MySQL/PHP Database Applications (Professional Mindware) - Softcover

Greenspan, Jay; Bulger, Brad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764535374 ISBN 13: 9780764535376

Publisher: Wiley, 2001

Synopsis

More businesses and ambitious individuals are trying to bring applications to the Web but they are bewildered with the array of components and concepts needed to create a data-driven site. The cost, stability and ease of development using the Open Source PHP 4 scripting language and a MySQL database makes this combination the best choice for small and mid-size Web-based applications. PHP4/MySQL Database Applications demonstrates web-application development by presenting seven real, ready-to-use examples starting with a simple guess book and ending with a fully-functional e-commerce site with a shopping cart. Inexperienced users will learn the essentials of working with PHP4 and MySQL so they can start building and customizing database applications for the web right away!

About this title

About the Author

Jay Greenspan, a writer and database developer, was most recently a producer at Wired Digital's Webmonkey, where he wrote about PHP, ASP, XML, and other topics. Brad Bulger, a seasoned software developer who previously worked at Ingres (now part of Computer Associates) and Wired magazine, is currently a software engineer at Wired Digital.

From the Back Cover

MySQL/PHP Database Applications Affordable Open Source Solutions to E-Commerce Challenges In this unique guide, two Web development gurus show you how to harness the open source power of MySQL and PHP — and create high-performance Web database applications that won't break the bank. Using plenty of ready-to-run code and seven concrete examples — from a simple guestbook to a not-so-simple shopping cart — they walk you step-by-step through the process of building a MySQL database and writing real-world PHP applications. Best of all, they provide you with MySQL, PHP, and all their examples on the CD-ROM — which means that you're holding in your hands everything you need to jump-start an e-commerce project. Create High-Performance Database Applications for the Web

• Find out what MySQL offers — and doesn't
• Get up to speed on normal forms and other MySQL basics
• Build MySQL tables with Structured Query Language
• Extract database information with MySQL selects and functions
• Work with PHP variables, control structures, and functions
• Get tips on writing good code and using object-oriented techniques
• Create simple applications: a guestbook and a survey
• Develop more sophisticated applications: a catalog, a content manager, a threaded discussion, a problem tracking system, and a shopping cart
• Discover helpful appendixes on HTML forms, MySQL utilities, PHP functions, and more

Bonus CD-ROM Includes

• MySQL 3.23
• PHP 4.0.3
• Apache 1.3.12
• PHP classes, libraries, utilities, and other tools
• Ready-to-run code and example applications from the book

System Requirements PC running Windows 95 or later, Windows NT 4 or later, Linux or Unix. See Appendix J for more details and requirements. www.mandtbooks.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0764535374
• ISBN 13: 9780764535376
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 648