PHP: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE
Vikram Vaswaniis the founder and CEO of Melonfire, a company specializing in software consultancy and content creation and syndication services. He is the author ofPHP Programming Solutions, How to do Everything with PHP and MySQL, andMySQL: The Complete Reference. Vikram is the author of numerous well-received articles on open-source technologies (including Perl, Python, XML and the very popular PHP 101 series), all written with the goal of making complex technologies accessible and understandable to novice users. He has been developing software since 1995, was first introduced to PHP in 1998, and hasn't looked back since. Vikram is regular columnist with Zend Technologies (creators of PHP), as well as with IBM DeveloperWorks, CNET Builder.com, DevX.com and other OSS sites.