PHP and MySQL Learning Path and Legacy Book Audit: From PHP 5 to Supported Releases

PHP and MySQL: audit versions before choosing material

The 2011 article combined old book recommendations, inflated career promises, affiliate purchase links, and cover downloads. This maintained edition provides no PDF, cover download, purchase redirect, affiliate link, or “must buy” conclusion; pdf in the URL is only a preserved historical slug.

This article was last checked on September 1, 2026. Its purpose is not to make an evergreen book list, but to show how to verify editions, obtain material lawfully, and use executable evidence to decide whether you understand modern PHP and MySQL or MariaDB development.

1. Separate PHP 5, MySQL 5, and “PHP 6” first

The official PHP supported-versions table changes over time. For study and new projects, choose a branch supported on the audit date and record its exact patch release. The official historical releases page labels old releases as archival, while the PHP 5.6-to-7.0 migration guide shows the actual upgrade path moving directly to PHP 7.

“PHP 6” in an old book title is therefore not a current deployable runtime. PHP 6's Unicode work did not ship as that runtime; namespaces were released in PHP 5.3. Treat the books' related discussions only as historical context. Do not search for a PHP 6 installer or treat a book's future tense as present compatibility guidance.

Concepts worth retaining include HTTP requests and responses, types and control flow, functions and objects, relational modeling, SQL, indexes, transactions, error handling, sessions, security boundaries, and backups. Topics that require relearning from current documentation include PHP 5-only syntax and removed extensions, PEAR DB or old mysql_* APIs, MySQL 5 administration tools, old password practices, period language around Web 2.0 and Ajax, and every unsupported market-share, hiring-demand, corporate-endorsement, mastery, or wealth claim.

2. Evidence audit of the 2011 bibliography

This table records only metadata supported by a current publisher or catalog page. “Status” assesses technical applicability; it is not a quality rating or purchase recommendation.

2011 item	Verified bibliography	2026 boundary
PHP and MySQL Web Development, 4th Edition	Luke Welling and Laura Thomson; 4th edition; print ISBN 978-0-672-32916-6; InformIT/Pearson catalog, 2008	The catalog record remains, but the content centers on PHP 5.3 and contemporary MySQL. Use it for concepts and historical examples, not as a current installation or security baseline
Programming PHP, 2nd Edition	Rasmus Lerdorf, Kevin Tatroe, and Peter MacIntyre; O'Reilly; 2006; ISBN-10 0-596-00681-0 (ISBN-13 978-0-596-00681-5)	Explicitly targets PHP 5. Language fundamentals can be compared, but APIs and security details must return to the current manual. O'Reilly also has a 2020 fourth edition, but its PHP 7.4 baseline still does not replace a current version check
The Definitive Guide to MySQL 5, Third Edition	Michael Kofler; Apress; 3rd edition; 2005; softcover ISBN 978-1-59059-535-0; eBook ISBN 978-1-4302-0071-0	The publisher catalog survives, but its version and some tools are historical. Database-design concepts remain readable; verify commands, privileges, backup, and performance behavior in the selected current database manual
A Practical Guide to MySQL: Database Development, Optimization, Administration, and Maintenance	The 2011 source gives no edition, authors, or ISBN, so its printing cannot be inferred. A current textbook catalog verifies the 3rd edition: Zhai Zhenxing, Zhang Hengyan, and Cui Chunhua; Posts & Telecom Press; 2019; ISBN 978-7-115-51539-1	The third-edition record does not prove which copy the source discussed. Read the ISBN on the copyright page and assess that actual edition; do not attach later-edition metadata to an old copy
PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide	Larry Ullman; Peachpit Press; 3rd edition; 2008; ISBN 978-0-321-52599-4; the author's page and Pearson's fifth-edition catalog cross-check the series history	Its “PHP 6” positioning is obsolete. Later series editions also represent their publication dates. The exercise structure may be useful, but do not copy version claims or security code

The evidence pages are the InformIT fourth-edition catalog, O'Reilly second-edition catalog, O'Reilly fourth-edition catalog, Springer/Apress MySQL 5 catalog, third-edition Chinese textbook catalog, Larry Ullman's edition history, and Pearson fifth-edition catalog.

