Beginning PHP 5.3

Description

This book is intended for anyone starting out with PHP programming. If you ve previously worked in another programming language such as Java, C#, or Perl, you ll probably pick up the concepts in the earlier chapters quickly; however, the book assumes no prior experience of programming or of building Web applications. That said, because PHP is primarily a Web technology, it will help if you have at least some knowledge of other Web technologies, particularly HTML and CSS. Many Web applications make use of a database to store data, and this book contains three chapters on working with MySQL databases. Once again, if you re already familiar with databases in general ” and MySQL in particular ” you ll be able to fly through these chapters. However, even if you ve never touched a database before in your life, you should still be able to pick up a working knowledge by reading through these chapters. (Source: Google Books API)