PHP & MySQL For Dummies
Chapter One
Introduction to PHP and MySQL
In This Chapter
* Finding out what a Web database application is
* Discovering how MySQL works
* Taking a look at PHP
* Finding out how PHP and MySQL work together
So you need to develop an interactive Web site. Perhaps your boss just
put you in charge of the company's online product catalog. Or you want
to develop your own Web business. Or your sister wants to sell her paintings
online. Or you volunteered to put up a Web site open only to members of
your circus acrobats' association. Whatever your motivation might be, you
can see that the application needs to store information (such as information
about products or member passwords), thus requiring a database. You can
see also that the application needs to interact dynamically with the user; for
instance, the user selects a product to view or enters membership information.
This type of Web site is a Web database application.
I assume that you've created static Web pages before, using HTML (HyperText
Markup Language), b ... read full excerpt from PHP & MySQL For Dummies ebook
