Open Source Web Development with LAMP: Using Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl, and PHP

Preface

Is This Book for You?

This book’s target audience is the person who wants to get an interactive database-based web site up and running without spending a whole bunch of money on a large stack of books and software. That person might be a technically competent Linux user who is not necessarily a Perl or a CGI whiz; a graphic designer, with a technical bent, who wants to build a web site without becoming a certified computer whiz; or an MCSE who has heard rumors that there might be another way to do things.

Up to now, these folks would have had to purchase four or five thick books and wade through them, picking out the knowledge needed to accomplish necessary tasks. It’s likely they would accomplish this in a less than optimal way, picking ...