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PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide, 5th edition

Published by Peachpit Press (November 3, 2017) © 2018

  • Larry Ullman

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With step-by-step instructions, complete scripts, and expert tips, Ullman gets right down to business. After grounding readers with practical introductions to both PHP 7 and MySQL, he covers core issues ranging from security to session management to jQuery and object-oriented programming techniques. Ullman walks students through creating several sample applications, stressing the latest features and techniques throughout.

  • For all experienced web professionals who want to replace static sites with dynamic content, and leverage PHP 7's remarkable performance improvements
  • Covers topics ranging from security and session management to jQuery and beyond
  • Walks readers through building complete web applications, from start to finish
  • By best-selling author Larry Ullman, world-renowned for demystifying complex web technologies
This guide has been extensively updated to reflect PHP 7, which optimizes PHP performance (with benchmark tests showing up to 100% improvements, or even more).
  • Chapter 1 Introduction to PHP
  • Chapter 2 Programming with PHP
  • Chapter 3 Creating Dynamic Web Sites 
  • Chapter 4 Introduction to MySQL
  • Chapter 5 Introduction to SQL
  • Chapter 6 Database Design
  • Chapter 7 Advanced SQL and MySQL
  • Chapter 8 Error Handling and Debugging
  • Chapter 9 Using PHP with MySQL
  • Chapter 10 Common Programming Techniques
  • Chapter 11 Web Application Development
  • Chapter 12 Cookies and Sessions
  • Chapter 13 Security Methods
  • Chapter 14 Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions
  • Chapter 15 Introducing jQuery
  • Chapter 16 An OOP Primer
  • Chapter 17 Example–Message Board
  • Chapter 18 Example–User Registration
  • Appendix A Installation 

Larry Ullman is a writer, Web and software developer, trainer, instructor, speaker, and consultant. He has written more than 20 books, which have sold over 400,000 copies worldwide in more than 20 languages. As his readers, students, and co-workers can attest, Larry’s strength is in translating geek into English: converting the technical and arcane into something comprehensible and useful. 

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