English | 2014 | ISBN: 1491949465 | 786 Pages | PDF | 32.3 MB
The 3rd edition of the best-selling introduction to using PHP & MySQL to create dynamic, interactive websites – also includes coverage of JavaScript, CSS, and HTML5.
Learn how to build interactive, data-driven websites-even if you don’t have any previous programming experience. If you know how to build static sites with HTML, this popular guide will help you tackle dynamic web programming. You’ll get a thorough grounding in today’s core open source technologies: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, and now HTML5.
Explore each technology separately, learn how to combine them, and pick up valuable web programming concepts along the way, including objects, XHTML, cookies, and session management. This book provides review questions in each chapter to help you apply what you’ve learned.
Learn PHP essentials and the basics of object-oriented programming
Master MySQL, from database structure to complex queries
Create web pages with PHP and MySQL by integrating forms and other HTML, CSS, JavaScript and HTML5 features
Learn JavaScript fundamentals, from functions and event handling to accessing the Document Object Model
Pick up CSS and CSS3 basics for formatting and styling your web pages
Find out how to manipulate CSS properties directly from JavaScript
Turn your website into a highly dynamic environment with Ajax calls
Upload and manipulate files and images, validate user input, and secure your applications
Enhance your website with HTML5 audio, video and other multimedia and powerful features
Build a working example that brings all of these ingredients together