Meet these challenges and more head-on! Author Marc Rochkind shows how to begin a project right, with a clear contract and set of written requirements. You’ll learn about project organization, setting up a solid development environment, connecting with client personnel. Database design is essential, and Expert PHP and MySQL has you covered with guidance on creating a sound model and database, and on pushing functionality into the database as appropriate; not everything should be done in PHP.
Error handling is covered at both the PHP and MySQL levels. Application structure is covered. Guidance is provided on reporting. And finally there is conversion. In Expert PHP and MySQL you’ll explore the following:
The popular and widely used combination of PHP and MySQL
Commercial-grade application of language and database features
Human factors such as planning and organization
Organizing a project to meet requirements and satisfy the customer
Structuring an application for efficient development and future modification
Coding PHP for productivity, reliability, security
Generating online, downloadable, and printed reports
Converting existing data to the new application
What you’ll learn
Organize a project to meet requirements and satisfy the customer.
Structure an application for efficient development and future modification.
Design a database to model the business and support the application.
Code PHP for productivity, reliability, security.
Generate online, downloadable, and printed reports.
Convert existing data to the new application.
Who this book is for
Expert PHP and MySQL is aimed at programmers competent in PHP and MySQL. Readers should know the mechanics of the language and the database, and have a desire to learn to build commercial systems that will stand the test of time and reliably deliver on customer needs.
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