Programming Tools:
PHP - http://www.php.net
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially
suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.
Download - http://www.php.net/downloads.php
Installation - http://us3.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php
MYSQL - http://www.mysql.com
The MySQL database server is the world's most popular open source
database.
Download - http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/
Installation - http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/installing.html
PEAR - http://pear.php.net/
PEAR is a framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components.
Dev Shed - http://www.devshed.com/
Dev Shed's main focus
is on Open Source technologies such as PHP and MySQL and contains fresh
articles and tutorials written by acclaimed authors which are aimed at assisting
developers with their programming needs. Dev Shed also boasts the most popular
Developer forums on the internet.
Zend Technologies - http://www.zend.com
Zend is the PHP company. Businesses utilizing PHP know Zend as the place
to go for PHP expertise and sound technology solutions. Andi Gutmans and Zeev
Suraski, two of Zend's founders, are the architects of PHP and creators of the
open source Zend Engine.
Articles
http://www.zend.com/zend/art/index.php
Tutorials
http://www.zend.com/zend/tut/index.php
Introduction to SQL - http://riki-lb1.vet.ohio-state.edu/mqlin/computec/tutorials/SQLTutorial.htm
This page is a introductory tutorial of the Structured Query Language (also known as SQL). This page will describe how to use SQL, and give examples. The SQL used in this document is "ANSI", or standard SQL
Books
Programming PHP
By Rasmus Lerdorf,
Kevin Tatroe
1st Edition March 2002
ISBN: 1-56592-610-2
524 pages, $39.95 US, $61.95 CA, £28.50 UK
Web Database Applications
with PHP and MySQL, 2nd Edition
By Hugh
E. Williams, David Lane
2nd Edition May 2004
ISBN: 0-596-00543-1
816 pages, $44.95 US, $65.95 CA, £31.95 UK
PHP Cookbook
By David Sklar,
Adam Trachtenberg
1st Edition November 2002
Series: Cookbooks
ISBN: 1-56592-681-1
632 pages, $39.95 US, $61.95 CA, £28.50 UK
PHP-GTK - http://gtk.php.net
PHP-GTK is an extension for the PHP programming language that implements
language bindings for GTK+. It provides an object-oriented interface to GTK+
classes and functions and greatly simplifies writing client-side cross-platform
GUI applications.