If you're a programmer looking for the most effective uses of PHP, this book will provide you with: A clear guide to common function usage and pitfalls; Easy to find, detailed information on the most important PHP functions; Practical examples of each function's use; Overview's that discuss how and why to use a particular group of functions; Practical, complete documentation on powerful but obscure functions such as pack and unpack. The web site for PHP Functions Essential Reference contains materials to support and expand on the book. Over 700 additional function writeups are available, along with updates, errata, and a few surprises.

This is a compact, example-rich guide designed to teach Web developers exactly what they need to know to achieve great results with PHP4. Endorsed by The World Organization of Webmasters, Essential PHP for Web Professionals offers no-nonsense, practical coverage built around real-world available from a companion Web site. From PHP installation through sophisticated site automation, this book delivers practical answers, usable code, and real solutions fast.

This book covers middle-tier programming with PHP. It features: Real world, practical experience and techniques; From installation and configuration of the PHP3 engine to advanced dynamic application design; Definitive coverage of core PHP language and database addressing (Oracle/Sybase/Informix/MySQL are all covered in depth); Practical e-commerce and business scripting including database application development, together with PHP and XML applications; LDAP, NDS and IP connectivity issues exhaustively addressed; and Using PHPLIB to construct flexible, robust and secure interactive sites.

Mastering Mambo is a professional-level guide to Mambo's most powerful and useful features. You will develop powerful interactive sites that fit perfectly with your unique requirements. * Create attractive custom layouts for Mambo * Build multilingual, internationalised sites * Open an online store for your Mambo site, complete with support for gift coupons, automatic invoicing, and more * Turn your site into a community with discussion forums * Discover more of the available Mambo extensions and how to use them * Optimize your site for performance, search engines, security, and accessibility * Develop your own components, modules and Mambots * Master DOCMAN, the document manager for Mambo, to turn your Mambo site into a dynamic repository of shared documents and files Mastering Mambo is the book for anybody who has developed a Mambo web site, and wants to expand what their site can do and make the most of this powerful content management system.

Written for beginners in PHP, this visual, task-based guide gets users up and running with the basics of PHP, starting with basic syntax, testing scripts, working with variables, creating Web applications, and more. Throughout the book, sample scripts and projects show the reader just what they need to know, and a companion Web site offers every script available for downloading.

All-in-one--A nuts-and-bolts programming toolkit for anyone building dynamic web applications in the Unix environment. It gathers together the most comprehensive set of tools and shareware utilities on the CD, and packages them with a comprehensive tips and techniques reference book. Complete CD-ROM--Includes all the documentation to support the products, all the code in the book, PHP extension modules, sample applications and a C compiler used to compile PHP code. CD includes: Red Hat Linux 5.x operating system; MySQL database engine; PHP programming language; code listings and sample applications; comprehensive resource list; all software documentation.

PHP Programming for Windows covers new ground including the use of PHP with Windows databases such as Access and SQL Server plus other topics such as the Microsoft SOAP SDK and using PHP with the Active Directory. This book covers PHP from installation all the way up to developing PHP applications with the Active Directory and .NET and teaches developers how to optimize PHP for the Windows platform and how to work with PHP and Windows Enterprise technologies.

Core PHP Programming is the first complete, practical guide to PHP 3.x for experienced Web developers. Discover how PHP borrows the best ideas from Java, Perl, and C to create a remarkably productive scripting environment. Then, with the guidance of a leading PHP developer, learn every technique you need to build fast and robust Web applications. Master PHP syntax; then, review every PHP function, including I/O, data, and math functions; time, date, configuration, image, and database functions. See PHP at work in sample code that demonstrates sorting, searching, parsing, and string evaluation. Finally, walk through three complete Web/database integration applications, learning essential techniques for building HTML tables from SQL queries; tracking site visitors; storing content in databases, and much more.

Whether you are an experienced developer, system administrator, web designer or new to MySQL and phpMyAdmin, this book will show you how to increase your productivity and control when working with your databases. You will learn how to: • Administer MySQL users and privileges, and get statistics about MySQL servers and databases • Manage databases, table data and structures, and indexes • Use bookmarks and metadata • Generate multiple SQL queries • Generate better documentation of evolving table structures Along the way you’ll build a more detailed understanding of SQL and how it works in MySQL. As an application developer you’ll learn how to use phpMyAdmin to: • Effectively perform day-to-day database and table management. • Create better database tables and relational structures • More easily document your evolving data structure As a MySQL server administrator, you’ll benefit from the in-depth and practical coverage of: • Using phpMyAdmin to manage users and privileges • Getting server and database statistics All database users will expand and refine their knowledge of SQL in a MySQL context through using phpMyAdmin to track SQL execution and results. This book has now been updated to cover v2.6.0

You've downloaded a new PHP program to install on your website, but it requires a MySQL database be setup, in order to run. Now what? That's what you're here to learn. And the fact is -- it's easy. This little ebook quickly guides you through the instructions needed to setup your MySQL database. Also included are instructions on how to use FTP, how to determine if your website supports PHP and MySQL, and a quick introduction to PHPMyAdmin.