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Notes on Readings
Spring 2010

PHP and MySQL Web Development, 4^th Edition,
by Luke Welling and Laura Thomson,
Addison-Wesley. 2009.

Week	Chapter	Pages	Title (Link)
I. Using PHP
1	1	13-57	PHP Crash Course
2	2	59-80	Storing and Retrieving Data
	3	81-106	Using Arrays
3	4	107-131	String Manipulation & Regular Expressions | Quick Reference
	5	133-158	Reusing Code and Writing Functions
4	6	159-191	Object-Oriented PHP
	7	193-203	Error and Exception Handling
II. Using MySQL
4	8	207-218	Designing Your Web Database
5	9	219-241	Creating Your Web Database
	10	243-265	Working with Your MySQL Database
6	11	267-285	Accessing Your MySQL Database from the Web with PHP
	12	287-309	Advanced MySQL Administration
	13	311-323	Advanced MySQL Programming
III. E-commerce and Security
7	14	327-339	Running an E-commerce Site
	15	341-359	E-commerce Security Issues
	16	361-390	Web Application Security
8	17	391-408	Implementing Authentication with PHP and MySQL
	18	409-428	Implementing Secure Transactions with PHP and MySQL
IV. Advanced PHP Techniques
8	19	431-450	Interacting with the File System and the Server
	20	451-468	Using Network and Protocol Functions
9	21	469-481	Managing the Date and Time
	22	483-508	Generating Images
	23	509-524	Using Session Control in PHP
	24	525-532	Other Useful Features
V. Building Practical PHP and MySQL Projects
10	25	535-549	Using PHP and MySQL for Large Projects
	26	551-567	DeBugging
11	27	569-606	Building User Authentication and Personalization
	28	607-650	Building a Shopping Cart
*We will cover these chapters selectively, as time permits.
12	29	651-686	*Building a Web-Based Email Service
	30	687-740	*Building a Mailing List Manager
	31	741-770	*Building Web Forums
13	32	771-805	*Generating Personalized PDF Documents
	33	807-854	*Connecting to Web Services with XML and SOAP
	34	855-885	*Building Web 2.0 Applications with Ajax