PHP and MySQL Web Development: A Beginner’s Guide

Essential Skills—Made Easy!

PHP and MySQL Web Development: A Beginner’s Guide takes you from building static web pages to creating comprehensive database-driven web applications. The book reviews HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and then explores PHP–its structure, control statements, arrays, functions, use with forms, and file handling capabilities. Next, the book examines MySQL, including SQL, the MySQL command set, and how to use it with PHP to create a relational database and build secure, databasedriven web applications. This practical resource features complete, step-by-step examples with code that you can use as templates for your own projects.

Designed for Easy Learning

• Key Skills & Concepts–Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
• Try This–Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
• Notes–Extra information related to the topic being covered
• Tips–Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
• Cautions–Errors and pitfalls to avoid
• Self Tests–End-of-chapter quizzes to reinforce your skills
• Annotated Syntax–Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Setting Up Your Workstation
Chapter 2 Building Web Pages with HTML
Chapter 3 Styling with CSS
Chapter 4 Adding Dynamic Elements with JavaScript
Chapter 5 Fundamentals of PHP
Chapter 6 PHP Control and File Handling
Chapter 7 PHP Arrays and Forms
Chapter 8 Putting PHP to Use
Chapter 9 Introduction to Relational Databases
Chapter 10 Fundamentals of MySQL and SQL
Chapter 11 Implementing MySQL Command Statements
Chapter 12 Using a MySQL Database with PHP
Chapter 13 Registering and Responding to Users
Chapter 14 Handling Online Purchases