3. Select editions lawfully and without sales bias

1. Copy the full title, authors, edition, publisher, year, and ISBN from the copyright page or library record. Do not identify a book from a translated title or cover alone.
2. Cross-check the publisher catalog and a union library catalog such as WorldCat. Bindings, eBooks, and translations normally have different ISBNs.
3. Inspect the table of contents, lawful sample, errata, and target runtime first. If a book does not cover the PHP or database branch you use, classify it as conceptual reading rather than an operating manual.
4. Lawful routes include public or academic libraries, publisher-authorized eBooks, established booksellers, and compliant used copies. Do not obtain copyrighted copies from unknown drives, short links, or “high-resolution PDF” pages.
5. Covers are also protected by copyright and trademarks. Reuse one only where the publisher explicitly permits it and you follow its terms; otherwise use plain-text bibliography.

This article has no affiliate relationship. Publisher pages may show changing prices, regional availability, or subscription terms. Bibliographic verification as of September 1, 2026 is not a price promise, stock guarantee, or purchase recommendation.

4. Establish an exact current technical baseline

Choose a currently supported PHP branch first, then Composer packages and a PHPUnit release that explicitly support it. Select and pin one database product and series: MySQL and MariaDB are related, but they are not unconditionally interchangeable implementations.

set -euo pipefail

php -v
php --ini
php -m | LC_ALL=C sort
composer --version
mysql --version

Record this output with the operating system, Web server/PHP SAPI, database server version, character set/collation, Composer lock hash, and Git commit. “It runs on my machine” is not a version definition.

Manage dependencies using the official Composer documentation, commit composer.lock, and reproduce installs according to Composer basic usage. The PHP-FIG PSR index can inform style and interface conventions, but a PSR is not a security certification or a substitute for architecture decisions.

5. A learning path whose exit criteria are evidence

Stage	Material	Required evidence
1. Language and tools	Types, control flow, functions, exceptions, objects, namespaces, autoloading, Composer	Small CLI program; lock file; repeatable static-check and test commands
2. HTTP and boundaries	Requests/responses, forms, JSON, cookies, sessions, encodings, input validation, output escaping	Automated tests for valid, missing, malformed, and oversized input
3. Relational model and SQL	Keys, normalization, constraints, joins, aggregates, transactions, isolation	ER diagram, DDL migration, seed data, and query-result assertions
4. PHP data access	PDO, exception mode, native prepared statements, transaction boundaries	Repository tests with no concatenated SQL; rollback test for failure paths
5. Identity and security	Password hashing, session rotation, authorization, CSRF, rate limits, secret management, log redaction	Threat model; authorization, injection, CSRF, and session tests; dependency audit
6. Migration and recovery	Forward/rollback strategy, backups, restore drills, retention	Isolated restore with row/checksum validation; recorded RPO/RTO assumptions
7. Performance and operations	Indexes, EXPLAIN, slow queries, pagination, cache boundaries, observability	Fixed dataset and query plan; benchmark method, results, and regression threshold
8. Delivery	Configuration separation, least privilege, CI, release, rollback, maintenance window	Evidence of build, test, migration, run, and rollback from an empty environment

Use the PHP manual, PHPUnit manual, MySQL Reference Manual, or MariaDB Server documentation as entry points. After choosing a database, test its real semantics; do not substitute the other product's documentation.

6. Replace “read it and master it” with a bounded project

Build a single-user or small-team task tracker that processes no real customer data or payments. Fix the scope to login, task CRUD, filtering/pagination, audit timestamps, one schema migration, one backup/restore, and basic performance evidence.

Dimension	Pass	Fail
Correctness	Unit, integration, and HTTP tests cover success and failure; CI passes from an empty database	Manual clicks pass only against the developer's existing database
Data	Constraints and transactions protect invariants; migrations are rehearsed on a copy	Production tables are edited manually without rollback or backup
Security	Prepared statements, output escaping, session/authorization tests, no secrets in the repository	Concatenated SQL, shared administrator account, credentials in logs
Recovery	Isolated restore succeeds and content is checked; restore duration is recorded	A “backup completed” screenshot with no restore test
Performance	Fixed data size, query plan, and threshold; before/after results are comparable	“Feels fast” or one response-time observation
Reproducibility	PHP/database/dependencies/commit are pinned; README reproduces from empty state	Floating dependencies, unknown versions, or only one personal machine works

