Php, MySQL, JavaScript and HTML5 all-in-one for dummies : a Wiley brand / Steve Suehring and Janet Valade.

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PHP, MySQL, JavaScript & HTML5 All-In-One For Dummies; About the Authors; Dedication; Authors' Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Book I: Getting Started with PHP & MySQL; Chapter 1: Understanding the Languages of the Web; Understanding How the Web Works; Understanding Web Page Languages; Understanding the Language of Web Servers; Choosing How You Want to Develop. Setting Up Your Local Computer for Development; Chapter 2: Installing a Web Server; Testing Your Web Server; Obtaining Apache; Installing Apache; Starting and Stopping Apache; Getting Information from Apache; Configuring Apache; Chapter 3: Installing PHP; Checking the PHP Installation; Obtaining PHP; Installing PHP; Configuring Your Web Server for PHP; Configuring PHP; Testing PHP; Troubleshooting; Chapter 4: Setting Up MySQL; Checking the MySQL Installation; Obtaining MySQL; Installing MySQL; Configuring MySQL; Starting and Stopping the MySQL Server; Testing MySQL; Troubleshooting MySQL. The MySQL Administration Program activating MySQL Support; Troubleshooting PHP and MySQL; Chapter 5: Setting Up Your Web Development Environment with the XAMPP Package; Obtaining XAMPP; Installing XAMPP; Using the XAMPP Control Panel; Testing Your Development Environment; Configuring Your Development Environment; Uninstalling and Reinstalling XAMPP; Troubleshooting; Book II: HTML and CSS; Chapter 1: Creating a Basic Page with HTML; Understanding the HTML Building Blocks; Sections of an HTML Document; Creating Good HTML; Practicing Creating a Table. Includes Links and Images on Your Web Page writing Valid HTML; Validating Your HTML; Chapter 2: Adding Style with CSS; Discovering What CSS Can and Can't Do for Your Web Page; Connecting CSS to a Page; Targeting Styles; Changing Fonts; Adding Borders; Changing List Styles; Adding a Background; Creating Page Layouts; Adding Headers and Footers to a Page; Chapter 3: Creating and Styling Web Forms; Using Web Forms to Get Information; Creating a Form; Using CSS to Align Form Fields; Book III: JavaScript; Chapter 1: Understanding JavaScript Basics. Viewing the World of JavaScript; Examining the Ways to Add JavaScript to a Page; Chapter 2: Building a JavaScript Program; Getting Started with JavaScript Programming; Testing Things with Conditionals; Performing Actions Multiple Times with Loops; Using Functions to Avoid Repeating Yourself; Objects in Brief; Working with HTML Documents; Working with Web Browsers; Chapter 3: Adding jQuery; jQuery Introduced; Installing jQuery; Adding jQuery to a Page; Incorporating the jQuery ready() Function; Selecting Elements with jQuery; Working with HTML Using jQuery; Changing Attributes and Styles.

PHP, JavaScript, and HTML5 are essential programming languages for creating dynamic websites that work with the MySQL database. PHP and MySQL provide a robust, easy-to-learn, open-source solution for creating superb e-commerce sites and content management. JavaScript and HTML5 add support for the most current multimedia effects. This one-stop guide gives you what you need to know about all four! Seven self-contained minibooks cover web technologies, HTML5 and CSS3, PHP programming, MySQL databases, JavaScript, PHP with templates, and web applications.