1. PHP and MySQL by Example COMP268-800YL Professor Mattos

2. Chapter 1 - Introduction From Static to Dynamic WebSite Process of creating dynamic Web sites “Old Way” – Common Gateway Interface Browser - (http) - Server – (CGI) – Perl Script – DataBase “New Way” – PHP embedded in Web Page Browser – (http) – Server /(PHP) – DataBase Open source -> makes software source code freely available with limited restrictions.

3. PHP – Hypertext Preprocessor PHP – Personal Home Page PHP -> simple, fast, portable scripting language well suited for database-enable Web sites Official site: http://www.php.nethttp://www.php.net Introductory Tutorial Online Manual Current Version 5.5.3 (supplied with book -> 5.1.6)

4. MySQL MySQL -> Open source Relational DataBase Management System Fast, reliable and easy to use Official site: http://www.mysql.comhttp://www.mysql.com Current version 5.6.13 (supplied with the book -> 5.0.24a)

5. Advantages of MySQL and PHP High Performance Built-in Libraries Extensibility Relatively Low Cost Portability Developer Community Ease of Learning