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Dedication
For the baby:
an e’er-fixed mark
that looks on tempests and is ne’er shaken
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About the Author
Vikram Vaswani is the founder and CEO of
Melonfire (http://www.melonfire.com/), a company
specializing in software consultancy and content
creation/syndication services. He is a passionate
advocate of the open-source software movement and
frequently contributes articles and tutorials on open-
source technologies, including Perl, Python, PHP,
MySQL, and Linux to the community at large through
his weekly column at http://www.melonfire
.com/community/columns/trog/. His last book was
MySQL: The Complete Reference (http://www.mysql-tcr.com/).
Vikram has over eight years of experience in the IT world, and has spent
six of those years working with PHP and MySQL as user, administrator, and
application developer. He is the author of Zend Technologies’ PHP 101 series for
PHP beginners (http://www.zend.com/php5/abs/), and has extensive experience
deploying PHP and MySQL in a variety of different environments (including
corporate intranets, high-traffic Internet web sites, and mission-critical thin client
applications).
When he’s not plotting to rule the world from a heavily guarded conference
room at Melonfire HQ, Vikram amuses himself by reading crime fiction, watching
old movies, playing squash, fiddling with his ever-growing collection of electronic
gadgets, and keeping an eye out for unfriendly agents. Read more about him,
download sample code, and connect with other open-source enthusiasts online
at http://www.everythingphpmysql.com/.
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