PHP and MySQL Web Development
PHP and MySQL Web Development by Laura Thomson and Luke Welling
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Number of Pages:
- 896
- ISBN:
- 0672317842
- Product Group:
- book
- Publisher:
- QUE
- Publication Date:
- March 30, 2001
- BooksForGeeks.com ID:
- 1226
PHP and MySQL Web Development introduces readers (who are assumed to have little or no experience with the title subjects) to PHP and MySQL for the purpose of creating dynamic Internet sites. It teaches the same skills as introductory Active Server Pages (ASP) and ColdFusion books--technologies which address the same niche.
Authors Luke Welling and Laura Thomson's technique aims to get readers going on their own projects as soon as possible. They present easily digestible sections on specific technical processes--"Accessing Array Contents" and "Using Encryption with PHP" are two examples. Each section centres on a sample program that strips the task at hand down to its essentials, enabling the reader to fit the process into his or her own solutions as required. Tables that list options and other nuggets of reference material appear as well, but the many examples and the authors' commentary on them take centre stage.
For reference material on MySQL, have a look at Paul DuBois's MySQL. On the PHP side, Web Application Development with PHP4 is excellent. --David Wall
Topics covered:
- The MySQL Database Server (for both Unix and Windows)
- Accessing MySQL Databases Through PHP Scripting (the letters don't really stand for anything)
- Database Creation and Modification
- PHP Tricks in Order of Increasing Complexity--everything from basic SQL queries to secure transactions for commerce
- Authentication
- Network Connectivity
- Session Management
- Content Customisation
Reviews for PHP and MySQL Web Development
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very useful
Rated out of 5 stars, February 12th, 2010
Im still using that book and it looks pretty interesting. very useful and highly recommended book. -
Great guide but intallations intructions lets it down (but that is everywhere)
Rated out of 5 stars, October 12th, 2009
Right - everything I have read in the chapters in this book has been well explained and had good accompanying examples. Except for the installation on Mac. This however is ubiquitos as I found out on my search so I can't slate the book for that, it seems everyone who should have it right had it wrong when i was looking. I eventually cobbled together the right thing taking bits from a few guides. If you are using a pc I would imagine there will be no problem. Though only half way through i am still happy to recommend it despite the installation problems with mysql. -
Excellent for learning PHP and MYSQL
Rated out of 5 stars, October 12rd, 2009
Well written, well organised, clear, precise - not full of useless waffle like many guides - over 900 pages of solid information. I can highly recommend this book for beginners and experienced programmers.
I bought the book to help me quickly learn PHP for web development (I'm an experience programmer in other languages). I found the book to be very useful; it doesn't stop with simplistic basics, but discusses real development issues, like security for example. Also, although I am trained and experienced in SQL databases, I found the information provided for SQL syntax and using MYSQL with PHP pages clear and informative. I think this section would be especially useful for anyone new to SQL. -
That's a very good book!
Rated out of 5 stars, July 12th, 2009
I didn't read it entirely... but it seam to be very good now :)
...although it's a bit thick ;) -
Makes you think!
Rated out of 5 stars, May 12th, 2009
Great book even for casual programmers like me. The book makes you think about web development in another light: Dynamic websites - shifting content, easy updating, consitency etc.
I recommend it!