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PHP and MySQL(tm) For Dummies(r)
by Janet Valade Paperback: 408 pages Dimensions (in inches): 0.88 x 9.18 x 7.38 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0764516507; Bk&Cd-Rom edition (June 2002) This is an introductory level book that provides the essential information needed to enable users to build common Web database applications. The book is directed toward users who know HTML and have created static Web pages, but no prior experience with programming or database design or use is required. PHP and MySQL For Dummies contains all the information necessary to create a simple Web database or fully functional E-commerce Web site. ABOUT THE CD-ROM Includes a CD-ROM with PHP, MySQL, and Apache software, sample Web applications from the book, code samples, and other useful utilities. ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY PHP is a server side scripting language that is well adapted to connecting HTML based Web pages to a backend database to create dynamic content. My SQL is a relational database management system. PHP and MySQL are often used together when Web applications require a backend database. PHP and MySQL are both free, open source software that runs on both Windows and Linux operating systems. A strength of PHP is its ability to access databases easily. MySQL is a fast database, ideal for Web site use. This makes PHP and MySQL a pair that is ideal for developing Web database applications. The user can quickly learn both PHP and MySQL without prior experience with programming or database use. ABOUT THE AUDIENCE PHP and MySQL are open source and free, which in the current budget minded business environment has increased its popularity and expanded its use. PHP is enjoying a recent popularity explosion due to its association with Linux and the market-leading Apache Web server (for which PHP is now an "official" module). Over 7 million unique domain names now use PHP as an Apache module. According to statistics on the PHP.net site they receive over 13 million page views per month. The MySQL.com site has over 10 million page views per month. About the Author: Janet Valade has been working as a Web designer and programmer in a Unix/Linux environment for the last four years. Previously, Janet worked for 13 years in a University environment, where she was a systems analyst. During her tenure, she supervised the installation and operation of computing resources, designed and developed a data archive, supported faculty and students in their computer usage, wrote numerous technical papers, and developed and presented seminars on a variety of technology topics. Janet has been writing technical documents for 20 years, including software and hardware User Guides, newsletter articles, proposals, and research reports. Janet has also authored chapters for Linux books and for a Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) book. Customer Reviews Reviewer: A reader from Mayer, Arizona This book was perfect for me. It had exactly the amount of information that I needed to complete my project. The book provided all the details I needed and had warnings of things to watch out for. It was organized well,entertaining, and easy to understand. The examples were short and focussed so that they clearly illustrated the point of the example and were very easy to understand. This is exactly the right book for someone who knows someHTML, but doesn't know any programming, and wants to develop a web site that requires the use of a database. Reviewer: Lisa Bradshaw from Pompano Beach, Fl USA I'm a newbie to PHP and MySQL. I was hoping to find a good tutorial based book on the subject, but this was not it. I guess I should've known better than to get a Dummies book as these are really only reference books. However, this isn't even good for a reference. The examples are very short and do not explain what's going on very well. For example, table joins. This is the point I'm stuck on now, which is a very important part of using a database, yet the author glossed over it in less than two pages. Now I'm just frustrated because I'm in the middle of a web project and am left hanging. I should've listened to other reviewers and got PHP & MySQL Web Development. If you're a complete beginner as I am, skip this one or you'll be lost and frustrated. |
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