7. Minimal safe PDO and prepared-statement example

Inject connection credentials from the deployment environment or an approved secret store; never place them in code, fixtures, URLs, or logs. This example fixes exception mode, associative results, and native prepared statements:

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);

function requiredEnv(string $name): string
{
    $value = getenv($name);
    if ($value === false || $value === '') {
        throw new RuntimeException("missing required environment variable: {$name}");
    }
    return $value;
}

function tasksForOwner(PDO $pdo, int $ownerId): array
{
    $statement = $pdo->prepare(
        'SELECT id, title, status, created_at '
        . 'FROM task WHERE owner_id = :owner_id '
        . 'ORDER BY created_at DESC LIMIT 50'
    );
    $statement->execute(['owner_id' => $ownerId]);
    return $statement->fetchAll();
}

$pdo = new PDO(
    requiredEnv('DATABASE_DSN'),
    requiredEnv('DATABASE_USER'),
    requiredEnv('DATABASE_PASSWORD'),
    [
        PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE => PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION,
        PDO::ATTR_DEFAULT_FETCH_MODE => PDO::FETCH_ASSOC,
        PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES => false,
    ]
);

The PHP PDO prepared-statements documentation explains that a parameter represents one complete data literal, not a table name, column, keyword, or arbitrary SQL fragment. Select dynamic identifiers from a code allowlist. Prepared statements also do not solve output escaping, authorization, CSRF, or business-logic flaws; build tests from OWASP SQL Injection Prevention and OWASP Authentication.

8. Make migrations, dependencies, and tests repeatable

This intentionally simple DDL uses a MySQL/MariaDB common subset. A real project must still verify DDL, time types, collation, and index limits on the exact selected server release.

CREATE TABLE task (
    id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    owner_id BIGINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
    title VARCHAR(200) NOT NULL,
    status VARCHAR(16) NOT NULL,
    created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
    updated_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
        ON UPDATE CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
    PRIMARY KEY (id),
    KEY ix_task_owner_status_created (owner_id, status, created_at)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4;

Every migration needs preconditions, expected impact, a backup point, compatibility window, and a rollback plan tested in isolation. Do not assume DDL can always roll back transactionally like ordinary DML.

Install from the reviewed, committed lock instead of unconstrained CI updates:

set -euo pipefail

composer validate --strict
composer install --no-interaction --prefer-dist
composer audit
vendor/bin/phpunit --testdox

The PHPUnit release must support the chosen PHP branch. One passing run is insufficient: define outcomes for an empty database, repeated migration, concurrent writes, database disconnect, duplicate request, and unauthorized user.

9. Prove database skill with restores and query plans

Establish a query baseline with a fixed dataset containing no sensitive data:

EXPLAIN
SELECT id, title, status, created_at
FROM task
WHERE owner_id = 42 AND status = 'open'
ORDER BY created_at DESC
LIMIT 50;

Save the plan, server release, table definition, statistics, data size, and measured latency. EXPLAIN is one piece of evidence; do not present estimated cost as user experience. Consult the selected release's MySQL EXPLAIN documentation.

A backup becomes evidence only after an independent restore. This example uses a 0600 client configuration so the password is absent from the command line. restore_check must be a disposable isolated database and must never point to production:

set -euo pipefail
umask 077
MYSQL_CLIENT_CONFIG='/absolute/path/to/protected-client.cnf'

test -r "$MYSQL_CLIENT_CONFIG"
mysqldump --defaults-extra-file="$MYSQL_CLIENT_CONFIG" 
  --single-transaction --routines --triggers 
  app > app-backup.sql
mysql --defaults-extra-file="$MYSQL_CLIENT_CONFIG" 
  --database restore_check < app-backup.sql

Choose consistency according to engine, table type, and business RPO/RTO; these commands are not a universal backup for every workload. Encrypt backups, limit access, set retention, and rehearse recovery using MySQL Backup and Recovery or the selected MariaDB release documentation.

