PHP & MySQL Everyday Apps For Dummies

Description:

• Provides Web developers using the popular combination of PHP (a scripting language) and MySQL (a database system) with practical applications that they can adapt and put to work right away
• A 2002 survey found that PHP was running on over 9 million Web sites, and there have been over 1.8 million PHP downloads since May 2002; MySQL reports 2 million users
• Applications include a user login, an online catalog, a shopping cart, a content management system, a Web forum, and a mailing list management system
• The author walks readers through the creation of each application, offering two different versions-procedural (the traditional PHP coding method) and object-oriented (new in PHP 5)
• The CD-ROM includes complete code for all six applications

Table of Contents:

Introduction.

Part I: Introducing Application Development.

Chapter 1: Building Your Application.

Chapter 2: Building in Application Security.

Part II: Building a User Authentication Application.

Chapter 3: User Authentication with HTTP.

Chapter 4: User Login Application.

Part III: Building Online Sales Applications.

Chapter 5: Online Catalog Application.

Chapter 6: Shopping Cart Application.

Part IV: Building Other Useful Applications.

Chapter 7: Building a Content Management System.

Chapter 8: Hosting Discussions with a Web Forum.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 9: Ten Hints for Application Development.

Chapter 10: Ten Sources of PHP Code.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Introducing Object-Oriented Programming.

Appendix B: Object-Oriented Programming with PHP.

Appendix C: The MySQL and MySQL Improved Extensions.

Appendix D: About the CD.

Index.