Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript explains each technology separately, shows you how to combine them, and introduces valuable web programming concepts, including objects, XHTML, cookies, and session management. You’ll practice what you’ve learned with review questions in each chapter, and find a sample social networking platform built with the elements introduced in this book.

This book will help you:

• Understand PHP essentials and the basics of object-oriented programming
• Master MySQL, from database structure to complex queries
• Create web pages with PHP and MySQL by integrating forms and other HTML features
• Learn about JavaScript, from functions and event handling to accessing the Document Object Model
• Use libraries and packages, including the Smarty web template system, PEAR program repository, and the Yahoo! User Interface Library
• Make Ajax calls and turn your website into a highly dynamic environment
• Upload and manipulate files and images, validate user input, and secure your applications

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PHP and MySQL Web Development shows how to use these tools together to produce effective, interactive Web applications. It clearly describes the basics of the PHP language, explains how to set up and work with a MySQL database, and then shows how to use PHP to interact with the database and the server.

This practical, hands-on book includes numerous examples that demonstrate common tasks such as authenticating users, constructing a shopping cart, generating PDF documents and images dynamically, sending and managing email, facilitating user discussions, connecting to Web services using XML, and developing Web 2.0 applications with Ajax-based interactivity.

The fourth edition of PHP and MySQL Web Development has been thoroughly updated, revised, and expanded to cover developments in PHP 5 through version 5.3, such as namespaces and closures, as well as features introduced in MySQL 5.1.

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“This book by Welling & Thomson is the
only one which I have found to be indispensable.
The writing is clear and straightforward
but never wastes my time.The book is
extremely well laid out.The chapters are the
right length and chapter titles quickly take
you where you want to go.”
—Wright Sullivan, President,A&E
Engineering, Inc., Greer South Carolina

“There are several good introductory
books on PHP, but Welling & Thomson is an
excellent handbook for those who wish to
build up complex and reliable systems. It’s
obvious that the authors have a strong background
in the development of professional
applications and they teach not only
the language itself, but also how to use it
with good software engineering practices.”
—Javier Garcia, senior telecom engineer,
Telefonica R&D Labs, Madrid

“This book rocks! I am an experienced
programmer, so I didn’t need a lot of help
with PHP syntax; after all, it’s very close to
C/C++. I don’t know a thing about
databases, though, so when I wanted to
develop a book review engine (among
other projects) I wanted a solid reference
to using MySQL with PHP. I have
O’Reilly’s mSQL and MySQL book, and
it’s probably a better pure-SQL reference,
but this book has earned a place on my
reference shelf…Highly recommended.”
—Paul Robichaux

“The true PHP/MySQL bible, PHP
and MySQL Web Development by Luke
Welling and Laura Thomson, made me
realize that programming and databases are
now available to the commoners. Again, I
know 1/10000th of what there is to know,
and already I’m enthralled.”
—Tim Luoma,TnTLuoma.com

About the Author

Lead Authors

Laura Thomson is a senior software engineer at Mozilla Corporation. She was formerly a principal at both OmniTI and Tangled Web Design, and she has worked for RMIT University and the Boston Consulting Group. She holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science) degree and a Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems Engineering) degree with honors.

Luke Welling is a web architect at OmniTI and regularly speaks on open source and web development topics at conferences such as OSCON, ZendCon, MySQLUC, PHPCon, OSDC, and LinuxTag. Prior to joining OmniTI, he worked for the web analytics company Hitwise.com, at the database vendor MySQL AB, and as an independent consultant at Tangled Web Design. He has taught computer science at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Computer Science) degree.

Contributing Authors

Julie C. Meloni is the technical director for i2i Interactive (www.i2ii.com), a multimedia company located in Los Altos, California. She has been developing web-based applications since the Web first saw the light of day and remembers the excitement surrounding the first GUI web browser. She has authored numerous books and articles on web-based programming languages and database topics, including the bestselling Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One.

Adam DeFields is a consultant specializing in web application development, project management, and instructional design. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he runs Emanation Systems, LLC, a company he founded in 2002. He has been involved with web development projects using several different technologies, but has developed a strong preference toward PHP/MySQL-based projects.

Marc Wandschneider is a freelance software developer, author, and speaker who travels the globe working on interesting projects. In recent years, a lot of his attention has been focused on writing robust and scalable web applications, and in 2005 he wrote a book called Core Web Application Programming with PHP and MySQL. He was was previously the main developer of the SWiK open source community site.

PHP is a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive Web pages.
PHP is the widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such
as Microsoft’s ASP.
In our PHP tutorial you will learn about PHP, and how to execute scripts
on your server

Pre-requisites
Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:
•  HTML/XHTML
•  JavaScript
What is PHP?
•  PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
•  PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
•  PHP scripts are executed on the server
•  PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL,
Generic ODBC, etc.)
•  PHP is an open source software
•  PHP is free to download and use
What is a PHP File?
•  PHP files can contain text, HTML tags and scripts
•  PHP files are returned to the browser as plain HTML
•  PHP files have a file extension of “.php”, “.php3″, or “.phtml”
What is MySQL?
•  MySQL is a database server
•  MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications
•  MySQL supports standard SQL
•  MySQL compiles on a number of platforms
PHP Tutorial From beginner to master

