Head First PHP MySQL

DIVpIf you're ready to create web pages more complex than those you can build with HTML and CSS, IHead First PHP MySQL/I is the ultimate learning guide to building dynamic, database-driven websites using PHP and MySQL. Packed with real-world examples, this book teaches you all the essentials of server-side programming, from the fundamentals of PHP and MySQL coding to advanced topics such as form validation, session IDs, cookies, database queries and joins, file I/O operations, content management, and more.brbrIHead First PHP MySQL/I offers the same visually rich format that's turned every title in the Head First series into a bestseller, with plenty of exercises, quizzes, puzzles, and other interactive features to help you retain what you've learned./pulliUse PHP to transform static HTML pages into dynamic web sites/li liCreate and populate your own MySQL database tables, and work with data stored in files/li liPerform sophisticated MySQL queries with joins, and refine your results with LIMIT and ORDER BY/li liUse cookies and sessions to track visitors' login information and personalize the site for users/li liProtect your data from SQL injection attacks/li liUse regular expressions to validate information on forms/li liDynamically display text based on session info and create images on the fly/li liPull syndicated data from other sites using PHP and XML/li /ul Throughout the book, you'll build sophisticated examples -- including a mailing list, a job board, and an online dating site -- to help you learn how to harness the power of PHP and MySQL in a variety of contexts. If you're ready to build a truly dynamic website, IHead First PHP MySQL/I is the ideal way to get going./div