• Author:
  • Suehring, Steve
  • Converse, Tim
  • Park, Joyce
• Subject:
  Internet Guides & Online Services
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  02/01/2009
• Price:
  $74.99
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MySQL is the leading open source database on the market and PHP continues to dominate the server side of the scripting market—together, they are the most popular and common team for creating dynamic, database-driven web sites. This comprehensive book covers the newest version of PHP and MySQL and is packed with extensive code examples, full working applications, and valuable troubleshooting advice. You’ll explore installing, developing, and debugging the latest versions of PHP and MySQL and get insight on advanced topics such as error handling, debugging, PEAR, security, HTTP, cookies, and OOP.

Joyce Park is a Web developer in Silicon Valley. She has worked on PHP projects of all sizes, including co-lead of the Mod-pulsub project.

Steve Suehring is a technology consultant with a diverse business and computing background. He is the former security editor for LinuxWorld Magazine and has published several books.

Tim Converse is a software engineer at Inktomi Corporation, which is owned by Yahoo!. He has more than a dozen years of programming experience in Lisp, C, C++, Java, and Web techniques, including PHP.

1. Why PHP and MySQL?

2. Server Side Scripting.

3. Getting Started with PHP.

4. Learning PHP Syntax and Variables.

5. Learning PHP Control Structures and Functions.

6. Passing Information with PHP.

7. Learning PHP String Handling.

8. Learning Arrays.

9. Learning PHP Number Handling.

10. PHP Gotchas.

11. Introducing Databases and MySQL.

12. Installing MySQL.

13. Learning Structured Query Language (SQL).

14. Learning Database Administration and Design.

15. Integrating PHP and MySQL.

16. Performing Database Queries.

17. Integrating Web Forms and Databases.

18. Improving Database Efficiency.

19. MySQL Gotchas.

20. Introducing Object Oriented PHP.

21. Advanced Array Functions.

22. Examining Regular Expressions.

23. Working with the Filesystem.

24. Working with Cookies and Sessions.

25. Learning PHP Types.

26. Learning PHP Advanced Functions.

27. Performing Math with PHP.

28. Securing PHP.

29. Learning PHP Configuration.

30. Handling Exceptions with PHP.

31. Debugging PHP Programs.

32. Learning PHP Style. Databases

33. Connecting PHP and PostgreSQL.

34. Using PEAR DB with PHP.

35. An Oracle Overview.

36. An Introduction to SQLite.

37. Sending Email with PHP.

38. Integrating PHP and Java.

39. Integrating PHP and JavaScript.

40. Integrating PHP and XML.

41. Creating and Consuming Web Service with PHP.

42. Creating Graphics with PHP.

43. Weblogs.

44. Trivia Game.

45. Venn Diagrams.

Appendix A. PHP for C Programmers.

Appendix B. PHP for PERL Hackers.

Appendix C. PHP for HTML Coders.

Appendix D. PHP Resources.

Appendix E. PEAR.

Index.