PHP is a powerful tool for making dynamic and interactive Web pages.
PHP is the widely-used, free, and efficient alternative to competitors such
as Microsoft’s ASP.
In our PHP tutorial you will learn about PHP, and how to execute scripts
on your server

Pre-requisites
Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:
•  HTML/XHTML
•  JavaScript
What is PHP?
•  PHP stands for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor
•  PHP is a server-side scripting language, like ASP
•  PHP scripts are executed on the server
•  PHP supports many databases (MySQL, Informix, Oracle, Sybase, Solid, PostgreSQL,
Generic ODBC, etc.)
•  PHP is an open source software
•  PHP is free to download and use
What is a PHP File?
•  PHP files can contain text, HTML tags and scripts
•  PHP files are returned to the browser as plain HTML
•  PHP files have a file extension of “.php”, “.php3″, or “.phtml”
What is MySQL?
•  MySQL is a database server
•  MySQL is ideal for both small and large applications
•  MySQL supports standard SQL
•  MySQL compiles on a number of platforms

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If you want to learn the basics of PHP, then you’ve come to the right place. The goal of this tutorial is to
h you the basics of PHP so that you can:
•  Customize PHP scripts that you download, so that they better fit your needs.
•  Begin to understand the working model of PHP, so you may begin to design your own PHP projects.
•  Give you a solid base in PHP, so as to make you more valuable in the eyes of future employers.
PHP stands for PHP Hypertext Preprocessor.

PHP – What is it?
Taken directly from PHP’s home, PHP.net, “PHP is an HTML-embedded scripting language. Much of its
syntax is borrowed from C, Java and Perl with a couple of unique PHP-specific features thrown in. The goal of
the language is to allow web developers to write dynamically generated pages quickly.”
This is generally a good definition of PHP. However, it does contain a lot of terms you may not be used to.
Another way to think of PHP is a powerful, behind the scenes scripting language that your visitors won’t see!
When someone visits your PHP webpage, your web server processes the PHP code. It then sees which
parts it needs to show to visitors(content and pictures) and hides the other stuff(file operations, math
calculations, etc.) then translates your PHP into HTML. After the translation into HTML, it sends the webpage to
your visitor’s web browser.

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Check your PHP Setup for MySQL support
<? phpinfo() ?>
If not enabled
 Very rare since a MySQL client library is distributed with PHP and built into PHP
However, it is possible to build PHP without MySQL support.  Some possible fixes:
apt-get install php-mysql
rpm -Uvh php-mysql-4.2.2-1.i386.rpm
 
./configure –with-mysql=shared,/usr
cp modules/mysql.so /usr/local/lib/php
extension_dir=/usr/local/lib/php
extension=mysql.so

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movement, Linux.
Having a massively complex RDBMS (relational database management system) is all well and good if you
know what to do with it. But perhaps you are just getting into the world of databases. You’ve read Jay’s
article and you want to put up your own data-driven Web site. But you find you don’t have the resources
or desire for an ASP server or some pricey database. You want something free, and you want it to work
with Unix.
Enter PHP and MySQL. These two make up what must be the best combination for data-driven Web sites
on the planet. You needn’t take my word for it. An unofficial Netcraft survey shows that PHP usage has
jumped from 7,500 hosts in June 1998 to 410,000 in March 1999. That’s not bad. The combination was also
awarded Database of the Year at Webcon98, where it received a lovely tiara.
MySQL is a small, compact database server ideal for small – and not so small – applications. In addition to
supporting standard SQL (ANSI), it compiles on a number of platforms and has multithreading abilities on
Unix servers, which make for great performance. For non-Unix people, MySQL can be run as a service on
Windows NT and as a normal process in Windows 95/98 machines.
PHP is a server-side scripting language. If you’ve seen ASP, you’ll be familiar with embedding code within an
HTML page. Like ASP, PHP script is processed by the Web server. After the server plays with the PHP code,
it returns plain old HTML back to the browser. This kind of interaction allows for some pretty complex
operations.
In addition to being free (MySQL does have some licensing restrictions though), the PHP-MySQL
combination is also cross-platform, which means you can develop in Windows and serve on a Unix platform.
Also, PHP can be run as an external CGI process, a stand-alone script interpreter, or an embedded Apache
module.
If you’re interested, PHP also supports a massive number of databases, including Informix, Oracle, Sybase,
Solid, and PostgreSQL – as well as the ubiquitous ODBC.
PHP supports a host of other features right at the technological edge of Internet development. These
include authentication, XML, dynamic image creation, WDDX, shared memory support, and dynamic PDF
document creation to name but a few. If that’s not enough, PHP is easy to extend, so you can roll your
own solution if you’re programming savvy.
Finally, since both efforts are collaborative in nature, there’s always plenty of support from documentation
and mailing lists. Bugs are fixed rapidly, and requests for features are always heard, evaluated, and if
feasible, implemented.
Enough talk! Let’s go over what we’re going to cover in this tutorial.
Lesson 1 is going to cover the installation of these products on both Unix and Windows systems. If you
don’t need to worry about that (you’re working on your ISP’s machine, perhaps), jump right to the first
example scripts, where the magic starts.
In Lesson 2 we’ll look at some more complex scripting goodies, including looping, form input, and sending
data from and to the database.
Lesson 3 will cover validation and techniques for making your PHP scripts smart and clean.
Let’s roll.

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