"PHP and MySQL For Dummies, 2nd Edition," written in the "For Dummie"s friendly, easy-to-understand style, shows readers how to use the popular PHP Open Source scripting language with the popular Open Source MySQL database to build Web database applications.
This second edition is being updated to reflect the changes in PHP 5 and the lastest version of MySQL. This book provides the basic techniques to build any Web database application. It explains how to install the Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X versions of PHP and MySQL and includes two complete sample applications. One application is of an online catalog and the other is of a members only Web site.
Topics covered include setting up a work environment; designing and building a database; planning and developing a Web database application; protecting data; writing PHP statements; using PHP constants and variables; working with numbers and character strings; and moving information from one Web page to another.
Many of the programs in the second edition are being modified because of a new default setting in PHP.
The second edition also includes the following:
1/ New coverage of the programming techniques for running programs under the new PHP default setting;
2/ New coverage of the security problems in MySQL and how users should handle them;
3/ Enhanced coverage of the Apache Web Server;
4/ New coverage of Mac OS X; and
5/ A Web site that has code examples from the book and is linked to the author's successful Web site.
Synopsis:
This volume shows the reader how to use the popular PHP Open Source scripting language with the popular Open Source MySQL database to build Web database applications.
Synopsis:
Updated for PHP 5 and MySQL 4
Create dynamic, interactive Web pages on Windows®, Linux®, or Mac OS®X systems
Open up a whole new world of Web database applications with PHP and MySQL, the perfect open source pair! This handy guidebook shows you how, with sample applications of an online catalog and a members-only Web site. Get the scoop on security issues, set up your Apache Web server, design the ideal database, and more.
The Dummies Way
* Explanations in plain English
* "Get in, get out" information
* Icons and other navigational aids
* Tear-out cheat sheet
* Top ten lists
* A dash of humor and fun
Discover how to:
* Plan and develop a Web database application
* Design and build the database
* Write custom PHP application programs
* Work with numbers and character strings
* Move information from one Web page to another
Synopsis:
* Shows Web developers how to use two popular open source technologies, the PHP scripting language and MySQL database, to build Web database applications
* This updated edition covers changes in PHP 5 and the latest version of MySQL, including programming techniques for the new PHP default setting, methods for handling MySQL security problems, and extended information about Apache Web Server and Mac OS X versions of PHP and MySQL
* Explains how to install Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X versions of PHP and MySQL
* Includes two complete sample applications: an online catalog and a members-only Web site
* Features a companion Web site with code examples from the book and links to the author's successful site
* Kevin Beaver has more than fifteen years of experience in security and information technology, specializing in security assessments and incident response
* Features a companion Web site with links to various utilities discussed throughout the book and practical security checklists
About the Author
Janet Valade has been a Web designer and programmer, a systems analyst, a builder of e-commerce Web applications, and an instructor of various computer topics.
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