PHP & Mysql: Novice to Ninja

PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 7th Edition is a hands-on guide to learning all the tools, principles, and techniques needed to build a professional web application using PHP & MySQL. Comprehensively updated to cover PHP 8 and modern best practice, this highly practical and fun book covers everything from installation through to creating a complete online content management system.

• Gain a thorough understanding of PHP syntax
• Master database design principles and SQL
• Write robust, maintainable, best practice code
• Build a working content management system (CMS)
• And much more!

Tom Butler is a web developer, a Ph.D student researching software best practices, and part-time university lecturer from the UK with an interest in programming best practices, separation of concerns and a ’less is more’ approach to code.