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Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, offers a comprehensive introduction to two of the most popular web application building technologies on the planet: the scripting language PHP and the MySQL database server. Readers are not only exposed to the core aspects of both technologies, but also gain valuable insight into how they are used in unison to create dynamic data-driven web applications. It is the first book to delve into the features of the latest releases of the world's most popular open source web development technologies, the MySQL 4 database server and PHP 4 scripting language. Not only will readers profit from extensive introductions to the core features of each technology, but also from insight into the cutting-edge, sometimes undocumented features of the most recent versions.

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Beginning PHP 5 and MYSQL: From Novice to Professional offers a comprehensive introduction to two of the most popular Web application building technologies on the planet: the scripting language PHP and the MySQL database server. This book will not only expose you to the core aspects of both technologies, but will provide valuable insight into how they are used in unison to create dynamic data-driven Web applications.

Beginning PHP 5 and MYSQL explains the new features of the latest releases of the world’s most popular Open Source Web development technologies: MySQL 4 database server and PHP 5 scripting language. This book explores the benefits, extensive new features, and advantages of the object-oriented PHP 5, and how it can be used in conjunction with MySQL 4 to create powerful dynamic Web sites.

This is the perfect book for the Web designer, programmer, hobbyist, or novice that wants to learn how to create applications with PHP 5 and MySQL 4, and is a great entrance point for Apress’s extensive spectrum of PHP books planned for 2004.

About the Author
W. Jason Gilmore has been involved in PHP and MySQL Web application development for six years, and has developed hundreds of applications using the LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) platform. His writings on open source technologies have been featured within many of the computing industry’s leading publications, including Linux Magazine, O'Reillynet, Devshed, and Zend.com, and have been adapted for educational initiatives led by numerous organizations, including the Ford Foundation and the United Nations. Jason is Developer.com’s monthly PHP columnist, and a regular contributor to Linux Magazine. He spends his days (and many nights) running Apress' Open Source program, and loves every moment of it. Jason graduated from The Ohio State University in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in computer science.

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The Barnes & Noble Review
If you want to do great things with PHP and MySQL -- separately, or together -- you will love W. Jason Gilmore￯﾿ﾽs Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL: From Novice to Professional. It￯﾿ﾽs practical, full of code, well written, and exceptionally thorough.

Gilmore starts with installation and configuration for both Unix/Linux and Windows environments (including setting up a working Apache/PHP server to test your code). You￯﾿ﾽll walk through the basics of syntax and style; data types, variables, arrays, functions, strings, and so forth. Gilmore then offers a concise (but very useful) introduction to PHP 5￯﾿ﾽs object-oriented functionality.

Handled in depth: error/exception handling, strings, regular expressions, file handling, forms, authentication, uploading, networking, session handling, security, Web services, LDAP directory support, SQLite, and more. There￯﾿ﾽs even a chapter on the Smarty templating engine, which lets you separate business and presentational logic, so designers can design and programmers can code. (To give you a sense of the book￯﾿ﾽs depth and breadth, there are nearly 500 downloadable code examples.)

Then, it￯﾿ﾽs on to MySQL itself, the focus of the book￯﾿ﾽs last 200 pages. First, Gilmore walks through installation and configuration, and introduces MySQL￯﾿ﾽs diverse client options. You￯﾿ﾽll master table design and security, learn to use PHP￯﾿ﾽs MySQL library, create queries from PHP, build PHP-based database search interfaces, implement transactions, import/export data, and more.

You may have seen Gilmore￯﾿ﾽs PHP columns at Developer.com, or his ￯﾿ﾽTricks of the Trade￯﾿ﾽ columns at Zend.com. The folks at Zend, whose founders designed PHP 4/5, recognize deep PHP knowledge when they see it. You will, too. Bill Camarda

Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.

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This comprehensive book introduces two of the most popular web application building technologies on the planet: PHP scripting language and MySQL database server. This book not only explains the core aspects of each technology, but also provides valuable instruction for using them simultaneously to create dynamic, data-driven web applications.

An ideal read for the web designer, programmer, hobbyist, or novice who wants to learn how to create applications with PHP 5 and MySQL 4.

About the Author
W. Jason Gilmore has been deeply involved in PHP and MySQL web application development for six years, and has developed hundreds of enterprise applications using the LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) platform. His writings on Open Source technologies have been featured within many of the computing industry's leading publications, including Linux Magazine, O'Reillynet, Devshed, MySQL.com, and Zend.com, and have been adapted for educational initiatives led by many organizations, including the Ford Foundation and the United Nations. Jason co-authors the monthly column "Out in the Open" for Linux Magazine, and is Developer.com's monthly PHP contributor. He spends his days (and many nights) running Apress' Open Source program, and loves every second of it. Jason graduated from The Ohio State University in 2000 with a bachelor￯﾿ﾽs degree in computer science.

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