PHP & MySQL: The Missing Manual

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.

The important stuff you need to know:

• 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.