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Beginning PHP & MySQL Development


Onderwijs Onderwijs
Developer: PawPrints Learning Technologies
1.99 USD

Have you ever wanted to develop your own dynamic website but thought it would be too difficult? Have you tried means to learn PHP programming but find them too daunting or just not simple enough to understand? Would you want to learn PHP in a concise and fun way? Pick up this book.

We start with basic HTML so even if you are an absolute beginner, you can still learn to PHP programming step by step. We start with easy stuff like how to create and run simple PHP scripts and then build on what weve learned increasingly advanced (and fun) topics. As the chapters progress you begin learn the fundamental building blocks to build an e-commerce site. This approach keeps the material fun, challenging and practical.

We teach PHP in an easy, straightforward and fun style. Throughout the book you will be working through many code examples that strengthen your programming concepts drip by drip. If the need arises, we also point you to several resources where you can learn more advanced topics.

We do not attempt to cover everything about PHP. But we are confident of doing is taking one from being a beginner who isnt even sure what PHP is, to someone who can code dynamic sites.

Topics Covered:

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Development Environment
Chapter 3: Introduction to HTML
Chapter 4: Styling Web Pages with CSS
Chapter 5: Introducing PHP
Chapter 6: Variables and Data Types
Chapter 7: Control Structures – Conditionals and Loops
Chapter 8: Functions
Chapter 9: Strings and Arrays
Chapter 10: Form Processing With PHP
Chapter 11: Introduction to MySQL
Chapter 12: Using PHP and MySQL Together
Chapter 13: Cookies and Sessions
Chapter 14: Handling File Uploads
Chapter 15: Security Concerns and Good Practices
Example Project – Building a Simple E-commerce Website