This is a No-nonsense introduction to MySQL and PHP and how to use them to write web applications Comes with complete source code including all code to a working web application (books.toddism.com/samples/customers.php).
Learn how to create tables, insert data, update data, delete data, write PHP code to access your MySQL data, access POST and GET data via PHP and more. This is a true no-nonsense production. Within just a couple of pages you are reading working examples. I am a geek not an English major. If you want 60 pages of eloquent prose this is not the book for you. If you want a few lines describing the code and some examples that work this is the book for you.
It now has with Real-World MySQL examples. Joins, Sub-queries, Exists clauses, Gouping and more!