PHP and MySQL Web Development

Luke Welling; Laura Thomson

ISBN 10: 0672329166 / ISBN 13: 9780672329166

Published by Addison-Wesley Professional, 2008

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0672329166
• ISBN 13: 9780672329166
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

Provides an in-depth guide to combining the two open source tools to create dynamic Web sites, updated to incorporate the new features of PHP 5.1 and MySQL 5.1, that encompasses a new section on Ajax, enhanced focus on security issues and Web security, coverage of the PEAR repository of PHP extensions and applications, and new projects. Original. (Intermediate)

About the Author

Lead Authors

Laura Thomson is a senior software engineer at Mozilla Corporation. She was formerly a principal at both OmniTI and Tangled Web Design, and she has worked for RMIT University and the Boston Consulting Group. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science) degree and a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems Engineering) degree with honors.

Luke Welling is a web architect at OmniTI and regularly speaks on open source and web development topics at conferences such as OSCON, ZendCon, MySQLUC, PHPCon, OSDC, and LinuxTag. Prior to joining OmniTI, he worked for the web analytics company Hitwise.com, at the database vendor MySQL AB, and as an independent consultant at Tangled Web Design. He has taught computer science at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science) degree.

Contributing Authors

Julie C. Meloni has been developing web-based applications since the Web first saw the light of day and remembers the excitement surrounding the first GUI web browser. She has authored numerous books and articles on web-based programming languages and database topics, including the bestselling Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One.

Adam DeFields is a consultant specializing in web application development, project management, and instructional design. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he runs Emanation Systems, LLC, a company he founded in 2002. He has been involved with web development projects using several different technologies, but has developed a strong preference toward PHP/MySQL-based projects.

Marc Wandschneider is a freelance software developer, author, and speaker who travels the globe working on interesting projects. In recent years, a lot of his attention has been focused on writing robust and scalable web applications, and in 2005 he wrote a book called Core Web Application Programming with PHP and MySQL. He was was previously the main developer of the SWiK open source community site.