Core Web Application Development with PHP and MySQL

This book is targeted at people who need or want to write a web application. You might be a corporate developer looking to build an intranet application for your company or an Internet web application for customers. You might be a consultant helping a small business develop a web store, or just a hobbyist looking to learn more about web applications and write one of your own.

The assumption is that you have at least a passing familiarity with programming, although this book by no means expects you to be an expert. An understanding of basic programming constructs, such as variables and functions, and a basic understanding of HTML should be more than sufficient.

Because I knew next to nothing about databases when I started learning about web application programming, I likewise expect no more of the reader. This book covers databases from basic terminology and design to basic and advanced queries, with an appropriate balance between clear-and-simple instruction and interesting examples to help you in your development.