Explains how to build Web database applications with the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database, including discussion of authentication, network connectivity, sessions, and content management.
Mihai Bucica started programming and competing in programming contests (winning many of them), all at age twelve. With a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the Automatic Control and Computers Faculty of the Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania, Bucica works as an Outsourcing Project Manager for Galaxy Soft SRL. Even after working with a multitude of languages and technologies, Bucica's programming language of choice remains C++, and he loves the LGPL word.
Cristian Darie, currently the technical lead for the Better Business Bureau Romania, is an experienced programmer specializing in open source and Microsoft technologies, and relational database management systems. In the last 5 years he has designed, deployed, and optimized many data-oriented software applications while working as a consultant for a wide variety of companies.