PHP & MySQL Everyday Apps For Dummies
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
456 pages
978-0-7645-7587-7 (ISBN)
Description
* Provides Web developers using the popular combination of PHP (a scripting language) and MySQL (a database system) with practical applications that they can adapt and put to work right away
* A 2002 survey found that PHP was running on over 9 million Web sites, and there have been over 1.8 million PHP downloads since May 2002; MySQL reports 2 million users
* Applications include a user login, an online catalog, a shopping cart, a content management system, a Web forum, and a mailing list management system
* The author walks readers through the creation of each application, offering two different versions-procedural (the traditional PHP coding method) and object-oriented (new in PHP 5)
* The CD-ROM includes complete code for all six applications
* A 2002 survey found that PHP was running on over 9 million Web sites, and there have been over 1.8 million PHP downloads since May 2002; MySQL reports 2 million users
* Applications include a user login, an online catalog, a shopping cart, a content management system, a Web forum, and a mailing list management system
* The author walks readers through the creation of each application, offering two different versions-procedural (the traditional PHP coding method) and object-oriented (new in PHP 5)
* The CD-ROM includes complete code for all six applications
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Person
Janet Valade has been a Web designer and PHP programmer as well as a systems analyst for California State University. She has worked in the computer arena for 20 years.
Content
Introduction. Part I: Introducing Application Development. Chapter 1: Building Your Application. Chapter 2: Building in Application Security. Part II: Building a User Authentication Application. Chapter 3: User Authentication with HTTP. Chapter 4: User Login Application. Part III: Building Online Sales Applications. Chapter 5: Online Catalog Application. Chapter 6: Shopping Cart Application. Part IV: Building Other Useful Applications. Chapter 7: Building a Content Management System. Chapter 8: Hosting Discussions with a Web Forum. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 9: Ten Hints for Application Development. Chapter 10: Ten Sources of PHP Code. Part VI: Appendixes. Appendix A: Introducing Object-Oriented Programming. Appendix B: Object-Oriented Programming with PHP. Appendix C: The MySQL and MySQL Improved Extensions. Appendix D: About the CD. Index.