PHP and MySQL Web Development - All in One Desk Reference For Dummies

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By Janet Valade with Tricia Ballad and Bill Ballad

• ? PHP: The language that you use to write the scripts that perform the

tasks required on your Web site. Scripts create the displays that the
user sees in the browser window, process the information that the
user types in a form, and store and/or retrieve information from the
database.

• MySQL: The database management system that you use to store data.

The scripts can store information in the database or retrieve information
from the database. You need to create and administer MySQL
databases.

• ? PHP and MySQL as a pair: In this book, you use PHP and MySQL

together, as a team. PHP can access MySQL by using simple built-in
functions. You need to know how to access MySQL databases from
PHP scripts.

• ? Building applications: Web sites frequently provide similar functionalities.

For instance, dynamic Web sites need to collect information in
HTML forms and process the information. You need to know how to use
PHP and MySQL to provide the specific functionality your Web site
needs.

• ? Security: You need to protect your Web site and the data your users provide

from people with malicious intentions.

This book provides all the information you need to build dynamic Web sites
that are quite complex. The book is intended as a reference, not a tutorial.
Each minibook provides information on a different aspect of building
dynamic Web sites.

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