作者：Robin Nixon
出版日期：July 22, 2009
出版社：O'Reilly
页数：526
ISBN：ISBN-10: 0596157134 ISBN-13: 978-0596157135
文件格式：PDF


Product Description
If you know HTML, this guide will have you building interactivewebsites quickly. You’ll learn how to create responsive, data-drivenwebsites with PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript, regardless of whether youalready know how to program. Discover how the powerful combination ofPHP and MySQL provides an easy way to build modern websites completewith dynamic data and user interaction. You’ll also learn how to addJavaScript to create rich Internet applications and websites.
Learning PHP, MySQL, and JavaScript explains eachtechnology separately, shows you how to combine them, and introducesvaluable web programming concepts, including objects, XHTML, cookies,and session management. You’ll practice what you’ve learned with reviewquestions in each chapter, and find a sample social networking platformbuilt with the elements introduced in this book.
This book will help you:
Understand PHP essentials and the basics of object-oriented programmingMaster MySQL, from database structure to complex queriesCreate web pages with PHP and MySQL by integrating forms and other HTML featuresLearn about JavaScript, from functions and event handling to accessing the Document Object ModelUse libraries and packages, including the Smarty web templatesystem, PEAR program repository, and the Yahoo! User Interface LibraryMake Ajax calls and turn your website into a highly dynamic environmentUpload and manipulate files and images, validate user input, and secure your applicationsAbout the Author
Robin Nixon has worked with and written about computers since the early1980s (his first computer was a Tandy TRS 80 Model 1 with a massive 4KBof RAM!). During this time he has written in excess of 500 articles formany of the UK’s top computer magazines. Learning PHP, MySQL &JavaScript is his third book.
Robin started his computing career in the Cheshire homes fordisabled people, where he was responsible for setting up computer roomsin a number of residential homes, and for evaluating and tailoringhardware and software so that disabled people could use the newtechnology–sometimes by means of only a single switch operated by mouthor finger.
After writing articles for computer magazines about his work withdisabled people, he eventually worked full time for one of thecountry’s main IT magazine publishers, where he held several rolesincluding editorial, promotions, and cover disc editing.
With the dawn of the Internet in the 1990s, Robin branched out intodeveloping websites. One of these presented the world’s first radiostation licensed by the music copyright holders, and was featured inseveral news reports on TV and radio networks in the United Kingdom. Inorder to enable people to continue to surf while listening, Robin alsodeveloped the first known pop-up windows.
Robin lives on the southeast coast of England with his wife Julie, atrained nurse, and five children, where he also finds time to fosterthree disabled children, as well as working full time from home as atechnical author.