PHP and MySQL For Dummies

Written in the For Dummies friendly, easy-to-understand style, this book shows readers how to use the popular PHP Open Source scripting language with the popular Open Source MySQL database to build Web database applications. This new edition has been updated to reflect the changes in PHP 5 and the lastest version of MySQL. The author provides the basic techniques to build any Web database application and goes on to explain how to install the Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X versions of PHP and MySQL and includes two complete sample applications.