10. Time, cost, and stop conditions

Item	Planning range	Disclosure
Eight learning stages	About 6–10 hours each, 48–80 hours total	Scheduling example only; experience, language background, and project difficulty change it substantially
Bounded project and evidence	About 20–40 hours	Excludes production compliance, complex operations, high availability, and real payments
Software and documentation	PHP, Composer, PHPUnit, MySQL Community/MariaDB documentation can be used without a purchase	Hosting, support, training, books, or commercial database editions may cost money; read live terms before commitment
Books	Evaluate library access, lawful samples, and books already owned first	Price, region, format, and stock change; set a budget cap and do not buy because of this article

Stop and review when a tutorial requires an unsupported runtime, an example depends on a removed API, version or license cannot be verified, only a download site exists without a publisher source, an exercise requires real personal/customer data, a backup cannot restore, tests omit authorization/failure paths, or a performance conclusion has no data size and method.

Completion is not “read five books.” It is the ability to reproduce versions from an empty environment, explain security boundaries, pass tests, rehearse migrations and recovery, support performance judgments with plans and measurements, and list unresolved risks.

11. Pre-release checklist

• [ ] The PHP branch appears in the official support table; patch release, SAPI, extensions, and configuration are recorded.
• [ ] MySQL or MariaDB product and exact release are pinned, with no borrowed assumptions from the other product.
• [ ] composer.lock is reviewed and committed; install, audit, and tests pass from an empty environment.
• [ ] Every external input is validated, SQL uses prepared statements, and output is contextually escaped.
• [ ] Authentication, authorization, sessions, CSRF, rate, and error paths have tests.
• [ ] Migrations are rehearsed on a copy; backups restore and validate in isolation.
• [ ] EXPLAIN, fixed dataset, measurement method, and regression threshold are saved together.
• [ ] Credentials, real data, internal URLs, backups, and logs stay out of the public repository.
• [ ] Every book is audited by ISBN/edition; old code remains historical and is not copied directly to production.
• [ ] There are no affiliates, short links, pirated PDFs, unauthorized covers, or unverifiable purchase promises.

12. Current authoritative references

• PHP: Supported Versions
• PHP: Historical Releases
• PHP Manual
• PHP: Migrating from 5.6 to 7.0
• PHP: PDO prepared statements
• Composer: Introduction
• Composer: lock file and basic usage
• PHP-FIG: PSR index
• PHPUnit Manual
• MySQL Reference Manual
• MySQL: Backup and Recovery
• MySQL: EXPLAIN
• MariaDB Server documentation
• OWASP: SQL Injection Prevention
• OWASP: Authentication
• WorldCat
• InformIT: PHP and MySQL Web Development, 4th Edition
• O'Reilly: Programming PHP, 2nd Edition
• O'Reilly: Programming PHP, 4th Edition
• Springer/Apress: The Definitive Guide to MySQL 5
• Textbook catalog: A Practical Guide to MySQL, 3rd Edition
• Larry Ullman: edition history
• Pearson: PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites, 5th Edition

13. Safe archive of the 2011 source

The complete visible source_export body follows with trailing whitespace normalized and exactly 22 targets narrowly replaced: 1 inactive legacy-site destination, 1 Taskcity/referral destination, 5 dead cover destinations, 10 bit.ly shortened affiliate occurrences (5 unique short links), and 5 Dangdang purchase destinations containing affiliate/tracking parameters. The unmodified export and Git history retain the original values.

Warning: the archived reviews, ratings, statistics, endorsements, career/wealth promises, version claims, and purchase text are 2011 historical content, not current facts or advice. Every link string is inside the outer code fence and must not be used as a download, purchase, or installation entry point.

**文章目录**

- [如何学习 PHP 和 MySQL](https://blog.lazying.art#toc-1)
- [《PHP 和 MySQL Web 开发》 (原书第4版)](https://blog.lazying.art#toc-2)
- [《PHP 程序设计》(第2版)](https://blog.lazying.art#toc-3)
- [《MySQL 5 权威指南》(第3版)](https://blog.lazying.art#toc-4)
- [《深入浅出MySQL:数据库开发优化与管理维护》](https://blog.lazying.art#toc-5)
- [《PHP 6 与 MySQL 5 基础教程》](https://blog.lazying.art#toc-6)
- [PHP 和 MySQL Web 开发书籍总结](https://blog.lazying.art#toc-7)

