If you know how to build websites with CSS and JavaScript, this book takes you to the next level - creating dynamic, database-driven websites with PHP and MySQL. Learn how to interact with your website visitors via forms, cookies, database queries, and content management. Through step-by-step tutorials, real-world examples, and lively, jargon-free explanations, you'll quickly discover the power of server-side programming. * Build your first PHP script and web form in the first chapter * Get up to speed on PHP and SQL syntax quickly and easily * Work with timesaving tools such as phpMyAdmin and PEAR * Learn how to build a good database, and avoid common pitfalls * Write smarter code with functions * Keep your visitors' data secure * Acquire the tools to fix things that go wrong

Brett McLaughlin has become one of the most well-known authors and programmers in the Java and XML communities. He's worked for Nextel Communications, implementing complex enterprise systems, at Lutris Technologies, actually writing application servers, and most recently at O'Reilly Media, Inc., where he continues to write and edit books that matter. His most recent book, "Java 5.0 Tiger: A Developer's Notebook", was the first book available on the newest version of Java, and his classic Java and XML remains one of the definitive works on using XML technologies in Java.