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There are many reasons for serving up dynamic content from a web site: to offer an online shopping site, create customized information pages for users, or just manage a large volume of content through a database. Anyone with a modest knowledge of HTML and web site management can learn to create dynamic content through the PHP programming language and the MySQL database. This book gives you the background and tools to do the job safely and reliably.Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL, Second Edition thoroughly reflects the needs of real-world applications. It goes into detail on such practical issues as validating input (do you know what a proper credit card number looks like?), logging in users, and using templatesto give your dynamic web pages a standard look.But this book goes even further. It shows how JavaScript and PHP can be used in tandem to make a user's experience faster and more pleasant. It shows the correct way to handle errors in user input so that a site looks professional. It introduces the vast collection of powerful tools available in the PEAR repository and shows how to use some of the most popular tools.Even while it serves as an introduction to new programmers, the book does not omit critical tasks that web sites require. For instance, every site that allows updates must handle the possibility of multiple users accessing data at the same time. This book explains how to solve the problem in detail with locking.Through a sophisticated sample application—Hugh and Dave's Wine Store—all the important techniques of dynamic content are introduced. Good design is emphasized, such as dividing logic from presentation. The book introduces PHP 5 and MySQL 4.1 features, while providing techniques that can be used on older versions of the software that are still in widespread use.This new edition has been redesigned around the rich offerings of PEAR. Several of these, including the Template package and the database-independent query API, are fully integrated into examples and thoroughly described in the text. Topics include:
Preface;
What This Book Is About;
What You Need to Know;
How This Book Is Organized;
How to Use This Book;
Conventions Used in This Book;
Using Code Examples;
How to Contact Us;
Web Site and Code Examples;
Acknowledgments;
Chapter 1: Database Applications and the Web;
1.1 The Web;
1.2 Three-Tier Architectures;
Chapter 2: The PHP Scripting Language;
2.1 Introducing PHP;
2.2 Conditions and Branches;
2.3 Loops;
2.4 Functions;
2.5 Working with Types;
2.6 User-Defined Functions;
2.7 A Working Example;
Chapter 3: Arrays, Strings, and Advanced Data Manipulation in PHP;
3.1 Arrays;
3.2 Strings;
3.3 Regular Expressions;
3.4 Dates and Times;
3.5 Integers and Floats;
Chapter 4: Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with PHP 5;
4.1 Classes and Objects;
4.2 Inheritance;
4.3 Throwing and Catching Exceptions;
Chapter 5: SQL and MySQL;
5.1 Database Basics;
5.2 MySQL Command Interpreter;
5.3 Managing Databases and Tables;
5.4 Inserting, Updating, and Deleting Data;
5.5 Querying with SQL SELECT;
5.6 Join Queries;
5.7 Case Study: Adding a New Wine;
Chapter 6: Querying Web Databases;
6.1 Querying a MySQL Database Using PHP;
6.2 Processing User Input;
6.3 MySQL Function Reference;
Chapter 7: PEAR;
7.1 Overview;
7.2 Core Components;
7.3 Packages;
Chapter 8: Writing to Web Databases;
8.1 Database Inserts, Updates, and Deletes;
8.2 Issues in Writing Data to Databases;
Chapter 9: Validation with PHP and JavaScript;
9.1 Validation and Error Reporting Principles;
9.2 Server-Side Validation with PHP;
9.3 JavaScript and Client-Side Validation;
Chapter 10: Sessions;
10.1 Introducing Session Management;
10.2 PHP Session Management;
10.3 Case Study: Using Sessions in Validation;
10.4 When to Use Sessions;
10.5 PHP Session API and Configuration;
Chapter 11: Authentication and Security;
11.1 HTTP Authentication;
11.2 HTTP Authentication with PHP;
11.3 Form-Based Authentication;
11.4 Protecting Data on the Web;
Chapter 12: Errors, Debugging, and Deployment;
12.1 Errors;
12.2 Common Programming Errors;
12.3 Custom Error Handlers;
Chapter 13: Reporting;
13.1 Creating a Report;
13.2 Producing PDF;
13.3 PDF-PHP Reference;
Chapter 14: Advanced Features of Object-Oriented Programming in PHP 5;
14.1 Working with Class Hierarchies;
14.2 Class Type Hints;
14.3 Abstract Classes and Interfaces;
14.4 Freight Calculator Example;
Chapter 15: Advanced SQL;
15.1 Exploring with SHOW;
15.2 Advanced Querying;
15.3 Manipulating Data and Databases;
15.4 Functions;
15.5 Automating Querying;
15.6 Table Types;
15.7 Backup and Recovery;
15.8 Managing Users and Privileges;
15.9 Tuning MySQL;
Chapter 16: Hugh and Dave's Online Wines:A Case Study;
16.1 Functional and System Requirements;
16.2 Application Overview;
16.3 Common Components;
Chapter 17: Managing Customers;
17.1 Code Overview;
17.2 Customer Validation;
17.3 The Customer Form;
Chapter 18: The Shopping Cart;
18.1 Code Overview;
18.2 The Winestore Home Page;
18.3 The Shopping Cart Implementation;
Chapter 19: Ordering and Shipping at the Online Winestore;
19.1 Code Overview;
19.2 Credit Card and Shipping Instructions;
19.3 Finalizing Orders;
19.4 HTML and Email Receipts;
Chapter 20: Searching and Authentication in the Online Winestore;
20.1 Code Overview;
20.2 Searching and Browsing;
20.3 Authentication;
Appendix A: Linux Installation Guide;
A.1 Finding Out What's Installed;
A.2 Installation Overview;
A.3 Installing MySQL;
A.4 Installing Apache;
A.5 Installing PHP;
A.6 What's Needed for This Book;
Appendix B: Microsoft Windows Installation Guide;
B.1 Installation Overview;
B.2 Installing with EasyPHP;
B.3 What's Needed for This Book;
Appendix C: Mac OS X Installation Guide;
C.1 Getting Started;
C.2 Installing MySQL;
C.3 Setting Up Apache and PHP;
C.4 What's Needed for This Book;
Appendix D: Web Protocols;
D.1 Network Basics;
D.2 Hypertext Transfer Protocol;
Appendix E: Modeling and Designing Relational Databases;
E.1 The Relational Model;
E.2 Entity-Relationship Modeling;
Appendix F: Managing Sessions in theDatabase Tier;
F.1 Using a Database to Keep State;
F.2 PHP Session Management;
F.3 MySQL Session Store;
Appendix G: Resources;
G.1 Client Tier Resources;
G.2 Middle-Tier Resources;
G.3 Database Tier Resources;
G.4 Security and Cryptography Resources;
Appendix H: The Improved MySQL Library;
H.1 New Features;
H.2 Getting Started;
H.3 Using the New Features;
Colophon;
First of all I should admit again, I am a total PHP newb. However, thanks to this book I feel I can start doing some really ... really, really, cool stuff with PHP and MySQL. I use Joomla!, and I am happy with ... but now when it comes to making changes I am going to have a much firmer grasp on what is going on. Thanks O'Reilly. I really love your books!!
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Overview
There are many reasons for serving up dynamic content from a web site: to offer an online shopping site, create customized information pages for users, or just manage a large volume of content through a database. Anyone with a modest knowledge of HTML and web site management can learn to create dynamic content through the PHP programming language and the MySQL database. This book gives you the background and tools to do the job safely and reliably.Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL, Second Edition ...