Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL (Core Series) - Softcover

Wandschneider, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131867164 ISBN 13: 9780131867161

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2005

Synopsis

PHP and MySQL have become a serious and commercially viable system with

which to develop web applications. With the relase of PHP 5, J2EE

developers, in particular, are starting to take a second look at PHP. And while

there are many books on the makret that describe PHP language syntax, there

are very few that fully describe web application development with PHP and

related technologies. This book describes the complete web application

development lifecycle, from planning the application to designing the user

interface to building in robust security. And since web applications serve the

entire world, often neglected globalization issues are treated in detail.

Though MySQL is used throughout the examples, Part IV also contains

examples of building applications on top of both Oracle and PostgresSQL, two

popular alternatives to MySQL for use in mission-critical systems.

About this title

From the Back Cover

The programmer's Guide to building robust web applications with PHP and MySQL

This is a comprehensive, practical guide for programmers who want to develop production-quality, database-enabled web applications with PHP and MySQL. Long-time developer Marc Wandschneider systematically addresses the entire process: not only coding, but also upfront application, user interface and database design, PLUS security, testing, and more.

You'll walk through building three applications from start to finish: a calendaring system, a weblog engine, and an e-commerce store. Along the way, you'll master essential strategies for creating robust web database applications and learn how to avoid the common pitfalls that trip up many developers moving to PHP and MySQL.

• Starts with a complete primer on PHP for developers including coverage of code organization, reuse, and object-oriented PHP
• Contains detailed treatments of data access, including transactions, foreign keys, and indexes
• Presents powerful data validation techniques utilizing PHP regular expressions
• Walks through planning web applications, including user interfaces and user management
• Offers systematic guidance on securing web applications from end to end
• Covers a wide range of implementation issues including internationalization, error handling, data validation, debugging, session management, and deployment
• Includes detailed chapters on XML, XML-based web services, and the PEAR framework for reusable PHP components
• Shows how to work with the Oracle and PostgreSQL databases

About the Author

Marc Wandschneider has worked extensively with open source platforms, and has written an Outlook Express-style email client for Linux using Qt. He travels the globe, consulting as a lead manager for software projects and teams. A graduate of the McGill University School of Computer Science, he spent five years working for Microsoft, where he developed and managed developers on the Visual Basic, Visual J++, and .NET Windows Forms teams.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0131867164
• ISBN 13: 9780131867161
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 888