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Murach's PHP And MySQL is a valuable handbook for all those looking to gain a complete know-how and understanding of PHP and MySQL, as a means of enhancing their web development skills. Summary Of The Book The modern web is flooded with PHP pages, with more than a million websites being written in PHP, using MySQL as their databases. This growing use and popularity of PHP and MySQL have made it practically imperative for all web developers to update themselves on their know-how, to avoid getting left behind in an ever changing and highly competitive web world. Keeping in mind the rising demand for developers, well trained in web based technologies such as PHP and MySQL, Murach's PHP And MySQL compiles in one book, all one needs to know, for mastering both PHP and MySQL, serving as a comprehensive guide and reference book for web developers. This book is packed with information on various aspects of web development, helping readers enhance their skills at different levels. It teaches them all the requisite skills for developing different types of database-driven websites, making use of MySQL and PHP to the fullest. The benefits that readers can gain from this book range from the most basic, to the highly complex, and include, learning how to, create and design a database, develop, test, and debug PHP Applications, handle exceptions, work with login forms, arrays, cookies and sessions, functions, objects, and regular expressions. Murach's PHP And MySQL also imparts certain advanced web skills including, how to use SSL and secure connections, validate data, authenticate users, access content from other websites such as Youtube, send emails, and upload files. It comprehensively covers all aspects of mastering the PHP language, the MySQL database, the SQL statements for MySQL, the MVC pattern, the PDO, mysqli extensions, and how an eCommerce website works. Murach's PHP And MySQL comprises 24 chapters divided into 4 sections that are entitled, Get started fast with PHP and MySQL, Master PHP programming, Master MySQL programming, and Master the advanced skills for building web sites. The topics covered, gradually increase in complexity, with exercises provided for practise in every chapter. The book is designed in an interesting format, with the subject matter being presented in "paired pages", the vital guidelines, examples, and syntax, on the right page, and the extra explanation and perspective, on the left side of the book. Finally, the appendices provided in the book enable readers to download free codes for PHP and MySQL, letting them put their newly learned skills into context, and eventually create their own database-driven web sites. About The Authors Joel Murach works for his father’s technical publishing company known as Mike Murach & Associates, established in 1974. He has written several books on computer programming including, Murach’s Android Programming, Murach's Java Servlets And JSP, Murach's Oracle SQL and PL/SQL, and Murach's C# 2008: Training & Reference. He has been editing and writing technical books for more than a decade. His interests range from programming and web surfing, to songwriting. He writes in-depth on Java, database, .NET, and web technologies. Ray Harris, the co-author of this book, has also written Murach's JavaScript and DOM Scripting.