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Overview

If you're ready to create web pages more complex than those you can build with HTML and CSS, Head First PHP & MySQL is the ultimate learning guide to building dynamic, database-driven websites using PHP and MySQL. Packed with real-world examples, this book teaches you all the essentials of server-side programming, from the fundamentals of PHP and MySQL coding to advanced topics such as form validation, session IDs, cookies, database queries and joins, file I/O operations, content management, and more.

Head First PHP & MySQL offers the same visually rich format that's turned every title in the Head First series into a bestseller, with plenty of ...

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Overview

If you're ready to create web pages more complex than those you can build with HTML and CSS, Head First PHP & MySQL is the ultimate learning guide to building dynamic, database-driven websites using PHP and MySQL. Packed with real-world examples, this book teaches you all the essentials of server-side programming, from the fundamentals of PHP and MySQL coding to advanced topics such as form validation, session IDs, cookies, database queries and joins, file I/O operations, content management, and more.

Head First PHP & MySQL offers the same visually rich format that's turned every title in the Head First series into a bestseller, with plenty of exercises, quizzes, puzzles, and other interactive features to help you retain what you've learned.

  • Use PHP to transform static HTML pages into dynamic web sites
  • Create and populate your own MySQL database tables, and work with data stored in files
  • Perform sophisticated MySQL queries with joins, and refine your results with LIMIT and ORDER BY
  • Use cookies and sessions to track visitors' login information and personalize the site for users
  • Protect your data from SQL injection attacks
  • Use regular expressions to validate information on forms
  • Dynamically display text based on session info and create images on the fly
  • Pull syndicated data from other sites using PHP and XML
Throughout the book, you'll build sophisticated examples — including a mailing list, a job board, and an online dating site — to help you learn how to harness the power of PHP and MySQL in a variety of contexts. If you're ready to build a truly dynamic website, Head First PHP & MySQL is the ideal way to get going.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780596006303
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 12/1/2008
  • Pages: 814
  • Sales rank: 100,579
  • Series: Head First Series
  • Product dimensions: 8.00 (w) x 9.20 (h) x 1.60 (d)

Meet the Author

Lynn Beighley is a fiction writer stuck in a technical book writer's body. Upon discovering that technical book writing actually paid real money, she learned to accept and enjoy it. After going back to school to get a Masters in Computer Science, she worked for the acronyms NRL and LANL. Then she discovered Flash, and wrote her first bestseller. A victim of bad timing, she moved to Silicon Valley just before the great crash. She spent several years working for Yahoo! and writing other books and training courses. Finally giving in to her creative writing bent, she moved to the New York area to get an MFA in Creative Writing. Her Head First-style thesis was delivered to a packed room of professors and fellow students. It was extremely well received, and she finished her degree, finished Head First SQL, and can't wait to begin her next book.

Lynn loves traveling, cooking, and making up elaborate background stories about complete strangers. She's a little scared of clowns.

Michael Morrison is a writer, developer, toy inventor, and author of a variety of books covering topics such as Java, Web scripting, game development, and mobile devices. Some of Michael's notable writing projects include JavaScript Bible, 6th Edition (Wiley, 2006),Teach Yourself HTML and CSS in 24 Hours, 7th Edition (Sams Publishing, 2005), Beginning Mobile Phone Game Programming (Sams Publishing, 2004) and Java Unleashed (Sams Publishing, 1997). Michael is the intructor of several Web-based courses, including DigitalThink's Introduction to Java 2 series, JavaBeans for Programmers series, and Win32 Programming series (www.digitalthink.com).

In addition to his primary profession as a writer and technical consultant, Michael is the founder of Stalefish Labs (www.stalefishlabs.com), an entertainment company specializing in games, toys, and interactive media. When not glued to his computer, skateboarding, playing hockey, or watching movies with his wife, Masheed, Michael enjoys hanging out by his koi pond.

