Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dynamic Websites

by Robin Nixon

Build interactive, data-driven websites with the potent combination of open source technologies and web standards, even if you have only basic HTML knowledge. With the latest edition of this popular hands-on guide, you'll tackle dynamic web programming using the most recent versions of today's core PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, jQuery, Node.js, and the powerful React library.

Web designers will learn how to use these technologies together while picking up valuable web programming practices along the way, including how to optimize websites for mobile devices. You'll put everything together to build a fully functional social networking site suitable for both desktop and mobile browsers.

Explore MySQL from database structure to complex queriesUse the MySQL PDO extension, PHP's improved MySQL interfaceCreate dynamic PHP web pages that tailor themselves to the userManage cookies and sessions and maintain a high level of securityUse Ajax calls for background browser-server communicationStyle your web pages by acquiring CSS skillsReformat your websites into mobile web appsLearn to use enhanced CSS features, such as CSS Grid and Flexbox

1114 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 10, 2025

About the author

Robin has over 30 years experience of writing software, and developing websites and apps. He also has an extensive history of writing about computers and technology, with a portfolio of over 500 published magazine articles and almost 30 books, many of which have been translated into other languages. He is also a prolific Internet video course instructor.

As well as IT, his interests include motivational psychology (which he also writes about), artificial intelligence research, many types of music (both playing and listening to), playing and creating board games, and enjoying good food and drink .

Robin lives on the south-east coast of England (where he writes full time), along with his five children and wife, Julie (a trained nurse and university lecturer). Between them they also foster three disabled children.