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PHP & MySQL Bible
* This comprehensive tutorial and reference covers all the basics of PHP 5, a popular open source Web scripting language, and MySQL 4.012, the most popular open source database engine
* Explores why users need PHP and MySQL, how to get started, how to add PHP to HTML, and how to connect HTML Web pages to MySQL
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Offers an extensive tutorial for developing applications with PHP and MySQL
* Includes coverage of how to install, administer, and design MySQL databases independently of PHP; exception and error handling; debugging techniques; PostgreSQL database system; and PEAR database functions
* The authors provide unique case studies of how and where to use PHP drawn from their own extensive Web experience
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Part I: PHP: The Basics.
Chapter 1: Why PHP and MySQL?
Chapter 2: Server-Side Web Scripting.
Chapter 3: Getting Started with PHP.
Chapter 4: Adding PHP to HTML.
Chapter 5: Syntax and Variables.
Chapter 6: Control and Functions.
Chapter 7: Passing Information between Pages.
Chapter 8: Strings.
Chapter 9: Arrays and Array Functions.
Chapter 10: Numbers.
Chapter 11: Basic PHP Gotchas.
Part II: PHP and MySQL.
Chapter 12: Choosing a Database for PHP.
Chapter 13: SQL Tutorial.
Chapter 14: MySQL Database Administration.
Chapter 15: PHP/MySQL Functions.
Chapter 16: Displaying Queries in Tables.
Chapter 17: Building Forms from Queries.
Chapter 18: PHP/MySQL Efficiency.
Chapter 19: PHP/MySQL Gotchas.
Part III: Advanced Features and Techniques.
Chapter 20: Object-Oriented Programming with PHP.
Chapter 21: Advanced Array Functions.
Chapter 22: String and Regular Expression Functions.
Chapter 23: Filesystem and System Functions.
Chapter 24: Sessions, Cookies, and HTTP.
Chapter 25: Types and Type Conversions.
Chapter 26: Advanced Use of Functions.
Chapter 27: Mathematics.
Chapter 28: PEAR.
Chapter 29: Security.
Chapter 30: Configuration.
Chapter 31: Exceptions and Error Handling.
Chapter 32: Debugging.
Chapter 33: Style.
Part IV: Connections.
Chapter 34: PostgreSQL.
Chapter 35: Oracle.
Chapter 36: PEAR Database Functions.
Chapter 37: E-mail.
Chapter 38: PHP and JavaScript.
Chapter 39: PHP and Java.
Chapter 40: PHP and XML.
Chapter 41: Web Services.
Chapter 42: Graphics.
Part V: Case Studies.
Chapter 43: Weblogs.
Chapter 44: User Authentication.
Chapter 45: A User-Rating System.
Chapter 46: A Trivia Game.
Chapter 47: Converting Static HTML Sites.
Chapter 48: Data Visualization with Venn Diagrams.
Appendix A: PHP for C Programmers.
Appendix B: PHP for Perl Hackers.
Appendix C: PHP for HTML Coders.
Appendix D: PHP Resources.
Index.
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