Beginning PHP5, Apache, and MySQL Web Development

819 Pages·2005·3.4 MB·English

by  Elizabeth Naramore

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Beginning PHP5, Apache, and
MySQL® Web Development
Elizabeth Naramore, Jason Gerner, Yann Le Scouarnec,
Jeremy Stolz, Michael K. Glass
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Beginning PHP5, Apache, and
MySQL® Web Development
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Beginning PHP5, Apache, and
MySQL® Web Development
Elizabeth Naramore, Jason Gerner, Yann Le Scouarnec,
Jeremy Stolz, Michael K. Glass
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Beginning PHP5, Apache, and MySQL® Web Development
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About the Authors
Elizabeth Naramore
Elizabeth graduated from Miami University (Ohio) with a degree in Organizational Behavior and has
been a Web developer since 1997. Her main focus is in e-commerce, but she develops sites across numer-
ous industries. She is currently a moderator at PHPBuilder.com, an online help center for PHP. She lives
in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and two children, and looks forward to someday returning to
Miami to get her Masters in Computer Science.
Thanks to my husband and soul mate who continues to be supportive of everything I do, and who
inspires me to always do a little better. Thanks to my children who make me understand the importance
of looking outside the box and keeping my sense of humor, and for making me proud to be a mom. Also,
thank you to Debra for always keeping us on track, and for having faith in us.
Jason “goldbug” Gerner
Jason currently spends his days working as a Web developer in Cincinnati and burns free time com-
plaining about lack of support for Web standards and abusing XML. He can often be found lurking in
the PHPBuilder.com discussion forums, waiting to chime in with nagging comments about CSS or code
efficiency.
Yann “Bunkermaster” Le Scouarnec
Yann is the senior developer for Jolt Online Gaming, a British gaming company. He is a moderator at
PHPBuilder.com and a developer of open source PHPsoftware for the gaming community. He has also
worked for major software corporations as a software quality expert.
I thank all the innocent bystanders who got pushed around because of this project: Debra and Nancy,
who were patient enough not to have homicidal thoughts; and my wife and kids, who barely saw me for
six months.
Jeremy “stolzyboy” Stolz
Jeremy is a Web Developer at J&M Companies, Inc. (www.jmcompanies.com), a print company in Fargo,
North Dakota. Jeremy is primarily a PHP/MySQLdeveloper, but he has also worked with many other
languages. When not working, he frequents the Internet and tries to keep his programming skills sharp
and up to date. He is a contributor to and moderator at PHPBuilder.com.
I’d like to thank my wife, my baby daughter, and the rest of my family for being patient with me while working on
this project.
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Michael “BuzzLY” Glass
Michael Glass has been a gladiator in the software/Web site development arena for more than eight
years. He has more than ten years of commercial programming experience with a wide variety of tech-
nologies, including PHP, Java, Lotus Domino, and Vignette StoryServer. He divides his time between
computer programming, playing pool in the APA, and running his Web site at www.ultimatespin.com.
You can usually find him slinking around on the PHPBuilder.com forums, where he is a moderator with
the nickname BuzzLY.
Thanks, Staci, for putting up with long and late hours at the computer. Elizabeth and Jason,
it wouldn’t have been the same project without you two. And thanks to my code testers at
www.ultimatespin.com: Spidon, Kaine, Garmy, Spidermanalf, Ping, Webhead, and FancyDan. You
guys rock!
To Donna and Gerry, who have influenced my life more than they can ever know, and who taught me
the importance of finishing what you’ve started.
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