Beginning PHP and MYSQL: From Novice to Professional

This fourth edition includes a complete coverage of php 5.3 features, including namespacing, an update of amp stack installation and configuration, updates to zend framework, coverage of mysql workbench, and much more. You'll not only receive extensive introductions to the core features of php, mysql, and related tools, but you'll also learn how to effectively integrate them in order to build robust data-driven applications. · introducing php · configuring your environment · php basics · functions · arrays · object-oriented php · advanced oop features · error and exception handling · strings and regular expressions · working with the file and operating system · pear · date and time · forms · authenticating your users · handling file uploads · networking · php and ldap · session handlers · templating with smarty · web services · secure php programming · sqlite · building web sites for the world · mvc and the zend framework · introducing mysql · installing and configuring mysql · the many mysql clients · mysql storage engines and datatypes · securing mysql · using php with mysql · introducing pdo · stored routines · mysql triggers · mysql views · practical database queries · indexes and searching · transactions · importing and exporting data