PHP and MySQL®: Create-Modify-Reuse

Introduction

I'm especially amazed at how the Internet has grown and evolved over the past decade or so. It has grown from a collection of static text documents connected by a few hyperlinks to a platform for delivering rich, distributed applications. And when it comes time to develop these web-based applications, many programmers are choosing PHP and MySQL.

In this book, I present basic code for 12 PHP-powered projects that you can use and extend however you wish. I have tried to write them so the code can be easily reused in future applications, but in some instances the entire application can be reused as well!

I've enjoyed the opportunity to write and share with you this information and I hope you have just as much fun reading it and learning from it. More importantly, I hope you find good, practical uses for the projects found within this book.

Who This Book Is For

I present basic yet functional projects for you to implement and extend in any way you see fit. That very fact assumes you know the fundamentals of programming in PHP and general web development. This book is not a textbook. Still, you do not need to be an advanced PHP programmer to gain much by reading it. New programmers should find this book helpful as it will give them guidance in how to program different applications. The 12 projects may even serve to ignite their curiosity and spur them to write 12 more projects of their own. Intermediate and more experienced programmers will find this book helpful because ...