PHP & MySQL: Your visual blueprint for creating dynamic, database driven Web sites - Softcover

Valade, Janet

 
9780470048399: PHP & MySQL: Your visual blueprint for creating dynamic, database driven Web sites

Inhaltsangabe

Covers all the essentials for adding dynamic content to a site with PHP and linking it to an MySQL database Explains more than 125 key tasks, from using cookies to monitor the activity of Web site visitors to retrieving information from MySQL databases, creating images and Web pages on the fly, and processing XML documents PHP-Hypertext PreProcessor-open-source scripting language is in use on over 16 million Web sites worldwide; the latest version of MySQL was downloaded more than one million times in the first few weeks of its release Companion Web site features a fully searchable e-version of the book, plus all code in the book

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Janet Valade has 20 years experience in the computing field. Her background includes experience as a technical writer for several companies, as a Web designer/programmer for an engineering firm, and as a systems analyst in a university environment where, for over 10 years, she supervised the installation and operation of computing resources, designed and developed a statewide data archive, provided technical support to faculty and staff, wrote numerous technical papers and documentation, and designed and presented seminars and workshops on a variety of technology topics.
Janet currently has four published books PHP & MySQL For Dummies, Second Edition, PHP 5 For Dummies, PHP & MySQL Everyday Apps For Dummies, and Spring into Linux, and has coauthored Master VISUALLY Dreamweaver 8 and Flash 8. In addition, she has authored chapters for several Linux and Web development books.

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"The expertise, thought, and effort that go into each book are obvious, and I sincerely appreciate your efforts. Keep up the wonderful work!"
Tracey Moore (Memphis, TN)

Welcome to the only guidebook series that takes a visual approach to professional-level computer topics. Open the book and you will discover step-by-step screen shots that demonstrate over 140 key techniques using PHP amd MySQL, including:


  • Configuring Apache to process PHP code

  • Working with character strings

  • Creating, sorting, and comparing arrays

  • Defining and using functions

  • Finding and replacing substrings

  • Querying databases and retrieving data

  • Stopping and starting the MySQL server

  • Adding dynamic check boxes

  • Sending new Web pages to a browser

Extra / Apply It


  • High-resolution screen shots demonstrate each task

  • Succinct explanations walk you through step-by-step

  • Two-page lessons break big topics into bite-sized modules

  • "Apply It" and "Extra" sidebars highlight useful tips

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