Fully updated to reflect the advances in the new releases of PHP and MySQL, Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One, Second Edition combines these most popular open source Web development tools into a complete book, packaged with one easy-to-use Starter Kit CD. This book teaches the reader to install, configure and set up the PHP scripting language, the MySQL database system, and the Apache Web server. By the end of this book the reader will understand how these technologies work, and more importantly, how they work together to create a dynamic Web site. After creating a simple Web site using these tools, the reader will be able to manage a simple mailing list, and to create an online address book, shopping cart, and storefront. Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache All in One, Second Edition also teaches the reader how to fine-tune Apache and MySQL, and covers simple Web server security.

Julie C. Meloni is the technical director for i2i Interactive www.i2ii.com, a multimedia company located in Los Altos, California. She's been developing web-based applications since the web first saw the light of day and remembers the excitement surrounding the first GUI web browser. She has authored several books and articles on web-based programming languages and database topics and you can find translations of her work in several languages, including Chinese, Italian, Portuguese, Polish and even Serbian.