Ebook: PHP & MySQL® Everyday Apps For Dummies

* Provides Web developers using the popular combination of PHP (a scripting language) and MySQL (a database system) with practical applications that they can adapt and put to work right away * A 2002 survey found that PHP was running on over 9 million Web sites, and there have been over 1.8 million PHP downloads since May 2002; MySQL reports 2 million users * Applications include a user login, an online catalog, a shopping cart, a content management system, a Web forum, and a mailing list management system * The author walks readers through the creation of each application, offering two different versions-procedural (the traditional PHP coding method) and object-oriented (new in PHP 5) * The CD-ROM includes complete code for all six applications"