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Introduction
This marks the fifth edition of
Beginning PHP and MySQL
. This revision focuses on the new additions to PHP and new versions of MySQL. Since the last revision, PHP released version 7 with many language enhancements and improvements to performance, in some cases more than twice as fast and using less than half the memory compared to PHP 5.6. During the writing of this book, version 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2 was released; and before the ink on this book is dry, PHP 7.3 will be released.
The MySQL database has also seen many changes. First of all, the acquisition by Oracle and subsequent release of Maria DB, a fork of the MySQL version with both performance and feature improvements and a fast-growing community, has taken the new version to heart. It is, in fact, the standard MySQL database on many Linux distributions today.
This book will teach you to install and configure PHP and MySQL with both performance and security in mind and highlight some of the new functionality available in PHP 7 as well as new data types supported by the current version of MySQL.
has spent more than 30 years solving business problems using software and technology. Since the introduction of the first web browser, he has developed systems with web technology on Unix, Linux, Windows, and Mac platforms, with the primary focus on PHP, JavaScript, C/C++, and other languages. He has contributed several PHP extensions over the years and has been a member of the PHP development team since 1997. Previous publications have included several articles in
PHP Magazine
, and he was the co-author of
PHP 5 Recipes
(Apress, 2005). Frank M. Kromann has held managing positions for more than 20 years, leading both smaller and larger teams in development and implementation of business systems and processes utilizing databases and programming. Currently he is a Software Development Manager at Amazon and the CEO and co-founder of Web by Pixel, LLC. Kromann holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark.
