Beginning PHP 5 and PostgreSQL 8 is the first and most comprehensive book to delve into the latest versions of two popular open source web development technologies, the PostgreSQL 8 database server and PHP 5 scripting language. Readers reap the knowledge of these core technologies and gain valuable insight into how they are used in unison to create dynamic data-driven web applications.
This is an ideal guide for the web designer, programmer, hobbyist, or novice who wants to learn how to create applications with PHP 5 and PostgreSQL 8.
Offering a native Windows release, PostgreSQL 8.0 is poised to garner considerable market share in the open source arena. This book shows readers how to harness this popular open source database with PHP, the world’s most popular web scripting language Essentially three books in one, PostgreSQL 8.0 exposes readers to detailed introductions of PHP and PostgreSQL. Readers gain extensive knowledge about these two popular open source technologies to create powerful websites Authored by W. Jason Gilmore, author of the best selling Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, and noted PostgreSQL developer and community liaison Robert Treat
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