How to Do Everything with PHP and MySQL

by Vikram Vaswani

Overview

This new release in the popular How to Do Everything series explains how to build open source web applications with MySQL and PHP 5. Using these two tools, you’ll be able to create highly functional, interactive web sites easily. Follow along with a step-by-step sample application and, as a bonus, download three full-length case studies complete with code trees.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071466547
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	03/21/2005
Series:	How to Do Everything Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Vikram Vaswani is the founder and CEO of Melonfire (http://www.melonfire.com/), a company specializing in software consultancy and content creation and syndication services. He is also the author of PHP Programming Solutions, How to do Everything with PHP and MySQL, and MySQL: The Complete Reference (all McGraw-Hill/Osborne titles) and XML and PHP (New Riders Publishing). He is also the author of numerous well-received articles on open-source technologies (including Perl, Python, XML and the very popular PHP 101 series), all written with the goal of making complex technologies accessible and understandable to novice users. He has been developing software since 1995, was first introduced to PHP in 1998, and hasn't looked back since. He is regular columnist with Zend Technologies (creators of PHP), as well as with IBM DeveloperWorks, CNET Builder.com, DevX.com and other OSS sites.

Table of Contents

Part I: Learning The Basics of PHP and MySQL 1.Introducing PHP and MySQL 2.Setting up a PHP-MySQL Development Environment 3.Getting Started with PHP Basics 4.Getting Started with MySQL Basics 5.Connecting PHP to MySQL Part II: Achieving Results 6.Input Validation and Output Formatting 7.Working with Binary Data 8.Performing Transactions 9.Authenticating Users 10.Porting Your Application Using Database Abstraction Part III: Putting It Together in the Real World 11.Creating a Voting System 12.Tracking Time-and-Materials 13.Managing Information Resources Appendices: A. PHP/MySQL API Reference B. MySQL Command and Function Reference C. Online and Offline Resources D. Glossary