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PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, & HTML5 All-in-One For Dummies Cheat Sheet

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HTML & CSS Essentials For Dummies
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Create web documents and websites by knowing basic HTML elements, PHP statements and functions, and more. Become familiar with these special programming languages, which you can use to build dynamic websites that work with the MySQL database.

Basic HTML elements

HyperText Markup Language (HTML) is the language of the web, where elements dictate the formatting and style of your content. HTML elements compose the downloaded coding that you see when you go to a web page in your web browser (such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Safari). Here are some basic elements to get you started building a web page.

Element Description
<a> An anchor is typically used to create links.
<body> Creates the body element for a page.
<br> Creates a line break.
<div> Creates a block to contain other HTML and text.
<doctype> Declares a document type for the HTML page.
<html> Creates the HTML element for a page.
<img> Creates a place for an image.
<span> Creates a space for an inline element within a page.

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Janet Valade is the author of PHP & MySQL For Dummies. In addition, she has authored and revised chapters for several Linux books and for a Webmaster certification book.
Janet Valade has 20 years experience in the computing field. She worked as a Web designer/programmer for an engineering firm. Prior to that, Janet worked for several years in a university environment as a systems analyst. During her tenure, she supervised the installation and operation of computing resources, designed and developed a data archive, provided technical support for faculty and students, wrote numerous technical papers, and developed and presented seminars and workshops on a variety of technology topics.