PHP & MySQL For Dummies, 4th Edition 4th Edition by Janet Valade (PDF)

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Here’s what Web designers need to know to create dynamic, database-driven Web sites To be on the cutting edge, Web sites need to serve up HTML, CSS, and products specific to the needs of different customers using different browsers. An effective e-commerce site gathers information about users and provides information they need to get the desired result.PHP scripting language with a MySQL back-end database offers an effective way to design sites that meet these requirements. This full updated 4th Edition of PHP & MySQL For Dummies gets you quickly up to speed, even if your experience is limited.Explains the easy way to install and set up PHP and MySQL using XAMPP, so it works the same on Linux, Mac, and WindowsShows you how to secure files on a Web host and how to write secure codePacked with useful and understandable code examples for Web site creators who are not professional programmersFully updated to ensure your code will be compliant based on PHP 5.3 and MySQL 5.1.31Provides clear, accurate code examplesPHP & MySQL For Dummies, 4th Edition provides what you need to know to create sites that get results.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap Learn to use the tools that bring Web sites to life —it’s easy and fun!Static Web sites don’t cut it anymore. To serve up HTML, CSS,and database-driven pages, you need to know your way around PHP and a MySQL backend database. This book shows you how to build two common applications: a product catalog and a member-only site requiring a username and password. You’ll learn a basic design you can expand however you choose!New to all this? — get acquainted with PHP and MySQL and find out how to install them on Windows®, Mac®, or Linux®A perfect partnership — see how the language and database work together to produce dynamic Web pages with less hassleMySQL moving and storage — store data in your database and display it on your Web pagesUp to code — learn to build PHP scripts and program pieces with code that meets the latest standardsThe sum of the parts — organize all the parts of your application, ensure security, and complete your documentationVisit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/php&mysqlfd4e to find all the code examples used in the bookOpen the book and find:How to keep up with PHP and MySQL updatesWhat’s different in the newest versionsPros and cons of Web hosting companiesHow to back up and restore data in your databaseError messages and what they meanWhy you must plan your database applicationAdvice on what offers value to your usersTen “gotchas” that will mess up your code From the Back Cover Learn to use the tools that bring Web sites to life —it’s easy and fun!Static Web sites don’t cut it anymore. To serve up HTML, CSS,and database-driven pages, you need to know your way around PHP and a MySQL backend database. This book shows you how to build two common applications: a product catalog and a member-only site requiring a username and password. You’ll learn a basic design you can expand however you choose!New to all this? — get acquainted with PHP and MySQL and find out how to install them on Windows®, Mac®, or Linux®A perfect partnership — see how the language and database work together to produce dynamic Web pages with less hassleMySQL moving and storage — store data in your database and display it on your Web pagesUp to code — learn to build PHP scripts and program pieces with code that meets the latest standardsThe sum of the parts — organize all the parts of your application, ensure security, and complete your documentationVisit the companion Web site at www.dummies.com/go/php&mysqlfd4e to find all the code examples used in the bookOpen the book and find:How to keep up with PHP and MySQL updatesWhat’s different in the newest versionsPros and cons of Web hosting companiesHow to back up and restore data in your databaseError messages and what they meanWhy you must plan your database applicationAdvice on what offers value to your usersTen “gotchas” that will mess up your code About the Author Janet Valade is a technical writer, Web designer/programmer, and systems analyst. She has designed and developed data archives, supervised computer resource operations, and conducted seminars and workshops. She has written all previous editions of PHP & MySQL For Dummies. Read more

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⭐The PHP & MySQL for Dummies is a useful book. As all the books of this brand, this book contains useful material and easy explanations of a deep subjects. My recommendation for the best reading of this book is to have some knowledge of HTML, this is a good base to start with PHP and with this book. The book starts with the definitions and devolving a Web Database Application Using PHP and MySQL, learning from the experience. Through the book you can understand better Database Applications, protecting data and moving information. A nice book!PHP & MySQL para principiantes es un libro útil. Como todos los libros de esta marca, este libro contiene material útil y explicaciones fáciles de un tema profundo. Mi recomendación para la mejor lectura de este libro es tener algunos conocimientos de HTML, esta es una buena base para comenzar con PHP y con este libro. El libro comienza con las definiciones y la implementación de una aplicación de base de datos web utilizando PHP y MySQL, aprendiendo de la experiencia. A través del libro, puede comprender mejor las aplicaciones de bases de datos, la protección de datos y la información en movimiento. ¡Un buen libro!

