PHP Project for Beginners

Download or read book PHP Project for Beginners written by Sharanam Shah and published by Arizona Business Alliance. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most professional web based projects are structured, documented and executed using the AMP programming stack i.e. Apache as the Web server, MySQL Community Server as the data store and PHP as the programmingenvironment of choice.PHP Project For Beginners shows how to build and use the AMP programming stack to develop a structured, documented, modestly sized project. It walks you through building and documenting a Book Management and SalesSystem [featuring a Shopping cart integrated with a payment gateway].Key TopicsApache 2.2PHP 5.3MySQL 5.5jCart 1.2jQuery 1.1.4SwiftMailer 4.0.6Features and BenefitsServes as a ready reference, with several add-ons and technologies, covering modestly sized project containing a Backend with Master and Transaction data entry forms and a Frontend with application homepage and the shopping cart all built using the PHPIllustrates real project documentation including Case Study, Business Requirements, Software Requirement Specifications, Data Dictionary, Table Definitions and Directory Structure, End User Manual and Software Design DocumentWhat You'll Learn?Shopping Cart [using jCart] integrated with a Payment Gateway for accepting payments using Credit Cards [Paypal Checkout]Tag CloudsSession ManagementDispatch Emails [using SwiftMailer]BLOB to store images and PDF filesAccess based User Management and Restricted page access protectionText SuggestPassword Strength IndicatorCaptchaRSS Feeds [using magpierss]About The AuthorsThe author Sharanam Shah [www.sharanamshah.com] has 8+ years of IT experience and is currently a technical writer for Saba Software Inc. He also consults with several software houses in Mumbai, India, to help them design andmanage database application.Vaishali Shah [www.vaishalishahonline.com], his wife, co-author, a technical writer and a freelance Web developer, has a rich experience of designing, developing and managing database systems. She specializes in the use of PHP todesign and build web based applications.