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.

• Introduction 1Part I: Developing a Web Database Application Using PHP and MySQL 7Chapter 1: Introduction to PHP and MySQL 9Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Work Environment 21Chapter 3: Developing a Web Database Application 47Part II: MySQL Database 73Chapter 4: Building the Database 75Chapter 5: Protecting Your Data 111Part III: PHP 131Chapter 6: General PHP 133Chapter 7: PHP Building Blocks for Programs 165Chapter 8: Data In, Data Out 211Chapter 9: Moving Information from One Web Page to the Next 285Part IV: Applications 305Chapter 10: Putting It All Together 307Chapter 11: Building an Online Catalog 321Chapter 12: Building a Members Only Web Site 359Part V: The Part of Tens 387Chapter 13: Ten Things You Might Want to Do Using PHP Functions 389Chapter 14: Ten PHP Gotchas 397Part VI: Appendixes 403Appendix A: Installing PHP, MySQL, and Apache from XAMPP 405Appendix B: Configuring PHP 415Index 421

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.

• Introduction 1Part I: Developing a Web Database Application Using PHP and MySQL 7Chapter 1: Introduction to PHP and MySQL 9Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Work Environment 21Chapter 3: Developing a Web Database Application 47Part II: MySQL Database 73Chapter 4: Building the Database 75Chapter 5: Protecting Your Data 111Part III: PHP 131Chapter 6: General PHP 133Chapter 7: PHP Building Blocks for Programs 165Chapter 8: Data In, Data Out 211Chapter 9: Moving Information from One Web Page to the Next 285Part IV: Applications 305Chapter 10: Putting It All Together 307Chapter 11: Building an Online Catalog 321Chapter 12: Building a Members Only Web Site 359Part V: The Part of Tens 387Chapter 13: Ten Things You Might Want to Do Using PHP Functions 389Chapter 14: Ten PHP Gotchas 397Part VI: Appendixes 403Appendix A: Installing PHP, MySQL, and Apache from XAMPP 405Appendix B: Configuring PHP 415Index 421

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.

• Introduction 1Part I: Developing a Web Database Application Using PHP and MySQL 7Chapter 1: Introduction to PHP and MySQL 9Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Work Environment 21Chapter 3: Developing a Web Database Application 47Part II: MySQL Database 73Chapter 4: Building the Database 75Chapter 5: Protecting Your Data 111Part III: PHP 131Chapter 6: General PHP 133Chapter 7: PHP Building Blocks for Programs 165Chapter 8: Data In, Data Out 211Chapter 9: Moving Information from One Web Page to the Next 285Part IV: Applications 305Chapter 10: Putting It All Together 307Chapter 11: Building an Online Catalog 321Chapter 12: Building a Members Only Web Site 359Part V: The Part of Tens 387Chapter 13: Ten Things You Might Want to Do Using PHP Functions 389Chapter 14: Ten PHP Gotchas 397Part VI: Appendixes 403Appendix A: Installing PHP, MySQL, and Apache from XAMPP 405Appendix B: Configuring PHP 415Index 421