Apache, MySQL, and PHP Web Development All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies - Softcover

Cogswell, Jeffrey M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764549693 ISBN 13: 9780764549694

Publisher: For Dummies, 2003

Synopsis

* Covers the entire open source Web platform known as LAMP, which includes Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, the basis for many dynamic data-driven Web sites
* Seven convenient minibooks provide easy reference on open source and team development, working with Linux and Apache, automating Web sites with Perl, developing front-end applications with Tcl/TK, creating dynamic Web pages with PHP, accessing Web databases with MySQL, and processing Web files with regular expressions
* Includes valuable, hard-to-find coverage of collaboration, file sharing, and version control with CVS
* PHP is running on over nine million sites, with an average increase of 6.5 percent monthly over the past two years; Apache Web servers handle seventy percent of Web content

About this title

About the Author

Jeff Cogswell, author of C++ All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, is a software engineer, writer, consultant, and educator. Having written ten books about programming, he is known to be one of the best teachers around.

From the Back Cover

7 books in 1– your key to successful LAMP Web development!

Your one-stop guide to developing Web sites with Linux^®, Apache, MySQL, and PHP

Here’s what you need to open up the wonderful world of open source Web development! Convenient minibooks get you going on every phase of the process and cover each LAMP tool, so it’s easy to find what you need. There’s even a minibook to make those pesky regular expressions make sense. Let the light shine in!

The Dummies Way

• Coverage of the essentials and beyond
• Explanations in plain English
• "Get in, get out" information
• Thumbtabs and other navigation aids
• Tear-out cheat sheet
• A dash of humor and fun

Discover how to:

• Configure and secure systems for Apache
• Automate Web sites with Perl
• Create Tcl/Tk programs and design GUIs
• Enhance Web sites with PHP
• Access SQL from PHP
• Understand regular Expressions

Your one-stop guide to developing Web sites with Linux^(R), Apache, MySQL, and PHP

Here's what you need to open up the wonderful world of open source Web development! Convenient minibooks get you going on every phase of the process and cover each LAMP tool, so it's easy to find what you need. There's even a minibook to make those pesky regular expressions make sense. Let the light shine in!

The Dummies Way

• Coverage of the essentials and beyond
• Explanations in plain English
• Get in, get out information
• Thumbtabs and other navigation aids
• Tear-out cheat sheet
• A dash of humor and fun

Discover how to:

• Configure and secure systems for Apache
• Automate Web sites with Perl
• Create Tcl/Tk programs and design GUIs
• Enhance Web sites with PHP
• Access SQL from PHP
• Understand regular Expressions

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764549693
• ISBN 13: 9780764549694
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 768