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.

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.
* 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

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.

This book teaches the web site developers the basics of programming and PHP and MySQL in individual lessons starting with the installation of the necessary programs to run PHP.  Starting with a static website, PHP functionality is added as the reader works through the lessons. When working with databases, the MySQL database is introduced and then shows the reader how you interact with it. An accompanying video walks the reader through the exercises and all code will be available for download. Covered in the book: Setting Up the Workspace, Installing XAMPP, Installing the Editor, Installing the Debugger, Adding PHP to a Web Page, Learning PHP Syntax , Working with Variables, Debugging Code, Working with Complex Data Types, Controlling What Happens When, Repeating Program Steps, Learning about Scope, Reusing Code with Functions, Objects and Classes, Introducing Object Oriented Programming, Defining a Class: the Basics, Using Classes: the Basics, Defining a Class: Advanced, Using Classes: Advanced, Preventing Errors, Handling Errors, Security Issues, Using a Database , Introducing MySQL, Connecting to the Database, Creating Databases & Tables, Entering Data, Selecting Data, Changing Data, Preventing Database Security Issues, Creating User Logins

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. 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. 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 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.