Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript : with jQuery, CSS & HTML5 / Robin Nixon.

Includes index.

1. Introduction to dynamic web content -- 2. Setting up a development server -- 3. Introduction to PHP -- 4. Expressions and control flow in PHP -- 5. PHP functions and objects -- 6. PHP arrays -- 7. Practical PHP -- 8. Introduction to MySQL -- 9. Mastering MySQL -- 10. Accessing MySQL using PHP -- 11. Form handling -- 12. Cookies, sessions, and authentication -- 13. Exploring JavaScript -- 14. Expressions and control flow in JavaScript -- 15. JavaScript functions, objects, and arrays -- 16. JavaScript and PHP validation and error handling -- 17. Using Ajax -- 18. Introduction to CSS -- 19. Advanced CSS with CSS3 -- 20. Accessing CSS from JavaScript -- 21. Introduction to jQuery -- 22. Introduction to HTML5 -- 23. The HTML5 canvas -- 24. HTML5 audio and video -- 25. Other HTML5 features -- 26. Bringing it all together -- A. Solutions to the chapter questions -- B. Online resources -- C. MySQL's FULLTEXT stopwords -- D. MySQL functions -- E. jQuery selectors, objects, and methods.

A guide to PHP essentials and the basics of object-oriented programming. Learn how to master MySQL, from database structure to complex queries; create web pages with PHP and MySQL by integrating forms and other HTML features; learn about JavaScript, from functions and event handling to accessing the Document Object Model; use libraries and packages, including the Smarty web template system, PEAR program repository, and the Yahoo User Interface Library; make Ajax calls and turn your website into a highly dynamic environment; and upload and manipulate files and images, validate user input, and secure your applications.