PHP and MySQL For Dummies

Build an online catalog and a members-only siteEverything you need to know to create a dynamic PHP and MySQL Web site!Been thinking of creating a high-quality interactive Web site? This book is just what you need to get started! Here's the fun and easy way(r) to develop a Web application in PHP 4, 5, or 6 and MySQL 5, test your software, enable your Web pages to display, change, and move database information, and much more. Discover how to\* Plan and implement a Web database application\* Design and build a MySQL 5 database\* Build dynamic HTML forms\* Create scripts that store, retrieve, and updat. & nbsp;Read more... Ch. 1. Introduction to PHP and MySQL -- Ch. 2. Setting up your work environment -- Ch. 3. Developing a Web database application -- Ch. 4. Building the database -- Ch. 5. Protecting your data -- Ch. 6. General PHP -- Ch. 7. PHP building blocks for programs -- Ch. 8. Data in, data out -- Ch. 9. Moving information from one Web page to the next -- Ch. 10. Putting it all together -- Ch. 11. Building an online catalog -- Ch. 12. Building a members only Web site -- Ch. 13. Ten things you might want to do using PHP functions -- Ch. 14. Ten PHP gotchas

Build an online catalog and a members-only site

Everything you need to know to create a dynamic PHP and MySQL Web site!

Been thinking of creating a high-quality interactive Web site? This book is just what you need to get started! Here's the fun and easy way(r) to develop a Web application in PHP 4, 5, or 6 and MySQL 5, test your software, enable your Web pages to display, change, and move database information, and much more.

Discover how to
* Plan and implement a Web database application
* Design and build a MySQL 5 database
* Build dynamic HTML forms
* Create scripts that store, retrieve, and update database information
* Display database information in a Web page

This volume shows the reader how to use the popular PHP Open Source scripting language with the popular Open Source MySQL database to build Web database applications. Previous ed.: 2004 Explains how to build Web database applications with the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database.