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PHP and MySQL Web Development All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies(r)

by Janet Valade

List Price: $34.99

Amazon Price: $23.09

A complete reference book that provides the essential information needed to build common Web database applications. The book is directed toward users who know HTML and have created static Web pages, but no prior experience with programming or database design or use is required. This book contains six minibooks: Setting Up your Development Environment; Programming PHP, Using MySQL; Security; Using PHP Extensions; and PHP Applications. The book contains many sample programs and contains complete programs for three applications: a Login Application, a product catalog and a shopping cart. Using MySQL includes using phpMyAdmin.

The programs in this book will run with PHP 4, PHP 5, and PHP 6. The book uses MySQL 5.0 with the PHP mysqli extensions.