Beginning PHP 6, Apache, MySQL 6 Web Development

1. Configuring Your Installation.2. Creating PHP Pages Using PHP6.3. Using PHP6 with MySQL.4. Using Tables to Display Data.5. Form Elements: Letting the User Work with Data.6. Letting the User Edit the Database.7. Manipulating and Creating Images with PHP.8. Validating User Input.9. Handling and Avoiding Errors.10. Building Databases.11. Sending Email.12. User Logins, Profiles, and Personalization.13. Building a Content Management System.14. Mailing Lists.15. Online Stores.16. Creating a Bulletin Board System.17. Using Log Files to Improve Your Site.18. Troubleshooting.Appendix A. Answers to Exercises.Appendix B. PHP Quick Reference.Appendix C. PHP 6 Functions.Appendix D. MySQL Data Types.Appendix E. MySQL Quick Reference.Appendix F. Comparison of Text Editors.Appendix G. Choosing a Third Party Host.Appendix H. An Introduction to PEAR.Appendix I. AMP Installation.Index.

Timothy Boronczyk is a native of Syracuse, New York, where he works as a programmer by day and a freelance developer, writer, and technical editor by night. He has been involved in web design since 1998, and over the years has written several articles on PHP programming and various design topics, as well as the book PHP and MySQL: Create - Modify - Reuse (Wrox). Timothy holds a degree in software application programming, is a Zend Certified Engineer, and recently started his first business venture, Salt City Tech ( www.saltcitytech.com ). In his spare time, he enjoys photography, hanging out with friends, and sleeping with his feet hanging off the end of his bed. He ' s easily distracted by shiny objects.

Elizabeth Naramore graduated from Miami University (Ohio) with a degree in organizational behavior and has been a web developer since 1997. Her main focus is in e - commerce, but she develops sites across numerous industries. She is currently a moderator at PHPBuilder.com, an online help center for PHP. She lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her husband and two children, and looks forward to someday returning to Miami U. to get her masters in computer science.

Jason "Goldbug" Gerner currently spends his days working as a web developer in Cincinnati and burns free time complaining about lack of support for web standards and abusing XML. He can often be found lurking in the PHPBuilder.com discussion forums, waiting to chime in with nagging comments about CSS or code efficiency.

Yann "Bunkermaster" Le Scouarnec is the senior developer for Jolt Online Gaming, a British gaming company. He is a moderator at PHPBuilder.com and a developer of open source PHP software for the gaming community. He has also worked for major software corporations as a software quality expert.

Jeremy "Stolzyboy" Stolz is a web developer at J & M Companies, Inc. ( www.jmcompanies.com ), a print company in Fargo, North Dakota. Jeremy is primarily a PHP/MySQL developer, but he has also