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PHP 5 For Dummies Janet Valade (La Grande, OR, Web designer and programmer)

PHP 5 For Dummies By Janet Valade (La Grande, OR, Web designer and programmer)

PHP 5 For Dummies by Janet Valade (La Grande, OR, Web designer and programmer)

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Uses a friendly, easy-to-understand style to show Web designers how to use the latest major release of PHP, the most popular open source Web scripting language. PHP is easy to learn, database-friendly, and especially well suited for Web development because it can be embedded with HTML. .

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PHP 5 For Dummies by Janet Valade (La Grande, OR, Web designer and programmer)

Covers the latest major release of PHP, the most popular open source Web scripting language, in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style
  • PHP is installed on nearly nine million servers, and usage has grown at the rate of 6.5 percent per month for the past two years
  • PHP is easy to learn, well suited for Web development, and can be embedded with HTML, making it a good choice for creating dynamic Web pages for e-commerce sites and other Web applications; a database-friendly language, it connects easily to Sybase, MySQL, mSQL, Oracle, and other databases
  • Explains how to acquire and install PHP, how PHP's features make it a useful scripting language, and how to use PHP for three of the most common applications: interactive Web sites, database storage, and common operating system tasks

About Janet Valade (La Grande, OR, Web designer and programmer)

Janet Valade is the author of PHP & MySQL For Dummies. In addition, she has authored and revised chapters for several Linux books and for a Webmaster certification book.
Janet Valade has 20 years experience in the computing field. She worked as a Web designer/programmer for an engineering firm. Prior to that, Janet worked for several years in a university environment as a systems analyst. During her tenure, she supervised the installation and operation of computing resources, designed and developed a data archive, provided technical support for faculty and students, wrote numerous technical papers, and developed and presented seminars and workshops on a variety of technology topics.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: Say Hello to the PHP Scripting Language.

Chapter 1: Getting to Know PHP.

Chapter 2: Setting Up the Environment.

Chapter 3: Creating Your First PHP Script.

Part II: Variables and Data.

Chapter 4: Using Variables in PHP Scripts.

Chapter 5: Working with Data.

Chapter 6: Storing Data in Groups by Using Arrays.

Part III: Basic PHP Programming.

Chapter 7: Controlling the Flow of the Script.

Chapter 8: Reusing PHP Code.

Chapter 9: Object-Oriented Programming Meets PHP.

Part IV: Common PHP Applications.

Chapter 10: The Basics of Web Applications.

Chapter 11: Other Web Applications.

Chapter 12: Storing Data with PHP.

Chapter 13: PHP and Your Operating System.

Chapter 14: PHP Extensions.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 15: Ten Things to Look For When Troubleshooting a Script.

Chapter 16: Ten PHP Resources You Can't Live Without.

Part VI: Appendixes.

Appendix A: Installing PHP.

Appendix B: Useful PHP Built-in Functions.

Index.

Additional information

CIN0764541668VG
9780764541667
0764541668
PHP 5 For Dummies by Janet Valade (La Grande, OR, Web designer and programmer)
Janet Valade (La Grande, OR, Web designer and programmer)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
John Wiley & Sons Inc
20040507
408
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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