And you can use those skills to develop dynamic applications that will meet your special requirements. Here's some of what you'll find covered inside:

*Adding, deleting, and displaying data with a custom content-management system

*Building a template system with PHP

*Interacting with web services using PHP and MySQL

*Creating and managing a user system and a shopping cart

*Processing credit card payments using merchant accounts and third-party payment solutions

*Tracking site statistics using PHP and MySQL

*Enhancing your site with third-party scripts

Tons of examples, complete with explanations and supported by online source code, will speed your progress, whether you're a true beginner or already have PHP experience. This book is platform-agnostic, so it doesn't matter if you're deploying your site on Linux or Windows. You also get PHP and MySQL references, so you can quickly resolve questions about syntax and similar issues.