From:	 Amy.Sorokas@samspublishing.com
To:	 Amy.Sorokas@samspublishing.com
Subject: PHP and MySQL Web Development from Sams Publishing
Date:	 29 Aug 2001 17:04:38 -0400

MEDIA CONTACT:
Amy Sorokas
Sams Publishing
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SAMS PUBLISHING'S PHP and MySQL BOOK RECEIVES PRAISE
PHP and MySQL Web Development

Indianapolis, Indiana, August 29, 2001-Sams Publishing's recent release of
the book, PHP and MySQL Web Development (Sams Publishing, ISBN
0-672-31784-2, USA $49.99) has caught the attention of the open-source
community.  This book teaches the reader how to develop dynamic, secure
e-commerce Web sites using the often combined technologies of the
server-side scripting language PHP4 and relational database management
system MySQL.

Already receiving accolades from the community for combining the topic of
the book to cover PHP and MySQL, PHP and MySQL Web Development has been
dubbed by writerswrite.com as "a top-notch reference for programmers using
PHP and MySQL. Highly recommended."  Readers have praised the book as "the
best book ever on this," "a complete resource for practical PHP/MySQL Web
applications" and "quick, easy and painless reading."

Reviewer Manual Lemos of phpclasses.upperdesign.com comments, "This book is
ideal for users with all levels of experience in PHP and MySQL, whether
they are beginners or more advanced users. If you are looking for a good
Web development book that focuses on PHP and MySQL, this would be an
excellent choice."

PHP and MySQL Web Development describes the concepts and builds
applications based on real-world examples.  Topics covered include:
*	How to dynamically generate HTML, images and documents
*	How to create secure services using authentication and SSl
*	How to build a shopping cart for an e-commerce site
*	How to apply object-oriented programming techniques to the Internet

Other Sams Publishing titles on related topics include PHP Developer's
Cookbook (Sams Publishing, ISBN 0-672-31924-1, USA $39.99), PHP Developer's
Dictionary (Sams Publishing, ISBN 0-672-32029-0, USA $39.99) and Perl
Developer's Dictionary (Sams Publishing, ISBN 0-672-32067-3, USA $39.99).

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Luke Welling and Laura Thomson are co-founders of Tangled Web Design, a Web
development firm specializing in using PHP for developing database-driven
and e-commerce Web sites.  They recently won the CCH Legal Profession
Emerging Technology Award for a site they built using PHP.  They are also
both instructors at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, teaching PHP,
Web page development, e-commerce, database design, software engineering,
networking, C, C++, and SQL.

ABOUT SAMS PUBLISHING
Sams Publishing began in 1946 as a leading provider of technology
books. Today, with best-selling titles such as Sams Teach Yourself HTML in
24 Hours and Sams Teach Yourself ASP 3.0 in 21 Days, Sams Publishing is one
of the largest and most successful computer book publishers in the world,
with 500 titles in print that generate over 45 million in sales. Sams
Publishing is focused on teaching tomorrow's programmers, developers and
systems administrators the skills they need to build and maintain
leading-edge technology - from introductory tutorials to comprehensive
reference books.

ABOUT PEARSON TECHNOLOGY GROUP 
Sams Publishing is an imprint of Pearson Technology Group (PTG), the
world's largest provider of consumer and professional computer, information
technology, engineering and reference content.  As one of the industry's
leading innovators in both print and digital formats, PTG's imprints
include Que Publishing, Addison Wesley Professional, Prentice Hall PTR, New
Riders Publishing, Cisco Press, PeachPit Press, Adobe Press, Macromedia
Press, BradyGAMES Strategy Guides and Alpha Books, publisher of the
best-selling Complete Idiot's Guide line of reference books.  Pearson
Technology Group is an operating unit of Pearson Education, the world's
leading education and professional publisher.

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Indianapolis, IN 46290
1-800-428-5331

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