PHP and MySQL Web Development For Dummies 3 Ed Edition - Luke Welling

A new, updated, and revised edition of the best-selling #1 book on any open source programming topic. The first and still the most popular book on combining two widely used open source tools to create dynamic Web sites.
Readers have consistently praised the books clear, practical approach - some have even called it the best technical book theyve ever read.
New edition covers MySQL 4.0 and PHP 4.2, and includes new coverage of XML and the popular PEAR repository of code. PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition teaches the reader to develop dynamic, secure, commercial Web sites. Using the same accessible, popular teaching style of the first edition, this best-selling book has been updated to reflect the rapidly changing landscape of MySQL and PHP. The book teaches the reader to integrate and implement these technologies by following real-world examples and working sample projects, and also covers related technologies needed to build a commercial Web site, such as SSL, shopping carts, and payment systems. The second edition includes new coverage of how to work with XML in developing a PHP and MySQL site, and how to draw on the valuable resources of the PEAR repository of code and extensions.

Luke Welling and Laura Thomson are partners in Tangled Web Design, an award-winning Web development firm that specializes in developing dynamic Web sites using PHP. They are frequent speakers at leading open source conferences such as ApacheCon, PHP-Con, and the OReilly Open Source Convention. They are also lecturers in Web programming, software engineering, and e-commerce at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

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