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⭐I got this book to learn the basics of MySQL and get a background in PHP beyond what I happened to pick up on my own. This book is good, a little funny (as all For Dummies books should be), an easy read, and full of good information. It doesn’t really go into much detail on what PHP can do except for in terms of MySQL. (I guess, get a book dedicated to just PHP if you want to learn what the language can really do.)The biggest problem I have with this book is the countless typos, particularly in the code (which is the worst place for typos). Pretty disappointing for a 4th edition. For example, on the very last page (438, the index), it lists, under ‘Y’, ysquli_num_fields($result) function, but it is actually “mysqli…..” (with the m in front). It is sometimes inconsistant with variable functions (like $firstname vs $firstName) which can cause problems, it talks about the “xor” operator but refers to it once as “or” which causes confusion, most of the time the die() function is used, there is a space before the parenthesis (which I haven’t tested myself to see if that is ok, but I would think a function needs the parenthesis right after the word with no space). Some other things that annoy me are more annoying than they are serious, like inconsistant spacing in code, or I saw once where the ‘$’ mark before an in-text variable name that wasn’t formatted with the same font as the variable name itself. Also, the author’s use of HTML doesn’t really jive with me (some minor coding problems) but it’s not a huge deal either. Or, there are some places where quote marks in code are bottom-quote-marks (looks like double-commas) instead of normal quote marks as they should look. These are mainly annoyances and not serious problems if you know to keep your eyes open.

⭐PHP 5 is no longer supported as of January, 1, 2019. The book was published in 2010. It’s useless and I pitched it. This vendor should know if their product is outdated and not advertise it,

⭐Please note that this book is written assuming you know at least some html. If you were looking for a “for dummies” book, I cannot recommend this one, as you will need one for html as well.

⭐A great introduction to scripting languages for Web presentations.

⭐This book is an excellent tutorial for someone who already knows how to program and wants to learn PHP and MySQL. It describes many of the callable functions available in the language, but it tells you to go to the PHO web site for a complete list of all the functions and features. The reason I bought a book is so that I can have the book open in front of me and not have to jump back and forth to the web site to look stuff up.

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⭐I bought this book while writing a web app. Although I had some previous experience, I didn’t have much in PhP and the book did an excellent job of describing the basics. Similarly, with MySqL I had little experience and it really helped.The book has you work through examples, and then has the programs written out later on so you can go look at what they did.

⭐I chose this as I have not used PHP except for pre-made scripts, and wanted to learn how to incorporate PHP and MySQL myself for custom projects. Unfortunately, on the introduction Janet says she’s assuming knowledge of PHP and writing scripts. For Dummies? FAIL.The book uses 2 examples: a simple online shop for a Pet Store; and a Membership Site. These examples are followed through the book until almost the final chapter where instructions on how to use the PHP and MySQL in a website are shown – but at this, possibly most important step – she refers to the Membership Site as the Pet Store customers database. This new nomenclature made me stop and go back and re-read and stop, and go back and re-read again until I realised this was actually the same thing.There are literally chapters devoted to how to use a database, how to execute various queries on an SQL database. The instructions on how to actually use the wretched things in a web building environment are one chapter and rushed through.

⭐This book is pretty poorly written, lowering the bar for the usually good ‘For Dummies’ series.The information is presented terribly, in such a way that makes it extremely hard to follow. For example, a 10 step guide skips back and fourth without proper order, thus confusing and bewildering anyone who does not already know about MySQL and PHP.Other information is factually inaccurate, which is an absolute sin for a book to do with coding. Again, if you don’t already know what you are doing you could easily go wrong if following the authors exact directions, and have absolutely no clue how to troubleshoot it.All in all, it is not worth buying.

⭐Being quite new to php this book is written in a way that even the dumbest (me) person can follow and understand. I enjoyed reading the book and actually have learned basic php.I would recommend this book to anyone who needs to learn php and MySQL. Brilliant

⭐This is a good book to learn from,i found this book easy to understand .The book was sent out very fast,and I am very happy with my order .

⭐Good Condition

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