PHP, MYSQL and Apache Server by Prof. Shashi Banzal

This book steadily guides you from the world of PHP 4 to PHP 5, covering what's completely new, what's received an overhaul, and what's just slightly different enough to slip you up. Instead, Upgrading to PHP 5 shows you a complete collection of detailed examples covering all the latest and greatest features of PHP 5. Besides showing off PHP 5, this book also eases your migration from PHP 4 to PHP 5. Upgrading to PHP 5 explains the logic behind the changes and shows how you can take advantage of them to the benefit of your code.

Finally, it provides an address book program. This concrete example combines the new features of PHP 5, demonstrating their usefulness in the context of a complete application. The address book shows you exactly how PHP 5 makes it faster and easier to develop more powerful and flexible web applications.The book teaches the reader to install, configure and set up the PHP scripting language, the MySQL database system, and the Apache Web server.

By the end of this book the reader will understand how these technologies work, and -- more importantly -- how they can work together to create a dynamic website. After creating a simple Web site using these tools, the reader will be able to manage a simple mailing list, and to create an online address book, shopping cart, and  storefront. The book also teaches the reader how to fine tune Apache and MySQL, and covers simple Web server security. It is a quick, easy-to-understand introduction to create dynamic websites with PHP 5, the latest version of this popular programming language. It teaches the reader how to create dynamic Web applications and set-up a secure PHP.