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Beginning PHP and MySQL

From Novice to Professional

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  • © 2010

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  1. W. Jason Gilmore
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  • Up-to-date coverage of PHP 5.3 and MySQL from one of the most trusted names in PHP development, W. Jason Gilmore.

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Table of contents (38 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiii
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  2. Introducing PHP

    Pages 1-8

  3. Configuring Your Environment

    Pages 9-39

  4. PHP Basics

    Pages 41-89

  5. Functions

    Pages 91-101

  6. Arrays

    Pages 103-133

  7. Object-Oriented PHP

    Pages 135-157

  8. Advanced OOP Features

    Pages 159-174

  9. Error and Exception Handling

    Pages 175-190

  10. Strings and Regular Expressions

    Pages 191-228

  11. Working with the File and Operating System

    Pages 229-255

  12. PEAR

    Pages 257-267

  13. Date and Time

    Pages 269-286

  14. Working with HTML Forms

    Pages 287-301

  15. Authenticating Your Users

    Pages 303-318

  16. Handling File Uploads

    Pages 319-329

  17. Networking

    Pages 331-349

  18. PHP and LDAP

    Pages 351-365

  19. Session Handlers

    Pages 367-385

  20. Templating with Smarty

    Pages 387-409
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About this book

Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Fourth Edition is a major update of W. Jason Gilmore's authoritative book on PHP and MySQL. The fourth edition includes complete coverage of PHP 5.3 features, including namespacing, an update of AMP stack installation and configuration, updates to Zend Framework, coverage of MySQL Workbench, and much more.

You'll not only receive extensive introductions to the core features of PHP, MySQL, and related tools, but you'll also learn how to effectively integrate them in order to build robust data-driven applications. Gilmore has seven years of experience working with these technologies, and he has packed this book with practical examples and insight into the real-world challenges faced by developers. Accordingly, you will repeatedly return to this book as both a valuable instructional tool and reference guide.

About the author

W. Jason Gilmore is a web developer and business consultant with more than 15 years of experience helping companies large and small build amazing software solutions. He has been teaching developers from around the world about web development for over a decade, having written six books, including the bestselling Beginning PHP and MySQL, Fourth Edition and Easy PHP Websites with the Zend Framework, Second Edition .Over the years Jason has been published more than 300 times within popular publications such as Developer.com, PHPBuilder.com, JSMag, and Linux Magazine, and instructed hundreds of students in the United States and Europe. He s recently led the successful development and deployment of a 10,000+ product e-commerce project, and is currently working on a variety of new e-commerce initiatives. Jason is cofounder of the wildly popular CodeMash Conference, the largest multi-day developer event in the Midwest.

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