Lamp Programming for Professionals (With CD-Rom) 3rd Edition  (English, Paperback, Vaishali Shah, Sharanam Shah)

Designed for beginners, intermediate and professional developers, this book provides genuine domain knowledge to learn web based, application development, using Apache as the Web server, PHP as the programming language, MySQL as the data store, all mounted on the Linux OS. It delves deeply into the core of the MySQL and PHP providing a sound understanding of both.

This book also demonstrates a step-by-step guide to developing a few Web applications [using PHP 6 & MySQL 5.4 under Apache 2.2] which re-enforces all the learning that takes place throughout the book.

This book uses the learning by doing pattern with a lot of ready-to-use examples. This pattern has proven to be the best approach for learning a new technology. Most [if not all] of the concepts that you will find in this book are demonstrated using well described and easy to understand examples, yet sophisticated enough to demonstrate LAMP Programming in a real-world context.

Additionally, a special chapter covering the virtual installation of Linux is included. This provides an opportunity to create a Virtual LAMP Framework on MS Windows.

All About The L.A.M.P. Framework
Introduction to Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP. How the L.A.M.P. framework works.

Setting Up The L.A.M.P. Environment
Installing Cent OS, Apache, PHP and MySQL. Configuring the Development Environment.

Understanding The MySQL Database
Db Storage Engines, Db Administration, SQL Elements, Table Creation, Working With Table Data, Tables And Its Structure, Operators And Regular Expression, Grouping Data, Joins, Views, Functions, Data Constraints, Subquery, Union, Indexes, Stored Procedures, Transactions, Cursors

Understanding The PHP Language
Mixing PHP And HTML, Variables And Operators, Control Structures, Functions, Regular Expressions, Working With Database using MySQL, MySQLi and PDO, Cookies, Sessions, Object Oriented Programming, Debugging And Error Handling, Web Services Using SOAP

Application Development
Contact Management, RSS Widget, Newsletter Delivery System, Automatic Email Dispatcher, Programming Using The Model View Controller Architecture

Linux On Virtual Machine
Installing CentOS On Sun VirtualBox

Appendix
PHP MyAdmin - A web based MySQL Db Administration tool

CD-ROM & DVD Contents
Setup files for Apache Web Server 2.2.13, MySQL 5.4, PHP 6.0 [Development Snapshot], ICU 4.2.1, PHP 5.3 [Stable Release], phpMyAdmin 3.2.2. Video Footage covering LAMP Installation. Source code for the examples covered in this book.

About The Author
The author Sharanam Shah [www.sharanamshah.com] has 8+ years of IT experience as a Developer, Database Designer, Technical Writer, Systems Analyst and a Lead Architect. He currently consults with several software houses in Mumbai, India, to help them design and manage database application.

Vaishali Shah [www.vaishalishahonline.com], his wife, co-author and a Technical Writer by profession, has a rich experience of designing, developing and managing database systems.

Their desire to share the knowledge they’ve acquired over all these years working together and perhaps partially to keep it available and alive made them co-author and publish several books, most of them tightly focused on commercial application development using software tools.