PHP5 and MySQL Bible

Converse, Tim; Park, Joyce; Morgan, Clark

ISBN 10: 0764557467 / ISBN 13: 9780764557460

Published by Wiley, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: PHP5 and MySQL Bible
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0764557467
• ISBN 13: 9780764557460
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

• This comprehensive tutorial and reference covers all the basics of PHP 5, a popular open source Web scripting language, and MySQL 4.012, the most popular open source database engine
• Explores why users need PHP and MySQL, how to get started, how to add PHP to HTML, and how to connect HTML Web pages to MySQL
• Offers an extensive tutorial for developing applications with PHP and MySQL
• Includes coverage of how to install, administer, and design MySQL databases independently of PHP; exception and error handling; debugging techniques; PostgreSQL database system; and PEAR database functions
• The authors provide unique case studies of how and where to use PHP drawn from their own extensive Web experience

About the Author

Tim Converse has written software to recommend neckties, answer questions about space stations, pick value stocks, and make simulated breakfast. He has an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Chicago, where he taught several programming classes. He is now an engineering manager in the Web search group at Yahoo!.

Joyce Park has an M.A. in history from the University of Chicago, and has worked for several Silicon Valley startups including Epinions, KnowNow, and Friendster. She is a co-lead of the Mod-pubsub Open Source project.

Clark Morgan is a Web application and educational software developer with more than five years’ experience writing PHP. He works primarily with medical clients and related businesses. Originally from Boston, he now lives and works in Jacksonville, Florida, with his wife and two children. Clark spends entirely too much of his free time reading other people’s computer books.