Bacon J. Practical PHP and MySQL. Building Eight Dynamic Web Applications

Prentice Hall, 2006. — 527 p. — ISBN: 0-13-234743-1."Practical PHP and MySQL reflects Jono's commitment to the spirit of making open source subjects accessible to everyone. The book carefully walks you through the code for eight useful, dynamic Web applications. Projects are presented in a playful way, like the forum project that touts horror movies that make you 'hide behind the couch.'"
-From the Foreword by Christopher Negus, Series Editor, Negus Live Linux SeriesLeading open source author Jono Bacon teaches the core skills you’ll need to build virtually any application. You’ll discover how to connect with databases, upload content, perform cascading deletes, edit records, validate registrations, specify user security, create reusable components, use PEAR extensions, and even build Ajax applications.Working from complete examples on the CD-ROM, you’ll create.
Generic dynamic Web sites.
Blogs.
Discussion forums.
Shopping carts.
Auction sites.
Calendars.
FAQ systems.
Reusable components.
Content management systems.
News sites.