PHP & MySQL Bible

Description

* 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
* 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

CONTENTS:

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.