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Build interactive, data-driven websites with the potent combination of
open-source technologies and web standards, even if you have only basic bookisthata great
“This beginner's
introduces
MySQL & JavaScript
Learning PHP,
HTML knowledge. With this popular hands-on guide, you’ll tackle dynamic
web programming with the help of today’s core technologies: PHP, MySQL, several crucial web
JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, and HTML5. developer languages.
Explore each technology separately, learn how to use them together, and It's a quick-paced, easy-
pick up valuable web programming practices along the way. At the end of to-read, information-
the book, you’ll put everything together to build a fully functional social packed book that will
networking site, using XAMPP or any development stack you choose.
soon have you creating
■■ Learn PHP in-depth, along with the basics of object-oriented dynamically driven web-
programming sites, including a basic
■■
■■
Explore MySQL, from database structure to complex queries
Use the MySQLi Extension, PHP’s improved MySQL interface
social networking site. ”
—Albert Wiersch
developer of CSE HTML Validator
■■ Create dynamic PHP web pages that tailor themselves to
the user
■■ Manage cookies and sessions, and maintain a high level
of security
■■ Master the JavaScript language—and enhance it with jQuery
■■ Use Ajax calls for background browser/server communication
■■ Acquire CSS2 & CSS3 skills for professionally styling your
web pages
■■ Implement all of the new HTML5 features, including
geolocation, audio, video, and the canvas
Robin Nixon, an IT journalist who has written hundreds of articles and several
books on computing, has developed numerous websites using open source tools,
specializing in the technologies featured in this book. Robin has worked with and
written about computers since the early 1980s.
WEB DEVELOPMENT
Twitter: @oreillymedia Nixon
facebook.com/oreilly
US $49.99 CAN $52.99
ISBN: 978-1-491-91866-1
, FOURTH EDITION
Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript
With jQuery, CSS & HTML5
Robin Nixon
, Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript
With jQuery, CSS & HTML5
by Robin Nixon
Copyright © 2015 Robin Nixon. All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472.
O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are
also available for most titles (http://safaribooksonline.com). For more information, contact our corporate/
institutional sales department: 800-998-9938 or .
Editor: Andy Oram Indexer: Ellen Troutman
Production Editor: Nicole Shelby Interior Designer: David Futato
Copyeditor: Rachel Monaghan Cover Designer: Randy Comer
Proofreader: Sharon Wilkey Illustrator: Rebecca Demarest
December 2014: Fourth Edition
Revision History for the Fourth Edition
2014-11-21: First Release
See http://oreilly.com/catalog/errata.csp?isbn=9781491918661 for release details.
The O’Reilly logo is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript, the
cover image, and related trade dress are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc.
While the publisher and the author have used good faith efforts to ensure that the information and
instructions contained in this work are accurate, the publisher and the author disclaim all responsibility
for errors or omissions, including without limitation responsibility for damages resulting from the use of
or reliance on this work. Use of the information and instructions contained in this work is at your own
risk. If any code samples or other technology this work contains or describes is subject to open source
licenses or the intellectual property rights of others, it is your responsibility to ensure that your use
thereof complies with such licenses and/or rights.
978-1-491-91866-1
[LSI]
h
wi
Ed jQue
th
iti r y
on
Learning
PHP, MySQL
& JavaScript
WITH JQUERY, CSS & HTML5
Robin Nixon
,Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript
FOURTH EDITION
Build interactive, data-driven websites with the potent combination of
open-source technologies and web standards, even if you have only basic bookisthata great
“This beginner's
introduces
MySQL & JavaScript
Learning PHP,
HTML knowledge. With this popular hands-on guide, you’ll tackle dynamic
web programming with the help of today’s core technologies: PHP, MySQL, several crucial web
JavaScript, jQuery, CSS, and HTML5. developer languages.
Explore each technology separately, learn how to use them together, and It's a quick-paced, easy-
pick up valuable web programming practices along the way. At the end of to-read, information-
the book, you’ll put everything together to build a fully functional social packed book that will
networking site, using XAMPP or any development stack you choose.
soon have you creating
■■ Learn PHP in-depth, along with the basics of object-oriented dynamically driven web-
programming sites, including a basic
■■
■■
Explore MySQL, from database structure to complex queries
Use the MySQLi Extension, PHP’s improved MySQL interface
social networking site. ”
—Albert Wiersch
developer of CSE HTML Validator
■■ Create dynamic PHP web pages that tailor themselves to
the user
■■ Manage cookies and sessions, and maintain a high level
of security
■■ Master the JavaScript language—and enhance it with jQuery
■■ Use Ajax calls for background browser/server communication
■■ Acquire CSS2 & CSS3 skills for professionally styling your
web pages
■■ Implement all of the new HTML5 features, including
geolocation, audio, video, and the canvas
Robin Nixon, an IT journalist who has written hundreds of articles and several
books on computing, has developed numerous websites using open source tools,
specializing in the technologies featured in this book. Robin has worked with and
written about computers since the early 1980s.
WEB DEVELOPMENT
Twitter: @oreillymedia Nixon
facebook.com/oreilly
US $49.99 CAN $52.99
ISBN: 978-1-491-91866-1
, FOURTH EDITION
Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript
With jQuery, CSS & HTML5
Robin Nixon
, Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript
With jQuery, CSS & HTML5
by Robin Nixon
Copyright © 2015 Robin Nixon. All rights reserved.
Printed in the United States of America.
Published by O’Reilly Media, Inc., 1005 Gravenstein Highway North, Sebastopol, CA 95472.
O’Reilly books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. Online editions are
also available for most titles (http://safaribooksonline.com). For more information, contact our corporate/
institutional sales department: 800-998-9938 or .
Editor: Andy Oram Indexer: Ellen Troutman
Production Editor: Nicole Shelby Interior Designer: David Futato
Copyeditor: Rachel Monaghan Cover Designer: Randy Comer
Proofreader: Sharon Wilkey Illustrator: Rebecca Demarest
December 2014: Fourth Edition
Revision History for the Fourth Edition
2014-11-21: First Release
See http://oreilly.com/catalog/errata.csp?isbn=9781491918661 for release details.
The O’Reilly logo is a registered trademark of O’Reilly Media, Inc. Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript, the
cover image, and related trade dress are trademarks of O’Reilly Media, Inc.
While the publisher and the author have used good faith efforts to ensure that the information and
instructions contained in this work are accurate, the publisher and the author disclaim all responsibility
for errors or omissions, including without limitation responsibility for damages resulting from the use of
or reliance on this work. Use of the information and instructions contained in this work is at your own
risk. If any code samples or other technology this work contains or describes is subject to open source
licenses or the intellectual property rights of others, it is your responsibility to ensure that your use
thereof complies with such licenses and/or rights.
978-1-491-91866-1
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