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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 005.133 EAN: 9781590595527 Edition: 2 ISBN: 1590595521 Label: Apress Manufacturer: Apress Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 952 Publication Date: January 23, 2006 Publisher: Apress Studio: Apress Accessories:
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Interested in becoming a master of the PHP language and MySQL database but don't know where to begin? This bestselling book ranks among the most thorough and practical guides in print, covering all of the key concepts and features, and showing you how to effectively integrate PHP and MySQL to build powerful websites. The book begins with a vast overview of PHP's capabilities, starting with a survey of the installation and configuration process on both the Windows and Linux platforms. Next, several chapters are devoted to basic PHP concepts, including variables, datatypes, arrays, functions, string manipulation, and processing user input. Other key PHP topics are also covered, including PEAR, session handling, LDAP integration, the Smarty templating engine, Web services, and PDO. Next up is a presentation of MySQL's key features. You're first guided through MySQL's installation and configuration process, and are presented with an introduction to its storage engines, datatypes, administration utilities, security features, and data import/export facilities. New MySQL 5-specific chapters have been added in this edition, covering triggers, stored procedures, and views. Along the way, you'll gain insight into PHP's assortment of MySQL functions (using both the mysql and mysqli extensions), and learn how to create and execute queries, perform searches, and carry out key database tasks from within your Web application. What You Will Learn from This Book
This book is for the budding web developer searching for a powerful and low-cost solution to building flexible, scalable websites. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Not much recommendedThe book is more a glossary of terms that are in the php manuals. I could not benefit from any effort (except on a couple of occasions where something is described in full) that could have been devoted to trying to translate theory into the things you really need to know when actually doing anything you want, such as a search form that contains several select lists that are linked and that you want to pass the selected values to a database to retrieve results etc. You are not going to find an answer ... Read More Rating:  - One of the bestcomputers booksWhen i purchased this book, I was expecting a Computer book. To my surprise the book i purchased contained all the information that i was interested in learning(PHP, MySQL, database) as well as provided a great reading experience. This book is very interactive and fun to read. The author makes you feel part of the learning process and guides you through learning effectively not only about PHP,MySQL and many tricks of the trade, but also about a lot of other stuff that you most likely ... Read More Rating:  - Reads like reference, not very interesting, too long for not much.I have first started off programming PHP since 2002 and have built small websites here and there and mostly just 'web tools'. Since it has been some time since I really coded in PHP I decided to get a start from scratch book again, although knowing I still have the basics down. I believe this book is a drag-on, taking up more pages than it should, wasting time in many cases and it reads like a reference book, explaining function after function and in the later chapters PEAR classes/packages, all of which ... Read More Rating: - A great reference for any web designer!This is a great book for any web designer no matter what your experience level. It is a great reference and I was able to teach myself what was needed using this book! Rating: - Excellent BookI own several PHP/Mysql reference books, and this one is the most comprehensive of all of them. Just the right balance and written descriptions/explanations and practical applications/examples. I wouldn't necessarily say this book is for beginners, but anyone that's a novice to professional would love this book. I highly recommend the 3rd addition for any PHP/MySQL developer that is looking for a great reference. |
