Web Database Applications with PHP, and MySQL

Middle Tier Resources

This section lists resources that contain more information on the Apache web server, web performance tuning, networking, PHP programming, and third-party PHP add-ons including Integrated Development Environments (IDEs), script optimization tools, and commercially supported installation packages.

Web Server and Web Technology Resources

More information on the Apache web server can be found in the following resources:

• The local documentation installed with the Apache web server. After following the Apache installation instructions in Appendix A, the Apache manual is accessible as http://localhost/manual/.

• The Apache HTTP Server web site: http://httpd.apache.org.

• Apache: The Definitive Guide, B. Laurie and P. Laurie (O’Reilly). Oriented around the directives that can be used in the httpd.conf file.

More information on web servers, web performance tuning, and web performance modeling and traffic characteristics can be found in the following resources:

• Web Performance Tuning, P. Killelea (O’Reilly).

• Capacity Planning for Web Performance: Metrics, Models, and Methods, D. A. Menascé and V. A. F. Almeida (Prentice-Hall).

Here are some good background books that cover a range of topics in the middle tier, focusing on web servers and web technology, but are slightly out of date:

• How to Set Up and Maintain a Web Site, L.D. Stein (Addison Wesley).

• Web Server Technology: The Advanced Guide for World Wide Web Information Providers, N.J. Yeager and R. E. McGrath (Morgan ...