What you need for this book

You should have Apache (or another web server), PHP (version 5.0 or above), and MySQL installed on your system to be able to run the examples in this book. You can install them all at once using software such as WampServer or you can install them separately. jQuery (version 1.3.2 or higher) will also be required.

In terms of technical proficiency, this book assumes that you have working knowledge of PHP, jQuery, HTML, and CSS. You need to know only the basics of these, leave the rest to this book.