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Build Your Own Database Driven Web Site Using PHP & MySQL, 4th 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!
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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
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...
“I can honestly say that I have not come across books that teach so well. These books are well written, the projects in them are clearly explained and they work!”
“Excellent work Kevin. This book was instrumental in getting my website up and running with very few glitches. It is very well written with great, practical examples.”
David Wright
“Exactly what I needed to get me started. The straight forward explanation is clear and easily understood. If you know a little about PHP and want to get to the next level building dynamic sites, look no further than this book.”
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Customer Reviews
Live, unmoderated reviews from our customers, typos and all.
If you're wanting to learn PHP/MySQL from the ground up, this is certainly the way to do it. The book came highly recommended, and I now know why.
Excellent layout, step-by-step instruction, and carefully crafted examples that really bring the points of the text home.
If you're like me, you've looked at many books on this subject. I had great difficulty finding one that not only TAUGHT me how to use PHP, but did so with real-world examples AND attention to standards!
I can't say this enough... buy it, you won't be disappointed!
Bryan D, USA 
Well Kevin you have done it again only better. I thought Vol.3 was as good as it could get but this has improved on that. The screen prints with arrows showing what to click on were a real help to me. Keep up the good work.
One critisism though ;-( Is there some way you can put on this site something to show when a URL or the filename changes as in PHP has changed from 5.2 to 5.3.
Still I would recommend this to anyone who wants to learn PHP/MySQL from the ground up.
Kenneth Hart, Canada 
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This book is pretty good, except you need to have many more example followed by what it looks like on a site when executed.
Ray Attebery, USA 
[written for previous edition]
It was really easy to go through the step by step. thanks a really useful book
BRUCE ANTO ANTONYAPPAN, USA
[written for previous edition]
This publication and others I have bought from you are simply outstanding. Thank you.
Maros Kvasnak, USA
[written for previous edition]
... each Edition time is better.
Elton Gomez, USA
[written for previous edition]
To the point and easy to understand.
Keep up the good work.
ALAA KUTBI, USA 
[written for previous edition]
Great book, helped me get up and running very quickly. Thanks.
Guest, USA
[written for previous edition]
This was just what I needed. A down to earth, lets do it kind of book. Not a lot of extra fluff.
I really enjoyed using it to create several database pages for The Weekend Chef website.
Raymond Laubert, USA
[written for previous edition]
Very easy to read and I am in no way an expert at PHP.
I am using it in slow time and it is sinking in
Andrew Hampson, USA
[written for previous edition]
Started with new linux server, followed steps in the book, website still not functioning at all.
Al, USA 
[written for previous edition]
Great resource. Excellent Shipping. Can't find a single thing to complain about... :-)
Deanna Lee, USA
[written for previous edition]
This book is awesome. I like how it does challenge you to learn some things on your own (if you do the exercises). Overall, I think it was a great book for beginners (like me).
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Product Details
| Edition: |
4th |
| Price: | $39.95 |
| Pages: | 479 |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9805768-1-8 |
| Last Updated: | July 2009 |
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