PostgreSQL 9 with PHP Essential Training

Shows how to architect PostgreSQL databases and integrate them into web applications using PHP.In this course, author Bill Weinman shows how to architect PostgreSQL databases and integrate them into web applications using PHP. The course covers the basics of creating tables, storing data with data types, and working with expressions, operators, and strings. The course also explores the differences between the PDO and pgsql interfaces and demonstrates managing a database in PHP. Topics include: Installing PostgreSQL Understanding database architecture Inserting, updating, and deleting data in a table Creating a database library Indexing ID fields Storing numbers, text, and Boolean values Reading data Using casts to force type Using mathematical functions Concatenating strings Working with date and time functions and operators Defining CRUD Using PHP to insert, read, update, and delete rows in a database