PHP5 and MySQL bible

1083 Pages·2004·15.973 MB·English

by  Tim Converse, Joyce Park, Clark Morgan

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PHP5 and
MySQL® Bible
Tim Converse and Joyce Park
with Clark Morgan
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PHP5 and
MySQL® Bible
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PHP5 and
MySQL® Bible
Tim Converse and Joyce Park
with Clark Morgan
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PHP5 and MySQL®Bible
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Copyright © 2004 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana
Published simultaneously in Canada
ISBN: 0-7645-5746-7
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About the Authors
Tim Conversehas written software to recommend neckties, answer questions about space
stations, pick value stocks, and make simulated breakfast. He has an M.S. in Computer
Science from the University of Chicago, where he taught several programming classes. He is
now an engineering manager in the Web search group at Yahoo!.
Joyce Parkhas an M.A. in history from the University of Chicago, and has worked for several
Silicon Valley startups including Epinions, KnowNow, and Friendster. She is a co-lead of the
Mod-pubsub Open Source project.
Clark Morgan is a Web application and educational software developer with more than five
years’ experience writing PHP. He works primarily with medical clients and related busi-
nesses. Originally from Boston, he now lives and works in Jacksonville, Florida, with his wife
and two children. Clark spends entirely too much of his free time reading other people’s com-
puter books.
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To our parents:
For their love, for their sacrifices,
and for letting us read a lot when we were kids.
—Tim Converse and Joyce Park
This, my first serious writing effort, is for my lifelong friend Bob, who pointed me in
this direction nearly ten years ago and then had the nerve to suggest I write about it.
—Clark Morgan