Description

Beginning PHP and MySQL, Third Edition offers a comprehensive introduction to two of the most prominent open source technologies on the planet: the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database server. Updated to introduce the features found in the forthcoming PHP 6 release, this 1,044 page guide shows readers how take advantage of the latest features of both technologies to build powerful web sites.

Essentially three books in one, readers are not only exposed to extensive introductions of each technology, but also learn how to effectively integrate the two in order to build robust data-driven applications. Packed with practical examples and insight into the real-world challenges faced by developers based on author W. Jason Gilmore's 12 years of expertise working with these technologies, readers will repeatedly return to this book as both a valuable instructional tool and reference guide.

About the Author

W. Jason Gilmore is founder of a W.J. Gilmore, LLC, a publishing and consulting firm based out of Columbus, Ohio. Formerly Apress' open source editor, Jason fostered the development of more than 60 books, along the way helping to transform their open source line into one of the industry's most respected publishing programs. He's the author of several books, including the best-selling Beginning PHP and MySQL (currently in its third edition), Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL, and Beginning PHP and Oracle.

Jason is cofounder of CodeMash, a nonprofit organization tasked with hosting an annual namesake developer's conference, and was a member of the 2008 MySQL Conference speaker selection board.

Jason has over 100 articles to his credit within prominent publications such as Developer.com, Linux Magazine, and TechTarget.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introducing PHP
Chapter 2. Configuring Your Environment
Chapter 3. PHP Basics
Chapter 4. Functions
Chapter 5. Arrays
Chapter 6. Object-Oriented PHP
Chapter 7. Advanced OOP Features
Chapter 8. Error and Exception Handling
Chapter 9. Strings and Regular Expressions
Chapter 10. Working with the File and Operating System
Chapter 11. PEAR
Chapter 12. Date and Time
Chapter 13. Forms
Chapter 14. Authenticating Your Users
Chapter 15. Handling File Uploads
Chapter 16. Networking
Chapter 17. PHP and LDAP
Chapter 18. Session Handlers
Chapter 19. Templating with Smarty
Chapter 20. Web Services
Chapter 21. Secure PHP Programming
Chapter 22. SQLite
Chapter 23. Building Web Sites for the World
Chapter 24. MVC and the Zend Framework
Chapter 25. Introducing MySQL
Chapter 26. Installing and Configuring MySQL
Chapter 27. The Many MySQL Clients
Chapter 28. MySQL Storage Engines and Datatypes
Chapter 29. Securing MySQL
Chapter 30. Using PHP with MySQL
Chapter 31. Introducing PDO
Chapter 32. Stored Routines
Chapter 33. MySQL Triggers
Chapter 34. MySQL Views
Chapter 35. Practical Database Queries
Chapter 36. Indexes and Searching
Chapter 37. Transactions
Chapter 38. Importing and Exporting Data

Videos

Beginning PHP and MySQL, Third Edition includes access to the following 16 videos.

Supplements

Beginning PHP and MySQL, Third Edition includes access to the following supplement.