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The cost, stability and ease of development using the Open Source PHP scripting language and a MySQL database makes this combination the best choice for small and mid-size Web-based applications. This course MySQL/PHP Database Applications, demonstrates web-application development by presenting seven real, ready-to-use examples starting with a simple guess book and ending with a fully-functional e-commerce site with a shopping cart. Inexperienced users will learn the essentials of working with PHP and MySQL so they can start building and customizing database applications for the web right away.

Topics covered in this course include (but are not limited to) the following:

• MySQL database server
• The PHP server-side scripting language
• Matters of creating and querying databases
• Performing simple and advanced operations with PHP scripting
• Find out what MySQL offers and what it doesn't
• Get up to speed on normal forms and other MySQL basics
• Build MySQL tables with Structured Query Language
• Extract database information with MySQL selects and functions
• Work with PHP variables, control structures, and functions
• Get tips on writing good code and using object-oriented techniques
• Create simple applications: a guestbook and a survey
• Develop more sophisticated applications: a catalog, a content manager, a threaded discussion, a problem tracking system, and a shopping cart.
• Discover helpful appendixes on HTML forms, MySQL utilities, PHP functions, and more

The skills and knowledge gained in this course will help you to create interactive web pages with customized, dynamic content. You be able to create database applications which use the web browser as the GUI for queries and updates to the database.

To be successful in this course, you should have some background in the creation and use of HTML forms. HTML forms will be used to access the PHP pages.

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