Beginning PHP and MySQL

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiv

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2. Introducing PHP

   Pages 1-10

3. Configuring Your Environment

   Pages 11-53

4. PHP Basics

   Pages 55-112

5. Functions

   Pages 113-125

6. Arrays

   Pages 127-162

7. Object-Oriented PHP

   Pages 163-192

8. Advanced OOP Features

   Pages 193-211

9. Error and Exception Handling

   Pages 213-229

10. Strings and Regular Expressions

    Pages 231-276

11. Working with the File and Operating System

    Pages 277-308

12. PEAR

    Pages 309-322

13. Date and Time

    Pages 323-348

14. Forms

    Pages 349-364

15. Authenticating Your Users

    Pages 365-386

16. Handling File Uploads

    Pages 387-399

17. Networking

    Pages 401-424

18. PHP and LDAP

    Pages 425-443

19. Session Handlers

    Pages 445-469

20. Templating with Smarty

    Pages 471-501

Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition offers a comprehensive introduction to two of the most prominent open-source technologies on the planet: the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database server. Updated to introduce the features found in MySQL's most significant release to date, readers will learn how to take advantage of the features of both technologies to build powerful, manageable, and stable web applications.

Essentially three books in one, readers will not only profit from extensive introductions to the core features of each technology, but also learn how to effectively integrate the two in order to build robust data-driven applications. Packed with practical examples and insight into the real-world challenges faced by developers based on author W. Jason Gilmore's seven years of expertise working with these technologies, readers will repeatedly return to this book as both a valuable instructional tool and reference guide.

• MySQL
• Open Source
• PHP
• SQL
• Web Services
• language
• navigation
• object-oriented programming (OOP)
• operating system
• programming
• web applications

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.