Developer

Discover the latest features and what's changed in PHP 5.5.

Learn the basics of PHP (including variables, logical expressions, loops, and functions), and discover how to connect to a MySQL database and develop a complete web application.

Use PEAR, PECL, and Composer to incorporate modular, reusable code in your PHP applications.

Learn how to ensure the data submitted to your web forms is complete, accurate, and nonmalicious with HTML5, JavaScript, jQuery, and PHP form processing and validation.

Shows how to integrate the principles of object-oriented programming into the build of a PHP-driven web page or application.

Learn the basics of building complex, data-driven applications with the Facebook PHP SDK and MySQL.

Describes how to install and configure Apache, MySQL, and PHP, known as the AMP stack, on a local development computer.

Demonstrates how to leverage PHP's built-in tools, as well as the Xdebug and Firebug extensions and FirePHP library to improve the quality of your code and reduce troubleshooting overhead.

Shows how to install the latest version of PHP, the popular web application server, and reviews the performance enhancements and language improvements in the 5.4 release.

Tours four open-source PHP frameworks, describing how to leverage each for developing basic applications.

Explains what PHP is and how it integrates with HTML; how to set up and configure a PHP development environment on both Windows and Mac OS X; and the features of the PHP language.

Shows how OOP techniques can streamline database queries, help manage sessions, and simplify user logins.

Teaches new and experienced web developers the steps for building dynamic, data-driven, interactive sites using PHP and MySQL.

Explains how to set up a complete web server on Windows; covers PHP 5, the Apache web server, and IIS.

Guides users through the process of installing MySQL 5 on Windows and getting a server running.