PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer

eBook Details:

  • Paperback: 504 pages
  • Publisher: WOW! eBook; 1st edition (November 1, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 111806688X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1118066881

eBook Description:

PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer

Assuming no previous experience with PHP or MySQL, this book-and-video package is ideal reading for anyone who wants to go beyond HTML/CSS in order to provide clients with the most dynamic web sites possible. The approachable tone breaks down the basics of programming and PHP and MySQL in individual lessons starting with the installation of the programs necessary to run PHP. You begin with a static web site and then watch and learn as PHP functionality is added as you work through the lessons.

When working with databases, the MySQL database is introduced with demonstrations that show how to interact with it. The accompanying video enhances your learning experience, as each lesson in the book is portrayed on the DVD through detailed exercises.

PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer: Step-by-step lessons for using PHP and MySQL in a unique book-and-video combination

Assuming no previous experience with PHP or MySQL, this book-and-video package is ideal reading for anyone who wants to go beyond HTML/CSS in order to provide clients with the most dynamic web sites possible. The approachable tone breaks down the basics of programming and PHP and MySQL in individual lessons starting with the installation of the programs necessary to run PHP. You begin with a static web site and then watch and learn as PHP functionality is added as you work through the lessons.

  • Serves as the ideal learning tool: a book-and-video package that features coordinating lessons on both components to drive home each lesson
  • Covers setting up your computer to use PHP, installing a code editor, adding PHP to a web page, learning PHP syntax, and debugging code
  • Encompasses complex data types, repeating program steps, reusing code with functions, and using object oriented programming
  • Explains creating MySQL databases and tables; entering and manipulating data; working with multiple tables and preventing database security issues

PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer

Presenting you with up-to-date programming styles and an unassuming tone, this book-and-DVD package is the ideal resource to dive in with using PHP and MySQL today.

From the Back Cover

PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer: Take static pages and turn them into a dynamic website!

Perhaps you know how to create a static website using HTML/CSS, but now you want to learn how to create dynamic, data-driven websites. If you’re new to PHP and MySQL, this book-and-DVD package is an ideal introduction to working with website pages that contain a mixture of HTML and PHP/MySQL. Author Andrea Tarr starts with what you know an HTML/CSS website and step by step she teaches you how to replace and enhance the site using PHP to create and manipulate your HTML pages and MySQL to bring in your data. You learn how to design, create, and use databases with MySQL, both within PHP programs and using the popular phpMyAdmin program. Explaining the programming principles as you go along, this book-and-DVD combination provides you with a solid understanding of the fundamentals of PHP and the basics of object-oriented programming.

PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer:

  • Escorts you through preparing your computer to run PHP and MySQL by downloading and installing free software
  • Explains what variables are, how to work with them, and how to debug your programs
  • Zeros in on how databases work and how to design them
  • Shares tips for working with MySQL in a PHP program
  • Details ways to create tables, enter data, select data, change data, and delete data

The PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer is a unique book-and-DVD package that delivers step-by-step lessons for handling real-world scenarios. Each lesson in the book is accompanied by an instructional video that reinforces the content while providing additional explanations and tips.

On the DVD

Don’t just learn do!

PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer: The lessons within the book are each accompanied by an instructional demonstration on the DVD.

You’ll learn to:

  • Manipulate your website using PHP
  • Use object-oriented programming
  • Handle errors and write secure code
  • Design a database
  • Integrate MySQL with PHP
  • Process HTML forms
  • Create user logins, a mini content management system, and a data-driven menu

PHP and MySQL 24-Hour Trainer: Please see the DVD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

About the Author

Andrea Tarr has been a programmer and IT manager for 30 years and now spends her time programming websites using PHP/MySQL. She is a member of the Production Leadership Team for Joomla!, a popular PHP/MySQL-based content management system.

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