When it comes to creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites, the PHP language and MySQL database offer a winning combination -- and with PHP 7, web professionals can achieve dramatic performance improvements. Combine these great open source technologies with Larry Ullman's PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide, Fifth Edition, and there's no limit to the powerful, interactive Web sites you can create.
With step-by-step instructions, complete scripts, and expert tips to guide you, Ullman gets right down to business. After grounding you with practical introductions to both PHP 7 and MySQL, he covers core issues ranging from security to session management to jQuery and object-oriented programming techniques. Ullman walks you through creating several sample applications, stressing the latest features and techniques throughout.
Chapter 1 Introduction to PHP
Chapter 2 Programming with PHP
Chapter 3 Creating Dynamic Web Sites
Chapter 4 Introduction to MySQL
Chapter 5 Introduction to SQL
Chapter 6 Database Design
Chapter 7 Advanced SQL and MySQL
Chapter 8 Error Handling and Debugging
Chapter 9 Using PHP with MySQL
Chapter 10 Common Programming Techniques
Chapter 11 Web Application Development
Chapter 12 Cookies and Sessions
Chapter 13 Security Methods
Chapter 14 Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions
Chapter 15 Introducing jQuery
Chapter 16 An OOP Primer
Chapter 17 Example-Message Board
Chapter 18 Example-User Registration
Appendix A Installation