This was not taken Web developers long to discover that when it comes to creating dynamic Web site database, MySQL and PHP provide a winning combination of open source. With the instructions step-by-step, complete scripts, and expert tips to guide readers, veteran author and database designer Larry Ullman will get to business: After grounding readers with separate discussions of first the scripting language (PHP) and then the database program (MySQL ), he goes on to cover security, sessions and cookies, and using additional Web tools, with several sections devoted to creating sample applications.