PHP and MySQL Bible Teaches the basics of PHP 5, a popular open-source Web-scripting language, and MySQL 4. 012, the popular open-source database engine. This book shows why users need PHP and MySQL, how to get started, how to add PHP to HTML, and how to connect HTML Web pages to MySQL. Full description
If PHP5 and MySQL can do it, you can do it too...
PHP and MySQL form a powerful team, and if you have some fluencywith HTML, this comprehensive guide will have you creatingdatabase–backed, PHP–driven Web sites in no time. Along with thenew features of PHP5, you’ll learn to install, administer, anduse MySQL 4.0 in database design. From getting started with PHP toconnecting HTML Web pages to MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle®,you’ll find what you need to take advantage of all thisdynamic duo has to offer.
Inside, you’ll find complete coverage of PHP5 and MySQL
- Resolve common "gotchas" with a series of symptom/diagnosis/fixpatterns
- Discover how to use PHP with Oracle and PostgreSQL as well asMySQL
- Integrate PHP with Java , JavaScript , and XML
- Use PHP to embed code fragments in normal HTML pages
- Find out how the new PHP5 parser supports genuine exceptionhandling and a more complete object model
- Understand Zend Engine 2 and the new object model, with supportfor private/protected members, abstract classes, andinterfaces
- Install MySQL and learn to administer it successfully,including backups, replication, and recovery
- Write MySQL–backed PHP applications
- Learn from case studies how to design and implement a Weblog, auser identification system, and other applications