For every developer who wants to build production-quality applications using PHP and MySQL. In this one-of-a-kind video package, top Web developer and Prentice Hall author Marc Wandschneider shows you exactly how to build reliable, secure, industrial-strength Web applications with PHP and MySQL. You'll master both PHP and MySQL through 18 comprehensive video lessons, and you'll have your first PHP/MySQL application running in less than an hour. Wandschneider shows how to set up PHP on Windows and Mac OS X and then builds your skills by walking you through actual application development projects. Just click, watch, and learn efficient ways to implement user account creation, form validation, cookie and session management, file upload/download, and much more. Everything's taught visually, using sample applications ranging from a simple calculator to a full-fledged photo sharing site, and all the sample code is on the DVD. Programming challenges at the end of each lesson teach you how to take your skills to the next level. You'll master essential PHP and MySQL best practices at your own pace and learn how to deliver production-quality PHP/MySQL solutions faster and more effectively. LiveLessons: Video Instruction from Technology Experts Looking for a better way to master today's rapidly changing technologies? Want expert help, but don't have the time or energy to read a book? Can't find classroom training worth the money? Discover LiveLessons: self-paced, personal video instruction from the world's leading experts. * LiveLessons are video courses, on DVD with a book supplement, that are organized into bite-sized, self-contained sessions--you'll learn key skills in as little as fifteen minutes! * Each lesson begins with well-defined learning objectives so you know exactly what you will learn in the lesson. * Follow along as your instructor shows exactly how to get great results in your real-world environment.
| ISBN | 0137155751 | | Pages | 112 | | ISBN13 | 9780137155750
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Pearson Education (US) | | Weight (grammes) | 363 | | Imprint | Prentice Hall | | Published in | Upper Saddle River | | Format | Multimedia Item | | Height (mm) | 232 | | Publication date | 02 Oct 2008 | | Width (mm) | 191 | | DEWEY | 006.76 | | Spine width (mm) | 30 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Undergraduate |
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Lesson 1: Installation of MySQL, Apache, and PHP 1 Windows 1 Mac / Unix 2 Lesson 2: Your First Web Application 7 Getting Started 7 Entering PHP Scripts 8 Variables 11 Variables 11 Working with Multiple Pages 13 Lesson 3: Language Basics 15 Arrays 15 Testing Variables 15 Simple Variable Substitution 16 Arithmetic Operators 16 Type Conversions 17 NULL 18 The if Statement 18 Comparison Operators: Equality and Identity 18 Lesson 4: More Language Features 21 Script Lifetime 21 Strings, Newlines, and the Web Browser 21 Constants 22 More Comparison Operators 22 Logical Operators 22 The switch Statement 23 Lesson 5: Functions and Loops 25 Loops 25 Functions 26 Byval and Byref Parameters 27 Scoping 28 Lesson 6: Text and Strings 29 Review of Strings in PHP 29 More on Variable Expansion 30 String Operators 30 Common Operations and Functions for Strings 31 Sending Data via GET Parameters 33 PHP and Unicode 33 Lesson 7: Arrays, File Organization 35 Review of Array Basics 35 Multidimensional Arrays 36 Counting Array Elements 36 Removing and Deleting 36 Iterating over Array Contents -- foreach Loops 36 Common Array Operations 37 File Inclusion 38 Lesson 8: Object-Oriented Programming I 39 Declaring New Types 39 Constructors 41 Access Levels 41 Lesson 9: Object-Oriented Programming II 43 Better Code Reuse with Inheritance 43 Further Refining Our Objects 44 Lesson 10: Object-Oriented Programming III 47 Class Constants 47 Static Class Data 48 Static Methods 48 Operations on Objects 48 Structured Exception Handling 50 Lesson 11: Learning about the Web Server 53 More FORM Elements 53 POST vs. GET 54 The $_SERVER superglobal 56 FORM Security 58 More on Processing Forms 58 Serializing Objects 60 Lesson 12: Getting Started with the Database 61 Getting to MySQL 61 Creating Our Database 62 Creating a Database User 62 Creating the First Table 62 Inserting Data into Tables 64 Wrecking Things 64 Working with MySQL from within PHP 64 Securing User Data 65 Lesson 13: Fetching Data from the Database 67 Retrieving Data 67 More on Query Expressions: Functions 68 Sorting Result Sets 69 Fetching Subsets of the Result Sets 69 Modifying a Table 69 Lesson 14: Modifying Data in the Database 71 Modifying Rows in Our Tables 71 Deleting Rows from a Table 71 FULLTEXT Indexes 72 Joining Fetches 72 Transacting Queries 73 Using Hidden Fields on Forms 74 Lesson 15: Remembering Things: Cookies and Sessions 77 Carrying Information across Page Requests: Cookies 77 Sessions 79 FULLTEXT Searching in MySQL 81 Lesson 16: Files and File Uploads 83 Uploading User Files 83 File Functions 87 Browsing Directories 89 Lesson 17: Formatted Output, Output Buffering, and Security 91 Formatting Strings with printf and sprintf 91 Date and Time Functions 93 Output Buffering 96 Lesson 18: When Things Go Wrong 99 Errors in PHP 99 Handling Errors 100 Debugging with Xdebug 101
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