Head First PHP & MySQL (A Brain-Friendly Guide)

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Название: Head First PHP & MySQL (A Brain-Friendly Guide)

Автор: Lynn Beighley, Michael Morrison

Год выпуска: December 30, 2008

Издательство: O'Reilly Media

Страниц: 812

Формат: pdf

Язык: English

Размер: 46.5 mb

If you're ready to create web pages more complex than those you can build with HTML and CSS, Head First PHP & MySQL is the ultimate learning guide to building dynamic, database-driven websites using PHP and MySQL. Packed with real-world examples, this book teaches you all the essentials of server-side programming, from the fundamentals of PHP and MySQL coding to advanced topics such as form validation, session IDs, cookies, database queries and joins, file I/O operations, content management, and more.

Head First PHP & MySQL offers the same visually rich format that's turned every title in the Head First series into a bestseller, with plenty of exercises, quizzes, puzzles, and other interactive features to help you retain what you've learned.

- Use PHP to transform static HTML pages into dynamic web sites

- Create and populate your own MySQL database tables, and work with data stored in files

- Perform sophisticated MySQL queries with joins, and refine your results with LIMIT and ORDER BY

- Use cookies and sessions to track visitors' login information and personalize the site for users

- Protect your data from SQL injection attacks

- Use regular expressions to validate information on forms

- Dynamically display text based on session info and create images on the fly

- Pull syndicated data from other sites using PHP and XML

Throughout the book, you'll build sophisticated examples -- including a mailing list, a job board, and an online dating site -- to help you learn how to harness the power of PHP and MySQL in a variety of contexts. If you're ready to build a truly dynamic website, Head First PHP & MySQL is the ideal way to get going.