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(Eric Bessere) In this introductory article, we will look into the use of many different aspects of PHP in order to create a fully functional web application. This article will cover the 5 most common functions that a PHP-to-MySQL relationship will generate.

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(Rob Reilly) Did you know that you can connect the OpenOffice.org office suite to a MySQL database? By combining the power of these two open source applications you can do things like generating personalized sales letters from the customer data stored on your servers. Let’s walk through the process

(Stephen Bell) Movement towards open source is beginning to slow down, suggests Microsoft New Zealand’s platform strategy manager, Brett Roberts. He claims some local customers are returning to Windows after tasting a Linux-based environment.

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