Product Overview

Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site, 4^th Edition

You Too Can Easily Create Impressive Database Driven Web Sites Using PHP & MySQL!

• Perfect book for PHP beginners
• Extremely easy-to-follow tutorial style
• Modern techniques without all the confusing jargon
• Over 40,000 copies already sold!

	Order the Printed Book	39.95
	Order the Digital eBook Pack What's that?	$29.95
	Order Both	$49.90 (normally $59.95)

Overview

Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL, 4th Edition is a practical, hands-on guide to learning all the tools, principles, and techniques needed to build a fully functional database driven web site using PHP & MySQL. This book covers everything from installing PHP and MySQL on Windows, Linux, and Mac computers, through to building a live, web-based content management system.

You’ll learn how to:

• Install PHP 5 & MySQL 5 on Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X
• Gain a thorough understanding of PHP syntax
• Master database design principles and SQL
• Build a working content management system
• Add, edit, and delete web content without using HTML
• Build an ecommerce shopping cart
• Utilize sessions and cookies to track site visitors
• Craft SEO-friendly and memorable URLs

And a whole lot more!

Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL, 4th Edition also includes download access to all the code samples used throughout the book, so you can adapt them to your own custom Web solutions.

Who should read this book?

At around 479 pages, this book is an easy read. As you move through the book you’ll quickly notice that it’s written in a clear tutorial format that’s easy to understand, and illustrated with plenty of screenshots and diagrams, providing quick visual cues. If you hate wading through dry “academic-style how to” texts, this book will be a breath of fresh air to you.

If you’ve never built a database driven web site and you’re looking to go beyond the limitations of a static site, this book will start you off in no time.

If you’ve created database driven web sites before, the extensive PHP and MySQL reference guides included will ensure this book remains an extremely handy desk reference.

As always, our customers have the final say …

Our customers include web developers from companies such as IBM, DELL, Cisco, Oracle, Compaq, HP, Intel, Ford, US Army, and Boeing, through to freelance webmasters, web design shops, and hobbyists.

Here’s just a sample of the hundreds of comments we’ve received from people like you so far...

View more customer feedback about this book.

No-risk Money-back Guarantee

Of course we’re so confident that you’ll treasure this book for years to come that we’re happy, as always, for you to try it risk-free for 30 days. If you purchase a copy of Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL, 4th Edition and you think it fails to be everything you wanted, we would like you to have your money back.

Simply contact us and we will see to it that you receive a prompt and courteous refund of the full purchase price minus shipping and handling.

What could be fairer than this?

How To Order This Book

The fastest way to get your hands on the most recent version of Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL, 4th Edition is by ordering it direct through us, the publisher, for 39.95.

Exclusive from sitepoint.com, for only $9.95 extra you can purchase Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL, 4th Edition in a downloadable PDF format to accompany your physical book purchase. Now you can read the entire book while you're waiting for your printed copy to arrive, and you can take the entire book with you on your laptop when you are away from the office!

Our top priority is to ensure that you get your shipped order as quickly as possible and in good condition.

Buy 2 or more printed books and get FREE shipping!

Just click the order link below to get an instant quote on the book, including shipping and handling, plus conversion of the price to your local currency if you live outside the USA.

All credit card transactions are processed by WorldPay.

Please direct all questions to our Customer Support Department.