PHP5 and 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 engineExplores why users need PHP and MySQL, how to get started, how to add PHP to HTML, and how to connect HTML Web pages to...
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| Language: | English |
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Indianapolis, IN :
Wiley,
©2004.
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Table of Contents:
- PHP5 and MySQLBible; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Contents; Preface; What Is PHP?; Why PHP?; What's New in This Edition?; Whom This Book Is For; This Book Is Not the Manual; How the Book Is Organized; Conventions Used in This Book; What the Icons Mean; The Web Site and Sample Code; Part I: PHP: The Basics; Chapter 1: Why PHP and MySQL?; What Is PHP?; What Is MySQL?; The History of PHP; The History of MySQL; Reasons to Love PHP and MySQL; Summary; Chapter 2: Server-Side Web Scripting; Static HTML; Client-Side Technologies; Server-Side Scripting.
- What Is Server-Side Scripting Good for?Summary; Chapter 3: Getting Started with PHP; Hosting versus DIY; Installing PHP; Summary; Chapter 4: Adding PHP to HTML; Your HTML Is Already PHP-Compliant!; Escaping from HTML; Summary; Chapter 5: Syntax and Variables; PHP Is Forgiving; HTML Is Not PHP; PHP's Syntax Is C-Like; Comments; Variables; Types in PHP: Don't Worry, Be Happy; Type Summary; The Simple Types; Output; Summary; Chapter 6: Control and Functions; Boolean Expressions; Branching; Looping; Alternate Control Syntaxes; Terminating Execution; Using Functions; Function Documentation.
- Defining Your Own FunctionsFunctions and Variable Scope; Function Scope; Summary; Chapter 7: Passing Information between Pages; HTTP Is Stateless; GET Arguments; A Better Use for GET-Style URLs; POST Arguments; Formatting Form Variables; PHP Superglobal Arrays; Extended Example: An Exercise Calculator; Summary; Chapter 8: Strings; Strings in PHP; String Functions; Extended Example: An Exercise Calculator; Summary; Chapter 9: Arrays and Array Functions; The Uses of Arrays; What Are PHP Arrays?; Creating Arrays; Retrieving Values; Multidimensional Arrays; Inspecting Arrays; Deleting from Arrays.
- IterationExtended Example: An Exercise Calculator; Summary; Chapter 10: Numbers; Numerical Types; Mathematical Operators; Simple Mathematical Functions; Randomness; Extended Example: An Exercise Calculator; Summary; Chapter 11: Basic PHP Gotchas; Installation-Related Problems; Rendering Problems; Failures to Load Page; Parse Errors; File Permissions; Missing Includes; Unbound Variables; Overwritten Variables; Function Problems; Math Problems; Time-outs; Summary; Part II: PHP and MySQL; Chapter 12: Choosing a Database for PHP; What Is a Database?; Why a Database?; Choosing a Database.
- Advanced Features to Look ForPHP-Supported Databases; Database Abstraction (or Not); Our Focus: MySQL; Summary; Chapter 13: SQL Tutorial; Relational Databases and SQL; SQL Standards; The Workhorses of SQL; Database Design; Privileges and Security; Summary; Chapter 14: MySQL Database Administration; MySQL Licensing; Installing MySQL: Moving to Version 4; MySQL User Administration; PHPMyAdmin; Backups; Replication; Recovery; Summary; Chapter 15: PHP/MySQL Functions; Connecting to MySQL; Making MySQL Queries; Fetching Data Sets; Getting Data about Data; Multiple Connections.