PHP and MySQL® Web Development, Fifth Edition

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Introduction

Welcome to PHP and MySQL Web Development. Within its pages, you will find distilled knowledge from our experiences using PHP and MySQL, two of the most important and widely used web development tools around.

Key topics covered in this introduction include

Why you should read this book

What you will be able to achieve using this book

What PHP and MySQL are and why they’re great

What’s changed in the latest versions of PHP and MySQL ...

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