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PHP for Absolute Beginners
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PHP for Absolute Beginners

by Thomas Blom Hansen, Jason Lengstorf
August 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
256 pages
6h 48m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 6

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Working with Databases

Modern web sites are incredibly powerful, and much of this power derives from their ability to store information. Storing information allows developers to create highly customizable interactions between their software and its users, ranging from entry-based blogs and commenting systems to high-powered banking applications that handle sensitive transactions securely.

This chapter covers the basics of MySQL, a powerful, open source database. I also demonstrate an object-oriented approach to using MySQL in your PHP projects. Subjects covered include the following:

  • The basics of MySQL data storage
  • Manipulating data ...
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