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).