Murach-s Php And Mysql -4th Edition-
Informative Report: Murach’s PHP and MySQL (4th Edition)
10. Additional Resources from the Publisher
- Companion website – murach.com (book code, errata, sample chapters).
- Instructor materials – Available for college courses (test banks, slides, solutions).
- Discounted bundles – Often sold with Murach’s HTML and CSS or Murach’s JavaScript and jQuery.
Overview
Author: Joel Murach & Ray Harris
Edition: 4th (covers PHP 8 and MySQL 8)
Target audience: Beginners to intermediate web developers who want a practical, hands-on guide to building database-driven websites.
2.2. Modern Development Practices
- Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) emphasis early and throughout.
- Prepared statements for SQL security (prevents SQL injection).
- Password hashing (
password_hash,password_verify). - Error handling with exceptions and PDO (PHP Data Objects).