More than 50 percent of all web servers are running on "free" Apache software. The software is very good, and this is exactly the type of book users will need after they have downloaded it and are starting to try to set up their servers. An advanced beginner can use this book and the Apache software to get a server up very quickly. The CD-ROM offers plenty of tools and accessories.
Book Descriptions
A book/CD-ROM guide to administering an Apache Web Server, for those with no previous Web administration experience. Early chapters walk through source compilation, binary installations, and configuration issues, and later chapters concentrate on advanced issues such as the SSI, CGI, and FastCGI configurations and their impact on the server and its security model. More advanced topics include monitoring and URL rewriting techniques. The CD-ROM contains the server source and binary distributions for Apache Server and Perl.

* Demonstrates Web application development by presenting ten real, ready-to-use examples
* Samples start with a simple guess book and end with a fully-functional e-commerce site with a shopping cart
* New features include both MySQL 4.1 and PHP 4.2
* Latest edition contains new applications including log analysis and project tracking

Expert PHP 5 programming techniques, direct from PHP 5 co-creator and key developers.
Definitive coverage of the PHP object model, design patterns, XML/SOAP integration, and more.
Solid introduction and expert insights into performance tuning, PEAR, extensions, and database access.
The definitive introduction to PHP 5's advanced features!
The definitive introduction for today's most powerful PHP 5 techniques.

In this book, PHP 5's co-creator and two leading PHP developers show you how to make the most of PHP 5's
industrial-strength enhancements in any projectno matter how large or complex.
Their unique insights and realistic examples illuminate PHP 5's new object model, powerful design patterns,
improved XML Web services support, and much more. Whether you're creating web applications, extensions, packages,
or shell scripts or migrating PHP 4 codehere are high-powered solutions you won't find anywhere else.

Publisher : Sams Publishing
Pub Date : December 11, 2002
ISBN : 0-6723-2489-X
Pages : 528

Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL, and Apache in 24 Hours combines coverage of these three popular open-source Web development tools into one easy-to-understand book -- and it comes with one easy-to-use Starter Kit CD-ROM for Windows or Linux.

The book teaches the reader to install, configure and set up the PHP scripting language, the MySQL database system, and the Apache Web server.

By the end of this book the reader will understand how these technologies work, and -- more importantly -- how they can work together to create a dynamic Web site.

After creating a simple Web site using these tools, the reader will be able to manage a simple mailing list, and to create an online address book, shopping cart, and storefront.

The book also teaches the reader how to fine tune Apache and MySQL, and covers simple Web server security.