PHP and MySQL For Dummies

Learn to use the tools that bring Web sites to life —it′s easy and fun!
Static Web sites don′t cut it anymore. To serve up HTML, CSS,and database–driven pages, you need to know your way around PHP and a MySQL backend database. This book shows you how to build two common applications: a product catalog and a member–only site requiring a username and password. You′ll learn a basic design you can expand however you choose!
New to all this? — get acquainted with PHP and MySQL and find out how to install them on Windows®, Mac®, or Linux®
A perfect partnership — see how the language and database work together to produce dynamic Web pages with less hassle
MySQL moving and storage — store data in your database and display it on your Web pages
Up to code — learn to build PHP scripts and program pieces with code that meets the latest standards
The sum of the parts — organize all the parts of your application, ensure security, and complete your documentation
Visit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/php&mysqlfd4e to find all the code examples used in the book
Open the book and find:
How to keep up with PHP and MySQL updates
What′s different in the newest versions
Pros and cons of Web hosting companies
How to back up and restore data in your database
Error messages and what they mean
Why you must plan your database application
Advice on what offers value to your users
Ten "gotchas" that will mess up your code

Spis treści:
Introduction.
Part I: Developing a Web Database Application Using PHP and MySQL.
Chapter 1: Introduction to PHP and MySQL.
Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Work Environment.
Chapter 3: Developing a Web Database Application.
Part I I: MySQL Database.
Chapter 4: Building the Database.
Chapter 5: Protecting Your Data.
Part III: PHP.
Chapter 6: General PHP.
Chapter 7: PHP Building Blocks for Programs.
Chapter 8: Data In, Data Out.
Chapter 9: Moving Information from One Web Page to the Next.
Part IV: Applications.
Chapter 10: Putting It All Together.
Chapter 11: Building an Online Catalog.
Chapter 12: Building a Members Only Web Site.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 13: Ten Things You Might Want to Do Using PHP Functions.
Chapter 14: Ten PHP Gotchas.
Part VI: Appendixes.
Appendix A: Installing PHP, MySQL, and Apache from XAMPP.
Appendix B: Confi guring PHP.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:

Janet Valade is a technical writer, Web designer/programmer, and systems analyst. She has designed and developed data archives, supervised computer resource operations, and conducted seminars and workshops. She has written all previous editions of PHP & MySQL For Dummies.

Okładka tylna:

Learn to use the tools that bring Web sites to life —it′s easy and fun!
Static Web sites don′t cut it anymore. To serve up HTML, CSS,and database–driven pages, you need to know your way around PHP and a MySQL backend database. This book shows you how to build two common applications: a product catalog and a member–only site requiring a username and password. You′ll learn a basic design you can expand however you choose!
New to all this? — get acquainted with PHP and MySQL and find out how to install them on Windows®, Mac®, or Linux®
A perfect partnership — see how the language and database work together to produce dynamic Web pages with less hassle
MySQL moving and storage — store data in your database and display it on your Web pages
Up to code — learn to build PHP scrip ts and program pieces with code that meets the latest standards
The sum of the parts — organize all the parts of your application, ensure security, and complete your documentation
Visit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/php&mysqlfd4e to find all the code examples used in the book
Open the book and find:
How to keep up with PHP and MySQL updates
What′s different in the newest versions
Pros and cons of Web hosting companies
How to back up and restore data in your database
Error messages and what they mean
Why you must plan your database application
Advice on what offers value to your users
Ten "gotchas" that will mess up your code