Book description
Essential Skills—Made Easy!
PHP and MySQL Web Development: A Beginner's Guide takes you from building static web pages to creating comprehensive database-driven web applications. The book reviews HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and then explores PHP--its structure, control statements, arrays, functions, use with forms, and file handling capabilities. Next, the book examines MySQL, including SQL, the MySQL command set, and how to use it with PHP to create a relational database and build secure, databasedriven web applications. This practical resource features complete, step-by-step examples with code that you can use as templates for your own projects.
Designed for Easy Learning
- Key Skills & Concepts--Chapter-opening lists of specific skills covered in the chapter
- Try This--Hands-on exercises that show you how to apply your skills
- Notes--Extra information related to the topic being covered
- Tips--Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
- Cautions--Errors and pitfalls to avoid
- Self Tests--End-of-chapter quizzes to reinforce your skills
- Annotated Syntax--Example code with commentary that describes the programming techniques being illustrated
Ready-to-use code at www.mhprofessional.com
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents at a Glance
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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Part I Getting Ready
- 1 Setting Up Your Workstation
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2 Building Web Pages with HTML
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HTML5
- Using HTML5
- Setting Up Aptana
- Reviewing HTML
- Using Basic Tags
- Using Global Attributes
- Setting Paragraph Styles
- Applying Character Styles
- Displaying Special Characters
- Working with Images and Image Maps
- Adding Hyperlinks and Bookmarks
- Defining Forms
- Creating Tables
- Using New HTML5 Tags
- Understanding Deprecated HTML Tags
- HTML Authoring Resources
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HTML5
- 3 Styling with CSS
- 4 Adding Dynamic Elements with JavaScript
- Part II Exercising the Server with PHP
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Part III Creating and Using Relational Databases with MySQL
- 9 Introduction to Relational Databases
- 10 Fundamentals of MySQL and SQL
- 11 Implementing MySQL Command Statements
- Part IV Powering Databases with MySQL and PHP
- Index
Product information
- Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development: A Beginner’s Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2015
- Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 9780071837316
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