Beginning PHP and MySQL 5

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiv

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2. An Introduction to PHP

   Pages 1-7

3. Installing and Configuring Apache and PHP

   Pages 9-42

4. PHP Basics

   Pages 43-89

5. Functions

   Pages 91-101

6. Arrays

   Pages 103-131

7. Object-Oriented PHP

   Pages 133-156

8. Advanced OOP Features

   Pages 157-176

9. Error and Exception Handling

   Pages 177-189

10. Strings and Regular Expressions

    Pages 191-227

11. Working with the File and Operating System

    Pages 229-258

12. PEAR

    Pages 259-270

13. Date and Time

    Pages 271-301

14. Forms and Navigational Cues

    Pages 303-323

15. Authentication

    Pages 325-343

16. Handling File Uploads

    Pages 345-358

17. Networking

    Pages 359-398

18. PHP and LDAP

    Pages 399-423

19. Session Handlers

    Pages 425-446

20. Templating with Smarty

    Pages 447-471

• Written for the budding web developer searching for a powerful, low-cost solution for building flexible, dynamic web sites.
• Essentially three books in one: provides thorough introductions to the PHP language and the MySQL database, and shows you how these two technologies can be effectively integrated to build powerful websites.
• Provides over 500 code examples, including real-world tasks such as creating an auto-login feature, sending HTML-formatted e-mail, testing password guessability, and uploading files via a web interface.
• Updated for MySQL 5, includes new chapters introducing triggers, stored procedures, and views.

• Web Services
• language
• object-oriented programming (OOP)
• operating system
• programming
• testing

From the reviews:

"A comprehensive introduction to … the scripting language PHP and the MySQL database server. This book will not only expose … core aspects of both technologies, but will provide valuable insight into how they are used in unison to create dynamic data-driven Web applications." (it-expert, Issue no. 48, 2004)

W. Jason Gilmore is a web developer and business consultant with more than 15 years of experience helping companies large and small build amazing software solutions. He has been teaching developers from around the world about web development for over a decade, having written six books, including the bestselling Beginning PHP and MySQL, Fourth Edition and Easy PHP Websites with the Zend Framework, Second Edition .Over the years Jason has been published more than 300 times within popular publications such as Developer.com, PHPBuilder.com, JSMag, and Linux Magazine, and instructed hundreds of students in the United States and Europe. He s recently led the successful development and deployment of a 10,000+ product e-commerce project, and is currently working on a variety of new e-commerce initiatives. Jason is cofounder of the wildly popular CodeMash Conference, the largest multi-day developer event in the Midwest.

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