Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP and MySQL

Kevin Yank9780957921801, 0957921802

Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL” uses practical examples, straightforward explanations and ready-to-use code samples to help anyone build a database driven Website in no time.

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Table of contents :
Title Page
……Page 5
Table of Contents……Page 11
Preface……Page 17
What’s In This Book……Page 18
Updates and Errata……Page 21
Your Feedback……Page 22
1.
Installation……Page 23
Installing MySQL……Page 24
Installing PHP……Page 28
Linux Installation……Page 34
Removing Packaged Software……Page 35
Installing MySQL……Page 36
Installing PHP……Page 39
Installing MySQL……Page 42
Post-Installation Setup Tasks……Page 44
If Your Web Host Provides PHP and MySQL……Page 47
Your First PHP Script……Page 48
Summary……Page 50
An Introduction to Databases……Page 51
Logging On to MySQL……Page 53
Creating a Database……Page 56
Creating a Table……Page 57
Inserting Data into a Table……Page 59
Viewing Stored Data……Page 60
Modifying Stored Data……Page 62
Summary……Page 63
Introducing PHP……Page 65
Basic Syntax and Commands……Page 67
Variables and Operators……Page 69
Arrays……Page 70
User Interaction and Forms……Page 72
Control Structures……Page 78
Multipurpose Pages……Page 83
Summary……Page 88
A Look Back at First Principles……Page 89
Connecting to MySQL with PHP……Page 91
Sending SQL Queries with PHP……Page 93
Handling SELECT Result Sets……Page 94
Inserting Data into the Database……Page 97
“Homework” Solution……Page 102
Index……Page 109