Table of Contents

1 It's Alive: Add Life to Your Static Pages 1

2 How It Fits Together: Connecting to MySQL 59

3 Creating Your Own Data: Create and Populate a Database 103

4 Your Application on the Web: Realistic and Practical Applications 159

5 When a Database Just Isn't Enough: Working With Data Stored in Files 223

6 Assume They're All Out to Get You: Securing Your Application 295

7 Remember Me?: Building Personalized Web Apps 345

7 1/2 Sharing is Caring: Eliminate Duplicate Code 417

8 Harvesting Data: Control Your Data, Control Your World 427

9 Better Living Through Functions: String and Custom Functions 501

10 Rules for Replacement: Regular Expressions 561

11 Drawing Dynamic Graphics: Visualizing Your Data... and More! 605

12 Interfacing to the World: Syndication and Web Services 657

i The Top Ten Topics (We Didn't Cover): Leftovers 713

ii A Place to Play: Set Up a Development Environment 731

iii Get Even More: Extend Your PHP 749

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  • Posted August 22, 2009

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    Another Great Tech Book from Head First

    Using a sense of humor, incredible depth of knowledge, and a teaching method that virtually ensures absorption of the material no matter what your learning style, Head First PHP & MySQL takes the reader from initial steps to proficiency in this powerful and widely used technology.

    Build a mail-order website for Elvis Impersonators using PHP Forms. Build a secure application for Rock Wars gamers to track (and verify) highest scores. Submit and review resumes for Risky Jobs. These tongue-in-cheek sample applications provide a playground to learn all of the PHP/MySQL basics in a fun and engaging way.

    Code downloads, and very useful appendices complete the package. I was able to build solid production applications almost immediately as I stepped through the book.

    Easily Five Stars, Two Thumbs Up, and a page full of Smiley Faces for this book.

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  • Posted July 14, 2010

    Too unorganized

    This may be a great book for students or complete beginners or people who don't know how to read, but if you're a technical minded person or have any previous knowledge of HTML or scripting, this book is too unorganized to be useful. I understand the authors' intent, but this book focuses too much on entertaining the reader with clip art and anecdotes instead of providing clear and substantive coverage of PHP.

    Every time I try to jump in and find the answer to a specific question, I find myself completely lost in a maze of humorous pop-ups and doodles. I have only been able to extract a few sentences of actual useful information per page. The rest is fluff or filler...or (according to the authors) reinforcing the concept.

    For myself, the chaotic and visual nature of the book takes much longer to weed through and learn compared to traditional books. If, on the other hand, you're a very visual person struggling with the basic concepts of programming, this book may be worth the purchase price.

    In fairness to the authors, I already know HTML, asp, etc. and was just looking for a quick sort of *Learn PHP in 24 Hours* type of book to bring me up to speed quickly. So I write this knowing that I may not be the authors' intended audience.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 6, 2011

    Head First: Php & Mysql, What a great book!

    I have been developing websites since the beginning of what we all know as the internet. Up until recently I have paid to have all of the coding done. Nothing that I ever read about Php or Mysql could never stick with me. I would read things and dabble a little bit. But actually retaining any of it was impossible for me.This was up until I purchased this great Head First: Php & Mysql book. Not only is it easy reading, I have retained every bit of it. I am nowhere finished with the book and I think its safe to say that this book will stay on my shelf forever. If anyone asks me how I learned PHP, I will simply point at the book.1 week after I started reading the book I wrote my first script, on my own, without copy and pasting someone else code. It was a simple script, just writing a form and a php script to parse it and store in MySql. Regardless, 1 week and I wrote that. Its with me forever now.If you are thinking of learning php, or if you have struggled to remember things like functions and syntax then you MUST buy this book. I am just your average Joe and this is hands down the best book I have put on my shelf in a very long time. Truth is, that its not even on my shelf and I think I will keep it along side me until I can have it all in head.You will jump in to writing some simple php and you advance pretty fast, but the best part is the way that they present the information. I honestly think my 12 year old son could work his way through this. The book even gives you problems to figure out in writing, or homework if you will. GREAT Job to the authors of this book. If there is more Head First books I will buy them next time

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  • Posted February 20, 2010

    PHP / MySQL

    Good text for a know-nothing like me

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