If you want to add more power and functionality to your Web site, add a shopping cart database applications such as strong or fun quiz game. Creating Database Web Applications with PHP and ASP teach beginning and intermediate designers the basics of making complex Web applications. Who this book is to: * Students learn how to create a database for web applications (some knowledge of HTML and JavaScript is assumed) * Beginners or intermediate Web designers who want to learn how to add a database application to their site either using PHP or ASP Topic Highlights: * Basic Web technologies (HTML and JavaScript) * Client-side versus server-side programming * Database design and planning * SQL fundamentals * Form handling * Passing information using query strings * Cookies and session variables * Validating user input using regular expressions On CD! * Sample Code - Contains all the code for the examples in the book * Project - Contains all code for projects and applications in this book, including shopping carts, quiz show, and the state capital game * Images - Contains color versions of all images in the book with chapters for easy reference SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: PC: PHP and ASP files can be created using ASCII / TEXT editor, like Notepad on any Windows system. The file must be run on computers that have Web servers like IIS. Files that have been tested in 3 environments: a remote server running Windows NT, Apache, MySQL, and PHP, a local computer running Windows 98, Personal Web Server, MySQL, and PHP, and a computer running Windows XP Professional, IIS, MySQL, and PHP.