-step guide explains how to take full advantage of PHP's built-in support for MySQL and link the results of database queries to Web pages. You'll get full details on PHP programming and MySQL database development, and then you'll learn to use these two cutting-edge technologies together. Easy-to-follow sample applications include a PHP online shopping cart, a MySQL order tracking system, and a PHP/MySQL news publishing system.

• Set up a PHP/MySQL development environment on Windows or UNIX
• Write PHP scripts and use variables, statements, and operators
• Create reusable code with arrays and custom functions
• Use files, sessions, cookies, and external programs
• Create a MySQL database and use SQL commands
• Edit database records and perform queries
• Control access and privileges with the MySQL security system
• Query a MySQL database with PHP
• Validate user input to maintain database integrity
• Format query output for optimal results

About the author: Vikram Vaswani is the founder and CEO of Melonfire, a company specializing in Web development and content creation for a variety of clients. He is the author of MySQL: The Complete Reference.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0072257954
• ISBN 13: 9780072257953
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400