Dedication
Dedicated to the fine faculty at my alma mater, Northeast Missouri State University. In
particular, I would like to thank Dr. Monica Barron, Dr. Dennis Leavens, Dr. Ed Tyler, and Dr.
Cole Woodcox, whom I also have the pleasure of calling my friend. I would not be who I am as a
writer, as a student, as a teacher, or as a person if it were not for the magnanimous, affecting, and
brilliant instruction I received from these educators.
Special Thanks to:
My heartfelt thanks to everyone at Peachpit Press, as always.
My gratitude to the fine editor on this project, Mark Taber, for leading the way and putting up
with too many delayed emails and chapters!
Thanks to David Van Ness and Elizabeth Welch for their hard work, helpful suggestions, and
impressive attention to detail. Thanks to Scout Festa for ensuring the writing is “pixel perfect.”
Thanks also to Valerie Perry for indexing and Danielle Foster for laying out the book, and thanks
to Timothy Boronczyk for his technical review.
Kudos to the good people working on PHP, MySQL, Apache, phpMyAdmin, MAMP, and
XAMPP, among other great projects. And a hearty “cheers” to the denizens of the various
newsgroups, mailing lists, support forums, etc., who offer assistance and advice to those in need.
Thanks, as always, to the readers, whose support gives my job relevance. An extra helping of
thanks to those who provided the translations in Chapter 17, “Example—Message Board,” and
who offered up recommendations as to what they’d like to see in this edition.
Finally, I would not be able to get through a single book if it weren’t for the love and support of
my wife, Jessica. And a special shout-out to Zoe and Sam, who give me reasons to, and not to,
write books!.
