Feb
14
- ISBN13: 9780764557460
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
- Notes:
Product Description* This comprehensive tutorial and reference covers all the basics of PHP 5, a popular open source Web scripting language, and MySQL 4. 012, the most popular open source database engine * Explores why users need PHP and MySQL, how to get started, how to add PHP to HTML, and how to connect HTML Web pages to MySQL * Offers an extensive tutorial for developing applications with PHP and MySQL * Includes coverage of how to install, administer, and design MySQL databases independently of PHP; exception and error handling; debugging techniques; PostgreSQL database system; and PEAR database functions * The authors provide unique case studies of how and where to use PHP drawn from their own extensive Web experience. . . More >>
This book is an excellent resource for PHP and MySQL with a very good chapter on Object Oriented Programming, project examples, and actual case studies. I would highly recommend this book for all developers who desire to sharpen their skills and start programming with the advanced techniques of the new version of PHP.
Rating: 4 / 5
The book was exactly as described. Is in great condition and saved me a bunch of money instead of buying it through my campus bookstore. Delivery was fast. Will order from them again.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book often uses concepts and code explained only in following chapters. I should have read the other (bad) reviews on Amazon before buying my copy in a library. Unfortunately I was in hurry. Now I am at page 202 and I am not sure whether I should continue or quit and wait 8 more days to get a better book.
Rating: 1 / 5
If you already are a programmer from another language this book is just fine but if you are a beginner stay away from it. You’re better off reading something from the WROX publishers to learn PHP and the MySQL Tutorial from MySQL AB. This book covers a lot of PHP but the examples are awful and the layout of them are even worse. Altough they recommend some coding standard, they unfortunately do not implent it in the examples themselves. The chapters jump back and forth and if you like to know something about object orientated programming in PHP then stay away from this book. It will not teach you, but it is merely a explanation for C or Java programmers. This is not really a PHP5 book, but a brushed up PHP4 book. The MySQL version examples are still 4. 0, which suprices me as 4. 1 is released at the same time as PHP5 and has some important changes regarding PHP. The authors of this book did only explain one chapter MySQL with MyISAM tables and there is nothing to be found for the InnoDB version.
Rating: 2 / 5
The book was in great shape and great price! Thanks for a great experience.
Rating: 5 / 5