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Description of PHP and MySQL® For Dummies®

Updated for PHP 5 and MySQL 4

Create dynamic, interactive Web pages on Windows^®, Linux^®, or Mac OS^® X systems

Open up a whole new world of Web database applications with PHP and MySQL, the perfect open source pair! This handy guidebook shows you how, with sample applications of an online catalog and a members–only Web site. Get the scoop on security issues, set up your Apache Web server, design the ideal database, and more.

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English
  
  
• "Get in, get out" information
  
  
• Icons and other navigational aids
  
  
• Tear–out cheat sheet
  
  
• Top ten lists
  
  
• A dash of humor and fun
  

Discover how to:

• Plan and develop a Web database application
  
  
• Design and build the database
  
  
• Write custom PHP application programs
  
  
• Work with numbers and character strings
  
  
• Move information from one Web page to another
  

Title Information

ISBN:

9780764555893

Pages:

456 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

163704

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Published:

08/04/2004

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About Janet Valade

Janet Valade has been a Web designer and programmer, a systems analyst, a builder of e–commerce Web applications, and an instructor of various computer topics.