Head First series of books give us the impression of fun, many illustrations, easy to understand, and fascinating. Reading Head First books just like listening to a cool teacher in class, which will make you are eager to learn.

Head First PHP & MySQL does not involves too much grammar of PHP and MySQL, so it is very suitable for readers who has no programming basis or has not a clear concept for websites based on database. As long as write codes following examples, you will reap no little benefit. When getting started you can get some professional PHP and MySQL books to learn for advancement.

Of course, after all both PHP and MySQL belong to the advanced technology of front-end web design, so that needs you have some HTML and CSS basis at least.

Table Of Contents

  • 1. Add Life to your Static Pages: It’s Alive
  • 2. Connecting to MySQL: How it fits together
  • 3. Create and Populate a Database: Creating your own data
  • 4. Realistic and Practical Applications: Your Application on the Web
  • 5. Working with Data Stored in Files: When a database just isn’t enough
  • 6. Securing your Application: Assume they’re all out to get you
  • 7. building personalized web apps: Remember me?
  • 8. Eliminate Duplicate Code: Sharing is caring
  • 9. Control your Data, Control your World: Harvesting data
  • 10. String and Custom Functions: Better living through functions
  • 11. Regular Expressions: Rules for replacement
  • 12. Visualizing your Data... and More!: Drawing dynamic graphics
  • 13. Syndication and Web Services: Interfacing to the world
  • A. Leftovers: The Top Ten Topics (we didn’t cover)
  • B. Set up a Development Environment: A place to play
  • C. Extend your PHP: Get even more

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