Given the size
of this book, it??™s probably apparent that I attempted to squeeze out every last drop of
such practicality from the subject matter. That said, if you??™re interested in gaining
practical and comprehensive insight into the PHP programming language and MySQL
database server, and how these prominent technologies can be used together to create
dynamic, database-driven Web applications, this book is for you.
The feverish work of the respective PHP and MySQL communities prompted this
new edition, and with it considerable changes over the previous edition. In addition
to updating the material to reflect features found in PHP 6 and the latest MySQL releases,
two new chapters have been added. Chapter 23 shows you how to create Web sites for
the world by taking advantage of open source internationalization and localization
tools. Chapter 24 introduces the popular Zend Framework, a great solution for building
powerful Web applications. Furthermore, all existing chapters have been carefully
revised, and in some cases heavily modified, to both update and improve upon the
previous edition??™s material.
If you??™re new to PHP, I recommend beginning with Chapter 1, because gaining the
fundamental knowledge presented therein will be of considerable benefit to you when
you??™re reading later chapters. If you know PHP but are new to MySQL, consider beginning
with Chapter 25.
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