Julie C. Meloni - PHP Fast & Easy Web Development, 2nd Edition (Fast & Easy Web Development)

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PHP fast&easy web development
2nd Edition

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2nd Edition

Julie C. Meloni

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2002 by Premier Press, a division of Course Technology. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system without written permission from Premier Press, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review.

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Thanks as always to the PHP Group, Zend Technologies, the Apache Software Foundation, and MySQL AB for creating and maintaining such wonderful and accessible products for all users.

Thanks to every single PHP user and developer because without you, I wouldn't have anything to write about.

Great thanks to the all the editors who worked with me on both editions of this book!

Enormous thanks to everyone at i2i Interactive, for their never-ending support and encouragement.

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J ULIE M ELONI is the technical director for i2i Interactive, a multimedia company located in Campbell, CA (that's just down the street from San Jose). 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 is the author of 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.

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