PHP 是世界上使用最广泛的创建动态网站的脚本语言，而 MySQL 则是世界上使用最多的关系型数据库，并且他们都是开源的，我们经常浏览的网站和开源程序就有很多都是基于 PHP 和 MySQL 开发的，如你正在浏览的[白手起家网Ⅰ]([historical inactive legacy-site target redacted])博客使用的 WordPress 博客程序就是基于 PHP 和 MySQL 开发的，更大型的系统如 Facebook 等也是基于 PHP 开发的，所以说 PHP 和 MySQL 是网站开发的利器。

是的，要想成为一个成功的 Web 开发者，那么 PHP 和 MySQL 是必须掌握的技巧之一。根据[Taskcity]([historical Taskcity/referral target redacted])[智城 – 全球软件外包交易管理平台]等的外包平台上的数据统计，由于其方便和部署容易，PHP 和 MySQL 项目一直是需求最多的项目，而真正能够胜任 PHP 和 MySQL 项目的程序员少之又少。所以精通 PHP 和 MySQL 开发，就是掌握了一把成为自由职业者，提高个人财富的钥匙。

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- [《PHP 6 与 MySQL 5 基础教程》](https://blog.lazying.art/en/html/computer_internet/php/221/php%e5%92%8cmysql-web%e5%bc%80%e5%8f%91%e5%8e%9f%e4%b9%a6%e7%ac%ac4%e7%89%88-%e9%ab%98%e6%b8%85%e7%89%88-pdf.html/#%E3%80%8APHP_6_%E4%B8%8E_MySQL_5_%E5%9F%BA%E7%A1%80%E6%95%99%E7%A8%8B%E3%80%8B)
- [PHP 和 MySQL Web 开发书籍总结](https://blog.lazying.art/en/html/computer_internet/php/221/php%e5%92%8cmysql-web%e5%bc%80%e5%8f%91%e5%8e%9f%e4%b9%a6%e7%ac%ac4%e7%89%88-%e9%ab%98%e6%b8%85%e7%89%88-pdf.html/#PHP_%E5%92%8C_MySQL_Web_%E5%BC%80%E5%8F%91%E4%B9%A6%E7%B1%8D%E6%80%BB%E7%BB%93)

## []如何学习 PHP 和 MySQL

W3Schools 上有非常好的 [PHP 和 MySQL 入门教程](http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp)，但是要真正精通使用 PHP 和 MySQL 进行 Web 开发，成为高手，还是需要阅读正确的书籍。选对了 PHP 和 MySQL 编程的经典书籍，然后配合平时程序设计工作中的刻苦钻研，成为一名精通 PHP 和 MySQL Web 程序设计的高级程序员并非一件可望不可及的事情。但是如果没有选对正确的书籍，则 PHP 和 MySQL 学习之路就可能面临坎坷。今天我推荐的这些 PHP 和 MySQL Web 开发书籍，都是当初我学习 PHP 和 MySQL 中最经典的书籍，通过这些书籍的学习，我精通了 PHP 和 MySQL 开发，并创建了 [WordPress Jam](http://wpjam.com/) 承接 WordPress 等项目，所以我相信这些书都很值得各位朋友抽空认真一读。

## []《PHP 和 MySQL Web 开发》 (原书第4版)

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**《PHP 和 MySQL Web 开发》**是 PHP 和 MySQL 程序员案头必备的一本书籍。可以说，PHP 程序员如果没有读过这本书，就好像基督教徒没有读过圣经一样，是很难让人理解的。这本书将 PHP 开发与 MySQL 应用相结合，分别对 PHP 和 MySQL 做了深入浅出的分析，不仅介绍 PHP 和 MySQL 的一般概念，而且对 PHP 和 MySQL 的 Web 应用做了较全面的阐述，其中还包括几个经典且实用的例子。本书第四版经过了全面的更新、重写和扩展，包括 PHP 5.3 最新改进的特性（例如更好的错误和异常处理），MySQL 的存储过程和存储引擎，Ajax 技术与 Web 2.0 以及Web应用需要注意的安全问题。 Facebook 和 Yahoo 等使用 PHP 作为主要开发语言的大公司也都视这本书为绝佳的 PHP 学习书籍，可见它是全球所有 PHP 程序员必备的一本书。

## []《PHP 程序设计》(第2版)

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