PHP 5 Fast & Easy Web Development
- 4h 49m
- Julie C. Meloni
- Cengage Course PTR
- 2004
Don’t spend your time wading through manuals to learn PHP 5. Spend it doing what you do best—creating web pages! With PHP 5 Fast & Easy Web Development you can get up and running with PHP 5, Apache, and MySQL with ease. By the time you’re finished, you’ll be able to display dynamic content, build your own contact management system, create custom reports, work with XML, and much more. Less time, less effort, more results!
Screen by screen, use this comprehensive PHP 5 guide to:
- Install PHP, Apache, and MySQL
- Master the basics of coding in PHP
- Create and manipulate tables in your MySQL database
- Design and build a contact management system
- Create custom logs and reports
About the Author
Julie Meloni is the technical director for i2i Interactive, a multimedia company located in Los Altos, CA. She's 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 is the author of several books and articles on web-based programming languages and database topics, and you can find translations of her work in several languages, including Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, and even Serbian.
In this Book
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Installing and Configuring MySQL
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Installing Apache
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Installing PHP
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Mixing PHP and HTML
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Introducing Variables and Operators
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Using PHP Variables
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Displaying Dynamic Content
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Sending E-Mail
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Using Your File System
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Uploading Files to Your Website
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Establishing a Connection and Poking Around
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Creating a Database Table
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Inserting Data into the Table
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Selecting and Displaying Data
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Database-Driven User Authentication
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Using Cookies
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Session Basics
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Planning Your System
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Adding Contacts
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Modifying Contacts
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Deleting Contacts
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Working with Contacts
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Managing a Simple Mailing List
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Creating Custom Logs and Reports
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Working with XML
