PHP and MySQL Web Development

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This volume teaches the reader to develop dynamic, secure e-commerce Web sites and Web applications. PHP is a server side scripting language designed for web development. MySQL is a relational database management system. This book shows how to integrate these Open Source technologies, following real-world examples and working sample projects. It also covers the related technologies needed to build a commercial Web site such as SSL, shopping carts, and payment systems. The CD includes a Linux distribution, MySQL, PHP4 and code listings for the projects.

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About the author (2001)

Luke Welling and Laura Thomson are co-founders of Tangled Web Design, and recently won the CCH Emerging Technology award for a site they built using PHP. Both are teachers at RMIT University in Melbourne Australia, and have five years web design experience.

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