... CDs, and other
merchandise.
Why PHPand MySQL?
There are many database applications. I'd used Filemaker Pro for almost 15 years, and 4th Dimension (4D) for six years.
These applications ... name (separated by a space) anda thank-you closing line
(preceded by a paragraph code).
PHP retrieves data from MySQL
Now we'll create another HTML form to search the database. We'll ... documentation.
Now create a table in your database. Replace "tablename" with the name of your table.
CREATE TABLE tablename (
first_name VARCHAR (25),
last_name VARCHAR (25)...
... install both
Apache andPHP as components of every standard installation. That said, the version of PHP provided is a
little out-of-date, and you'll need to install the MySQL database as ... variables are separated in the query
string by an ampersand (
&
). You can pass even more variables by separating each
name
=
value
pair
from the next with an ampersand.
As before, we can use ... Formatting and Submission
Chapter 8
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MySQL Administration
Chapter 9
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Advanced SQL
Chapter 10
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Advanced PHP
Chapter 11
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Storing Binary Data in MySQL
Chapter 12
-
Cookies and Sessions in PHP
Appendix...
... obvious access
to the cart, and so on.
Database Design
Designing the database is a key step, largely because changes to the database
at a later date have far larger implications and potential complications ... project, and for being so pleasant and well organized.
Jay, for providing a top-notch technical review, anda couple of good jokes, to boot.
David and Myrna, for magically converting a handful of random ... loads, and potential security prob-
lems. Analyze your data to fi nd sales trends and places where you can make
improvements. In short, collect and examine as much information as you can.
And...
... request?
Nowadays sites have to change constantly and provide up-to-date news, information,
stock prices, and customized pages. PHPand SQL are two ways to make your site
dynamic.
PHP PHP is a robust, ... .phtml
AddType application/x-httpd -php- source .phps
Save your file and restart apache:
# /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl stop
# /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
Then test whether you have PHP installed ... and as you can see it contains the
name of the variable and its values. When PHP receives a query string like ?first=John
it automatically creates a variable named $first and assigns the value...
... let's create our first
database and see what we can do with it. Drop to console and type in the following command:
mysqladmin -uroot create learndb
This creates a database named "learndb" ... request?
Nowadays sites have to change constantly and provide up-to-date news, information,
stock prices, and customized pages. PHPand SQL are two ways to make your site
dynamic.
PHP PHP is a robust, ... tutorials
ibm.com/developerWorks
Create dynamic sites withPHP & MySQL Page 6
Section 5. Get a better view
Passing variables
Let's take a different view now and consider how information can be passed to another
PHP page....
... the integration of the Web services with the database might differ from
database to database, I use SQL, a standard language, so the examples usually
work with any database. When there are SQL ... (including PHPand MySQL) are also
available for Windows variants, for local practice and experimentation, this may
well be a great solution for many readers.
Recap
You are now well prepared. If ... was an expensive and technically challenging proposition.
However, the price and ease with which the domain can be registered and used
has reduced dramatically.
Domain names are centrally managed...
...
NULL
(which is a special type that has no value).
Regardless of what type you are creating,
all variable names in PHP follow certain
syntactical rules:
n
A variable’s name must start witha
dollar sign ... on a database,
but more and more of them do, particularly
as excellent database applications like
MySQL are available at little to no cost.
What is PHP?
PHP originally stood for “Personal ... sites, PHP is better, faster,
and easier to learn than the alternatives.
What you get withPHP is excellent
performance, a tight integration with
nearly every database available, stability,...
... This standard provides a means to insert, update, and query informa-
tion in the database by using an industry standard language. This standard
language is used across database products, and like ... Graphics, and
Texas Instruments.
MySQL is a full-featured database and uses open standards, such as the ANSI
SQL 99 standard, for communicating with databases with Structured Query Lan-
guage (SQL). ... < ?php and ?> tags is expected to be PHP, and the
<strong> tags are HTML (not PHP) .
Using Variables
Variables are the bread and butter of any programming language. A variable is a
small...
... lines opens a paragraph tag, and the second actually outputs the
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Practical PHPand MySQL
This chunk of code creates a new paragraph tag, and then a new SQL query to
select the
name field from ... withPHPand MySQL. Within each project
are pages and pages of source code that gradually build up each project. Although
you are more than welcome to sit there and carefully type each line as ... made available only to her. Pauline can add a new blog entry
to a specific category, or she can even add a new category. Pauline adds a new entry
and then realizes she made a mistake. Fortunately,...
... Manually
installing and configuring Apache andPHP is a good idea because it will familiarize you with the many
configuration options at your disposal, allowing you to ultimately wield greater ...
XAMPP (
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
), a free automated Apache installer that
includes, among other things, PHP, Perl, and MySQL. XAMPP is available for Linux and Windows, with ...
through MySQL s installation and configuration process. Next, you’ll learn
about MySQL s storage engines and datatypes, administration utilities, security
features, and data import/export facilities....