t format, date function, 281
tab characters (\t), 67
<TABLE> tag, 26
tables. See also databases
ALTER command, 86
creating
basic table definition, 110–111
CREATE command, 85, 118
field definitions, 111–117
MySQL, connecting to, 118–122
data
inserting, 123–130
selecting and displaying, 130–133
DELETE command, 89–90
DROP command, 86, 90
flat tables, 80
HTML, 26–27
INSERT command, 86–87
SELECT command, 88–89
UPDATE command, 88
tags
attributes, 23
block-level, 23–24
<BODY>, 25
case sensitivity, 23
closing, 23
<FORM>, 27
<HEAD>, 25
<HTML>, 25
<INPUT>, 28
<LINK>, 25
<META>, 25
opening, 23
<OPTION>, 29, 176–178
<SELECT>, 28–29, 176–178
<TABLE>, 26
<TD>, 26
text-level, 24
<TEXTAREA>, 28–29
<TH>, 26
<TITLE>, 25
<TR>, 26
tar utility, 3
<TD> tag, 26
testing PHP installation, 18
text areas, forms, 29
text field type, 114
text fields, forms, 28
text-level tags, 24
<TEXTAREA> tag, 28–29
<TH> tag, 26
Thickbook Web site, 3, 308
third normal form, 83–84
time and date functions, 280–283
time() function, 283
<TITLE> tag, 25
<TR> tag, 26
traversing arrays, 46–47
trim() function, 301
typical installation, 9