Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition, offers a comprehensive introduction to two of the most prominent open source technologies on the planet: the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database server. It's the third edition of W. Jason Gilmore's very successful book that has sold in excess of 13,000 units over the previous two editions, and it's been updated to cover the new features in PHP as that language makes the very significant jump from version 5 to version 6.
Updated to cover PHP version 6, which is a major release of the PHP language Is essentially three books in one: readers are exposed to detailed introductions of both PHP 6 and MySQL 5, and gain extensive knowledge into learning how these two popular open source technologies work together to create powerful websites Covers critical topics that readers care about, and need to know about when creating web sites, including: forms management, templating, cookies and session-handling, web services, and security
W Jason Gilmore
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From the reviews:
"A comprehensive introduction to … the scripting language PHP and the MySQL database server. This book will not only expose … core aspects of both technologies, but will provide valuable insight into how they are used in unison to create dynamic data-driven Web applications." (it-expert, Issue no. 48, 2004)