Introduction 1Section A Basic Programming Instructions 17Chapter 1 Variables, Expressions & Operators 29Chapter 2 Control Structures 67Chapter 3 Functions 103Chapter 4 Objects & Classes 143Section B Dynamic Web Pages 177Chapter 5 Built-In Functions 201Chapter 6 Getting Data From Browsers 231Chapter 7 Images & Files 285Chapter 8 Dates & Times 309Chapter 9 Cookies & Sessions 329Chapter 10 Error Handling 349Section C Database Driven Websites 381Chapter 11 Structured Query Language 397Chapter 12 Get & Show Data From a Database 433Chapter 13 Updating Data in a Database 483Section D Extending the Sample Application 521Chapter 14 Refactoring & Dependency Injection 533Chapter 15 Namespaces & Libraries 557Chapter 16 Membership 603Chapter 17 Adding Functionality 633Index 662Code download: http://phpandmysql.com
Jon Duckett is the world-wide best-selling author of HTML& CSS: Design and Build Websites and JavaScript & JQuery: Interactive Front-End Web Development. His books have sold more than 400,000 copies in English and been translated into 10 languages. His "nicer way to learn" features a high-visual breakdown of code and concepts. LifeHacker called JavaScript & jQuery "the most elegant, visually engaging book you can learn JavaScript from." When he's not writing best-selling books, Jon has spent the last 15 years designing and building websites for companies ranging from small startups to globally recognized brands.