PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites

It hasn't taken Web developers long to discover that when it comes to creating dynamic, database-driven Web sites, MySQL and PHP provide a winning Open Source combination.

Add MySQL and PHP Advanced for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickPro Guide to the mix, and there's no limit to the powerful, interactive Web sites that users can create.

With step-by-step instructions, complete scripts, and expert tips to guide readers, veteran author and database designer Larry Ullman gets right down to business: After grounding readers with separate discussions of first the scripting language (PHP) and then the database program (MySQL), he goes on to cover security, sessions and cookies, and using additional Web tools, with several sections devoted to creating sample applications.

A companion Web site includes source code and demonstrations of techniques used in the book.

This guide is indispensable for intermediate- to advanced-level Web designers who want to replace their static sites with something more dynamic.