PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 7th Edition is a hands-on guide to learning all the tools, principles, and techniques needed to build a professional web application using PHP & MySQL. Comprehensively updated to cover PHP 8 and modern best practice, this highly practical and fun book covers everything from installation through to creating a complete online content management system.

• Gain a thorough understanding of PHP syntax
• Master database design principles and SQL
• Write robust, maintainable, best practice code
• Build a working content management system (CMS)
• And much more!

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Installation

Chapter 2: Introducing PHP

Chapter 3: Introducing MySQL

Chapter 4: Publishing MySQL Data on the Web

Chapter 5: Relational Database Design

Chapter 6: Structured PHP Programming

Chapter 7: Improving the Insert and Update Functions

Chapter 8: Objects and Classes

Chapter 9: Creating an Extensible Framework

Chapter 10: Allowing Users to Register Accounts

Chapter 11: Cookies, Sessions, and Access Control

Chapter 12: Relationships

Chapter 13: Content Formatting and Pagination

About the Author

Tom Butler is a web developer and university lecturer. He has a PhD in the area of software engineering best practices and enjoys evaluating different approaches to programming problems.