Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL

This is a comprehensive, practical guide for programmers who want to develop production-quality, database-enabled web applications with PHP and MySQL. Long-time developer Marc Wandschneider systematically addresses the entire process: not only coding, but also upfront application, user interface and database design, PLUS security, testing, and more.
You™ll walk through building three applications from start to finish: a calendaring system, a weblog engine, and an e-commerce store. Along the way, you™ll master essential strategies for creating robust web database applications and learn how to avoid the common pitfalls that trip up many developers moving to PHP and MySQL.

- Starts with a complete primer on PHP for developers"including coverage of code organization, reuse, and object-oriented PHP
- Contains detailed treatments of data access, including transactions, foreign keys, and indexes
- Presents powerful data validation techniques utilizing PHP regular expressions
- Walks through planning web applications, including user interfaces and user management
- Offers systematic guidance on securing web applications from end to end
- Covers a wide range of implementation issues"including internationalization, error handling, data validation, debugging, session management, and deployment
- Includes detailed chapters on XML, XML-based web services, and the PEAR framework for reusable PHP components
- Shows how to work with the Oracle and PostgreSQL databases

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