Summary

As you can see, PHP is suited very nicely to working with databases such as MySQL. PHP can work with many types of databases, but this book will focus on MySQL for all its database needs. If you would like further information on using the MySQL and PHP, visit the MySQL website at http://www.mysql.com/ and the PHP manual on the MySQLi extension at http://www.php.net/mysqli. You can also find more information regarding session specifics in Chapter 6, "Persistent Data Using Sessions and Cookies."