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PHP and MySQL for Dummies

AUTHOR Valade, Janet
PUBLISHER For Dummies (12/01/2009)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

Description

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(R), Mac(R), or Linux(R)

  • 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

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Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780470527580
ISBN-10: 0470527587
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
Edition Number: 0004
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Page Count: 464
Carton Quantity: 9
Product Dimensions: 7.38 x 0.95 x 9.20 inches
Weight: 1.47 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Country of Origin: US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Computers | Languages - PHP
Computers | Internet - Web Design
Dewey Decimal: 005.133
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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(R), Mac(R), or Linux(R)

  • 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

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Author: Valade, Janet
Janet Valade is the author of "PHP &MySQL For Dummies," which is in its third edition. She has also written "PHP & MySQL Everyday Apps For Dummies" and "PHP & MySQL: Your visual blueprint for creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites." In addition, Janet is the author of "Spring into Linux" and a co-author of "Mastering Visually Dreamweaver CS3 and Flash CS3 Professional.
"Janet has 20 years of experience in the computing field. Most recently, she worked as a Web designer and programmer in an engineering firm for four years. Prior to that, Janet worked for 13 years in a university environment, where she was a systems analyst. During her tenure, she supervised the installation and operation of computing resources, designed and developed a data archive, supported faculty and students in their computer usage, wrote numerous technical papers, and developed and presented seminars on a variety of technology topics.
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