Covers the latest major release of PHP, the most popular open source Web scripting language, in the friendly, easy-to-understand For Dummies style. Explains how to acquire and install PHP, how PHP's features make it a useful scripting language, and how to use PHP for three of the most common applications: interactive Web sites, database storage, and common operating system tasks

Contents at a Glance
Introduction
Part I : Say Hello to the PHP Scripting Language
Part II : Variables and Data
Part III : Basic PHP Programming
Part IV : Commom PHP Applications
Part V : The Part of Tens
Part VI : Appendixes

Janet Valade
Janet has 20 years of experience in the computing field. Most recently. she worked as a Web designer and programmer in a Unix/Linux environment for four year. Prior to that. Janet worked for 13 years in a university environment, where she was a systems analyst. During her tenure her tenure, she supervised the installation and operation of computing resources, designed and developed a data archive, suppported faculty and students in their computer usage, wrote numerous technical papers, and developed and presented seminars on a variety of technology topics.