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Jan 4, 2010 
Now, yesterday I talked about the basic PDO implementation of MySQL. Today I’m going to cover PHP’s new MySQL Improved Extension (MySQLi). It actually has two methods of approach: the Object-Oriented way and the Procedural way (why?). Here is a basic open and close connection:
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Jan 3, 2010 Well, I’ve finished half the chapters. But those were the easy ones! Today’s chapter is Database Programming. Sadly most of the chapter is about SQL itself: data types, how to create tables, creating relationships/indexes, inserting/updating, transactions, etc. Fourteen pages later and we get to the actual PHP code.
Jan 2, 2010 Yesterday, we covered extending classes. Now in Object Oriented Programming, you can also create abstracted and interface classes. Abstracted classes are ones that cannot be used directly (they must be extended) and provide only a basic template of a class. Here is an example:
Jan 1, 2010 This it the real meat and potatoes of PHP. Classes contain methods (functions) and properties (variables). This basic concept is also known as encapsulation or information hiding.
Dec 31, 2009 Okay, let’s get though this before the new year! Finally this chapter will conclude with Header control, accessing cookies, and modifying sessions.