Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.2762
EAN: 9780672329166
Edition: 4
ISBN: 0672329166
Label: Addison-Wesley Professional
Languages: EnglishUnknownEnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishPublished
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1008
Publication Date: October 11, 2008
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Studio: Addison-Wesley Professional

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
PHP and MySQL are popular open-source technologies that are ideal for quickly developing database-driven Web applications. PHP is a powerful scripting language designed to enable developers to create highly featured Web applications quickly, and MySQL is a fast, reliable database that integrates well with PHP and is suited for dynamic Internet-based applications.

 

PHP and MySQL Web Development shows how to use these tools together to produce effective, interactive Web applications. It clearly describes the basics of the PHP language, explains how to set up and work with a MySQL database, and then shows how to use PHP to interact with the database and the server.

 

This practical, hands-on book includes numerous examples that demonstrate common tasks such as authenticating users, constructing a shopping cart, generating PDF documents and images dynamically, sending and managing email, facilitating user discussions, connecting to Web services using XML, and developing Web 2.0 applications with Ajax-based interactivity.

 

The fourth edition of PHP and MySQL Web Development has been thoroughly updated, revised, and expanded to cover developments in PHP 5 through version 5.3, such as namespaces and closures, as well as features introduced in MySQL 5.1.

 

 



Amazon.com Review:
The PHP server-side scripting language and the MySQL database management system (DBMS) make a potent pair. Both are open-source products--free of charge for most purposes--remarkably strong, and capable of handling all but the most enormous transaction loads. Both are supported by large, skilled, and enthusiastic communities of architects, programmers, and designers. PHP and MySQL Web Development introduces readers (who are assumed to have little or no experience with the title subjects) to PHP and MySQL for the purpose of creating dynamic Internet sites. It teaches the same skills as introductory Active Server Pages (ASP) and ColdFusion books--technologies that address the same niche.

Authors Luke Welling and Laura Thomson's technique aims to get readers going on their own projects as soon as possible. They present easily digestible sections on specific technical processes--"Accessing array contents" and "Using encryption with PHP" are two examples. Each section centers on a sample program that strips the task at hand down to its essentials, enabling the reader to fit the process into his or her own solutions as required. Tables that list options and other nuggets of reference material appear as well, but the many examples and the authors' commentary on them take center stage.

For reference material on MySQL, have a look at Paul DuBois's MySQL. On the PHP side, Web Application Development with PHP 4.0 is excellent. --David Wall

Topics covered:

• The MySQL database server (for both Unix and Windows)
• Accessing MySQL databases through PHP scripting (the letters don't really stand for anything)
• Database creation and modification
• PHP tricks in order of increasing complexity--everything from basic SQL queries to secure transactions for commerce
• Authentication
• Network connectivity
• Session management
• Content customization

Rating: - PHP and MySQL
The book is great to start programming in php.
Very recommended!
PHP and MySQL Web Development (4th Edition)

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Rating: - Don't get the Kindle Edition
Don't get the kindle edition if you want the source code. Yay I get to buy it twice.

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Rating: - Book Could be Cut in Half or LESS and Here's WHY ....
For those who are into this field, would probably say "Yawn" - for much of the gaps of what we needed to know were sporadic splotches here and there; to me, personally, it is as if they took a previous book version and revamped it slightly, and then tossed in the upcoming what we are looking for. It would be like Sherlock Holmes and his Dear Watson... it's all too Elementary. I spent more time trying to look for the bottom line of the core of everything without all the hoopla of everything else which ... Read More

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Rating: - It is Awesome, but...
I purchased the book as a reference guide, after several years in PHP / MySQL development, I didn't teach me anything new. Parts of the book where filled with 'tips' and ideas, leaving the reader to guess what sort of techniques should be applied (would've been nice for code samples). I felt the book was used more for 'understanding' certain concepts, rather than teaching.

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Rating: - Kindle Edition is a Rip-Off
Although i love the book itself and would give it a 5 star rating, i have to say that the Kindle edition is a blatant rip off. First, its the same price as the paperback with a CD-Rom included, second, they did not bother to make the sources of the CD-Rom available (via a Website) to those who bought it electronically ... . Searched in vain for a link to an online resource for the examples until i got confirmation that this is not included in the electronic delivery (even though its full price) ...

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