Get up to speed quickly. Learn how to install PHP and MySQL, and get them running on both your computer and a remote server.
Gain new techniques. Take advantage of the all-new chapter on integrating PHP with HTML web pages.
Manage your content. Use the file system to access user data, including images and other binary files.
Make it dynamic. Create pages that change with each new viewing.
Build a good database. Use MySQL to store user information and other data.
Keep your site working. Master the tools for fixing things that go wrong.
Control operations. Create an administrative interface to oversee your site.
If you can build websites with CSS and JavaScript, this book takes you to the next level creating dynamic, database-driven websites with PHP and MySQL. Learn how to build a database, manage your content, and interact with users. With step-by-step tutorials, this completely revised edition gets you started with expanded coverage of the basics and takes you deeper into the world of server-side programming. Download eBook Free »
Learn the effects of new features in MySQL 5.5, including stored procedures, partitioned databases, triggers, and views
Implement improvements in replication, high availability, and clustering
Achieve high performance when running MySQL in the cloud
Optimize advanced querying features, such as full-text searches
Take advantage of modern multi-core CPUs and solid-state disks
Explore backup and recovery strategies including new tools for hot online backups
High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication, 3rd Edition
How can you bring out MySQL’s full power? With High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, and Replication, 3rd Edition, you’ll learn advanced techniques for everything from designing schemas, indexes, and queries to tuning your MySQL server, operating system, and hardware to their fullest potential. This guide also teaches you safe and practical ways to scale applications through replication, load balancing, high availability, and failover.
Updated to reflect recent advances in MySQL and InnoDB performance, features, and tools, this third edition not only offers specific examples of how MySQL works, it also teaches you why this system works as it does, with illustrative stories and case studies that demonstrate MySQL’s principles in action. With this book, you’ll learn how to think in MySQL. Download eBook Free »
If you can build websites with CSS and JavaScript, this book takes you to the next level creating dynamic, database-driven websites with PHP and MySQL. Learn how to build a database, manage your content, and interact with users through queries and web forms. With step-by-step tutorials, real-world examples, and jargon-free explanations, you’ll soon discover the power of server-side programming.
PHP & MySQL: The Missing Manual: The important stuff you need to know:
Get a running start. Write PHP scripts and create a web form right away.
Learn the language. Get up to speed on PHP and SQL syntax quickly.
Build a database. Use MySQL to store user information and other data.
Make it dynamic. Create pages that change with each new viewing.
Be ready for mistakes. Plan error messages to help direct users.
Manage your content. Use the file system to access user data, including images and other binary files.
Control operations. Create an administrative interface to oversee your site.
If you can build websites with CSS and JavaScript, this book takes you to the next level creating dynamic, database-driven websites with PHP and MySQL. Learn how to build a database, manage your content, and interact with users through queries and web forms. With step-by-step tutorials, real-world examples, and jargon-free explanations, you’ll soon discover the power of server-side programming.