Prentice Hall (12-2006) | PDF | 912 pages | 0131875086 | 20.7Mb

PHP and MySQL by Example /by Ellie Quigley (Author), Marko Gargenta (Author) .Even if
you’re completely new to PHP, MySQL, and Web database development, this book will guide
you through every step of building powerful, database-driven, dynamic Web sites. Direct
from the world’s top scripting instructor, Ellie Quigley, PHP and MySQL by Example
illuminates every concept with tested code examples, screen shots showing program
output, and clear, line-by-line explanations. Classroom-tested in Ellie Quigley’s
Silicon Valley training courses and at Marko Gargenta’s Marakana training company in San
Francisco, this book takes you from the simplest PHP scripting and SQL querying
techniques all the way to dynamic, database driven Web site construction with PHP and
MySQL. From simple fill-in forms to program security and debugging, it’s the only

PHP/MySQL book you’ll ever need!
This book covers
* Complete PHP fundamentals, including operators, strings, conditionals, loops, arrays,
functions, and more
* PHP QuickStart for more advanced readers—makes you productive with PHP in the space of
just fifteen book pages
* Essential Web development techniques, from file handling to validating user input with
regular expressions
* Powerful PHP features, including user-defined functions and self-processing PHP Forms
* Day-to-day MySQL administration
* A complete SQL tutorial for creating queries, retrieving data, and writing data with
MySQL
* Session management and cookies
* Object Oriented PHP
* Best practices for using PHP and MySQL together