PHP Project for Beginners Vol.1 (X-Team)

Most professional web based projects are structured, documented and executed using the AMP programming stack i.e. Apache as the Web server, MySQL Community Server as the data store and PHP as the programming
environment of choice.

PHP Project For Beginners shows how to build and use the AMP programming stack to develop a structured, documented, modestly sized project. It walks you through building and documenting a Book Management and Sales
System [featuring a Shopping cart integrated with a payment gateway].

Key Topics

• Apache 2.2
• PHP 5.3
• MySQL 5.5
• jCart 1.2
• jQuery 1.1.4
• SwiftMailer 4.0.6

Features and Benefits
Serves as a ready reference, with several add-ons and technologies, covering modestly sized project containing a Backend with Master and Transaction data entry forms and a Frontend with application homepage and the shopping cart all built using the PHP

Illustrates real project documentation including Case Study, Business Requirements, Software Requirement Specifications, Data Dictionary, Table Definitions and Directory Structure, End User Manual and Software Design Document

What You'll Learn?

• Shopping Cart [using jCart] integrated with a Payment Gateway for accepting payments using Credit Cards [Paypal Checkout]
• Tag Clouds
• Session Management
• Dispatch Emails [using SwiftMailer]
• BLOB to store images and PDF files
• Access based User Management and Restricted page access protection
• Text Suggest
• Password Strength Indicator
• Captcha
• RSS Feeds [using magpierss]

About The Authors
The author Sharanam Shah [www.sharanamshah.com] has 8+ years of IT experience and is currently a technical writer for Saba Software Inc. He also consults with several software houses in Mumbai, India, to help them design and
manage database application.

Vaishali Shah [www.vaishalishahonline.com], his wife, co-author, a technical writer and a freelance Web developer, has a rich experience of designing, developing and managing database systems. She specializes in the use of PHP to
design and build web based applications.

Table Of Contents:

SECTION I: UNDERSTANDING THE PROGRAMMING STACK
1. THE AMP PROGRAMMING STACK
2. INTRODUCTION TO APACHE
3. INTRODUCTION TO MYSQL
4. INTRODUCTION TO PHP

SECTION II: SETTING UP THE ENVIRONMENT
5. INSTALLING APACHE
6. INSTALLING MYSQL
7. INSTALLING PHP
8. GETTING STARTED

SECTION III: ABOUT THE PROJECT
9. THE PROJECT CASE STUDY
10. UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
11. SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATIONS
12. DATA DICTIONARY AND DIRECTORY STRUCTURE

SECTION IV: END USER MANUAL
13. BACKEND [ADMINISTRATION]
14. FRONTEND [CUSTOMER FACING]

SECTION V: BACKEND [ADMINISTRATION] SOFTWARE DESIGN DOCUMENTATION
15. COMMON INCLUDE FILES
16. ADMIN LOGIN
17. ADMIN HOME
18. MANAGE COUNTRIES
19. MANAGE CITIES / STATES
20. MANAGE AUTHORS
21. MANAGE PUBLISHERS
22. MANAGE CATEGORIES
23. MANAGE USERS
24. MANAGE BOOKS
25. MANAGE CUSTOMERS
26. MANAGE TRANSACTIONS
27. MANAGE NEWSLETTERS
28. ADMIN LOGOUT

SECTION VI: FRONTEND [CUSTOMER FACING] SOFTWARE DESIGN
29. HOME PAGE
30. BOOK DETAILS
31. AUTHOR DETAILS
32. PUBLISHER DETAILS
33. CATEGORY DETAILS
34. SHOPPING CART
35. SIGN UP / REGISTRATION
36. FORGOT PASSWORD
37. RSS WIDGET

SECTION VII: APPENDIX

A. PAYPAL CHECKOUT IMPLEMENTATION