Professional LAMP: Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP5 Web Development

406 Pages·2005·7.137 MB·English

by  Jason Gerner, Morgan Owens, Elizabeth Naramore, Matt Warden, Jeremy Stolz

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Professional LAMP
Linux®, Apache, MySQL®,
and PHP5 Web Development
Jason Gerner
Elizabeth Naramore
Morgan L. Owens
Matt Warden
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Professional LAMP
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Professional LAMP
Linux®, Apache, MySQL®,
and PHP5 Web Development
Jason Gerner
Elizabeth Naramore
Morgan L. Owens
Matt Warden
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Professional LAMP: Linux®, Apache, MySQL®, and PHP5
Web Development
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About the Authors
Jason Gernercurrently spends his days working as a web developer in Cincinnati and burns free time
complaining about lack of support for web standards and abusing XML. He can often be found lurking
in the PHPBuilder.com discussion forums, where he is a moderator.
Elizabeth Naramoreearned her B.S. in Organizational Behavior from Miami University (Ohio) and
has been developing websites since 1997. Her main focus has been on PHP/MySQL, e-commerce, and
freelance writing and teaching. Her writing can be seen in PHPBuilder.com and International PHP
Magazine. She is a proud member of OINK-PUG (Ohio, Indiana, Northern Kentucky PHPUsers Group)
and she lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and two small children.
After graduating from the University of Auckland with a mathematics degree no one was interested in,
Morgan L. Owensknocked around the IT industry, becoming a backend web developer and program-
mer for web-based applications for both intranet and Internet environments. He still lives in Auckland
but suggests that for the right career he might—might—consider moving.
Matt Wardenhas been developing web-based applications for over six years. His work has primarily
focused on designing and implementing LAMPapplications for other businesses to use internally to
increase productivity. Recently, Matt has been using AJAX to offer a web-based alternative to productiv-
ity gains typically only available with native desktop solutions. Currently, Matt is a lead developer at
Signal US Communications in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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