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PHP and MySQL Web Development - Second Edition - Luke Welling, Laura Thomson - 2003.

   This book will teach you how to create interactive Web sites from the simplest order form to complex secure e-commerce sites.What’s more, you’ll learn how to do it using Open Source technologies.  
   This book is aimed at readers who already know at least the basics of HTML and have done some programming in a modern programming language before, but have not necessarily programmed for the Internet or used a relational database. If you are a beginning programmer, you should still find this book useful, but it might take you a little longer to digest.We’ve tried not to leave out any basic concepts, but we do cover them at speed.The typical reader of this book is someone who wants to master PHP and MySQL for the purpose of building a large or commercial Web site.You might already be working in another Web development language; if so, this book should get you up to speed quickly.

MySQL Tutorial - Luke Welling, Laura Thomson - 2003.

   The MySQL Tutorial consists of a series of short, very concise chapters, each on a tightly targeted topic, with a task-oriented focus. Each chapter is written so it can be read in a single sitting and be easily digested. The main focus is on five key areas: installation and configuration, using MySQL, administering MySQL, optimizing MySQL, and MySQL's associated APIs. With 4 million installations and 27,000 downloads per day, MySQL continues to grow as one of the most widely used databases in the world. Now an enterprise-level database, MySQL features full support for transactions, integrating improvements that enhance MySQL's architectural foundation for building heavy-load commercial applications.

PHP and MySQL Web Development - Luke Welling, Laura Thomson - 2001.

   PHP & MySQL Web Development teaches the reader to develop dynamic, secure e-commerce Web sites and Web applications. The book shows how to integrate and implement these technologies by following real-world examples and working sample projects. It also covers the related technologies needed to build a commercial Web site such as SSL, shopping carts, and payment systems. The CD includes a Linux distribution, MySQL, PHP4 and utilities for the projects and code listings.