Book Description
Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8 delves into some of the most popular open source web development technologies, the PostgreSQL 8 database server and PHP 5 scripting language. You'll learn to reap the benefits of these core technologies by using them in unison to create dynamic, data-driven web applications. This is an ideal read if you are a web designer, programmer, hobbyist, or novice who wants to create applications with PHP 5 and PostgreSQL 8.
About the AuthorW. Jason Gilmore has developed countless PHP and MySQL applications over the past seven years, and has dozens of articles to his credit on this and other topics pertinent to Internet application development. His writings have been featured in
Linux Magazine and Developer.com, and have been adopted for use within United Nations and Ford Foundation educational programs. Jason is the author of three books, including the most recent and best selling
Beginning PHP 5 and MySQL: From Novice to Professional. With co-author Robert Treat, Jason has written
Beginning PHP and PostgreSQL 8: From Novice to Professional. These days, Jason divides his time between running Apress' Open Source program, experimenting with spatially-enabled Web applications, and starting more home remodeling projects than he could possibly complete. Be sure to visit Jason's website at
www.wjgilmore.com. Robert Treat is a longtime open source user, developer, and advocate. He is helping to maintain the postgresql.org websites, working on phpPgAdmin, and contributing to the PostgreSQL core. He has contributed several articles to the PostgreSQL "techdocs" site, was a two-time presenter at O'Reilly's Open Source Convention, worked as the PHP Foundry Admin on SourceForge.net, and has been recognized as a "Major Developer" for his work within the PostgreSQL community.