PHP & MySQL For Dummies, 4th Edition

Learn to use the tools that bring Web sites to life -it's easy and fun!

Static Web sites don't cut it anymore. To serve up HTML, CSS,and database-driven pages, you need to know your way around PHP and a MySQL backend database. This book shows you how to build two common applications: a product catalog and a member-only site requiring a username and password. You'll learn a basic design you can expand however you choose!

- New to all this? - get acquainted with PHP and MySQL and find out how to install them on Windows, Mac, or Linux
- A perfect partnership - see how the language and database work together to produce dynamic Web pages with less hassle
- MySQL moving and storage - store data in your database and display it on your Web pages
- Up to code - learn to build PHP scripts and program pieces with code that meets the latest standards
- The sum of the parts - organize all the parts of your application, ensure security, and complete your documentation

Visit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/php&mysqlfd4e to find all the code examples used in the book.

Open the book and find:
- How to keep up with PHP and MySQL updates
- What's different in the newest versions
- Pros and cons of Web hosting companies
- How to back up and restore data in your database
- Error messages and what they mean
- Why you must plan your database application
- Advice on what offers value to your users
- Ten "gotchas" that will mess up your code