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Beginning PHP, Apache, MySQL web development

Synopsis:

What is this book about? PHP, Apache, and MySQL are the three key open source technologies that form the basis for most active Web servers. This book takes you step-by-step through understanding each - using it and combining it with the other two on both Linux and Windows servers. This book guides you through creating your own sites using the open source AMP model. You discover how to install PHP, Apache, and MySQL. Then you create PHP Web pages, including database management and security. Finally, you discover how to integrate your work with e-commerce and other technologies. By building different types of Web sites, you progress from setting up simple database tables to tapping the full potential of PHP, Apache, and MySQL. When you're finished, you will be able to create well-designed, dynamic Web sites using open source tools. What does this book cover? Here's what you will learn from this book: How PHP server-side scripting language works for connecting HTML-based Web pages to a backend database Syntax, functions, and commands for PHP, Apache, and MySQL Methods and techniques for building user-friendly forms How to easily store, update, and access information using MySQL Ways to allow the user to edit a database E-commerce applications using these three technologies How to set up user logins, profiles, and personalizations Proper protocols for error handling Who is this book for? This book is for beginners who are new to PHP and who need to learn quickly how to create Web sites using open source tools. Some basic HTML knowledge is helpful but not essential. PHP, Apache, and MySQL are the three key open source technologies that form the basis for most active Web servers. This book takes you step by step through understanding each using it and combining it with the other two on both Linux and Windows servers. This book will guide you through creating your own sites using the open source AMP model. You ll learn to install PHP, Apache, and MySQL. Then you ll create PHP Web pages, including database management and security. Finally, you ll discover how to integrate your work with e-commerce and other technologies. By building different types of Web sites, you will progress from setting up simple database tables to tapping the full potential of PHP, Apache, and MySQL. When you re finished, you will be able to create well-designed, dynamic Web sites using open source tools. What you will learn from this book How PHP server-side scripting language works for connecting HTML-based Web pages to a backend database Syntax, functions, and commands for PHP, Apache, and MySQL Methods and techniques for building user-friendly forms How to easily store, update, and access information using MySQL Ways to allow the user to edit a database E-commerce applications using these three technologies How to set up user logins, profiles, and personalizations Proper protocols for error handling Who this book is for This book is for beginners who are new to PHP and who need to learn quickly how to create Web sites using open source tools. Some basic HTML knowledge is helpful but not essential. Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved.

Table of Contents:

Introduction.

Part I, Getting Started. Chapter 1, Introduction and Installation Configuration.

Part II, Movie Review Web Site. Chapter 2, Creating PHP Pages. Chapter 3, Using PHP With Mysql. Chapter 4, Using Tables to Display Data. Chapter 5, Form Elements, Letting The User Work With Data. Chapter 6, Letting The User Edit The Database. Chapter 7, Validating User Input. Chapter 8, Handling and Avoiding Errors.

Part Iii, Comic Book Fan Site. Chapter 9, Building Databases. Chapter 10, E-mailing With Php. Chapter 11, User Logins, Profiles, and Personalization. Chapter 12, Building a Content Management System. Chapter 13, Mailing Lists. Chapter 14, Online Selling, A Quick Way to E-commerce. Chapter 15, Creating a Bulletin Board System.

Part IV, Advanced Users. Chapter 16, Using Log Files to Improve Your Site. Chapter 17, Troubleshooting. Appendix A, Answers to Exercises. Appendix B, PHP Quick Reference. Appendix C, PHP Functions. Appendix D, Mysql Data Types. Appendix E, Mysql Quick Reference. Appendix F, Comparison of Text Editors. Appendix G, Choosing a Third-

Part y Host. Appendix H, An Introduction to Pear. Appendix I, AMP Installation. Index.

Additional Information:

Illustrations: ill. Related subjects: PHP (Computer program language) Web site development