Start Programming with PHP: An Introduction to PHP and MySQL

This book is designed for High School and College students or anyone who is interested in getting basic skills in PHP programming and the MySQL database. It does not presume any prior programming experience. It is a true beginners instructional book. There are lots of pictures and examples to allow the student a lot of hands on experience. The student is encouraged to do the examples and the first chapter presents several different options for setting up a programming environment on their computer. This book also covers topics that will assist the reader in developing dynamic web sites. Writing files, databases, forms and email are topics essential to those wishing to do web programming.