Product DescriptionThis is THE book for webmasters, developers, and IT departments looking to create sophisticated Internet applications with open-source technologies. Setting Up Lamp teaches you how to develop a complete web server solution from the ground up. You’ll learn how to install, configure, use, and integrate all four LAMP components–Linux operating system, Apache web server, MySQL database manager, and PHP programming language. And, you’ll discover how to get support from open-source web sites and communities. Focusing on fundamental concepts of the technologies, this book is not version specific. In fact, it addresses how to use future updates of LAMP technologies to extend its shelf life. . . . More >>
Setting Up LAMP: Getting Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Working Together
I don’t know how many of you out there have had to setup a lampp environment but let me tell ya to do it properly takes hours of your time. It’s was nice to have a step by step guide to assist me in this project. Highly recommended!
Rating: 5 / 5
I purchased the Setting up LAMP book as required text after signing up for a Linux web server course at my local community college. I had a linux web server up and running just by reading the book, I really did not need the class but just the right book and this was it. I had also bought Sams Teach yourself apache 2 in 24 hours and found it too hard to read.
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is more af a composite of the 4 taken straight off multiple online resources. The book reads as if you follow page by page, you will understand how to get them “Working Together”. My strongest complaint is that it truely disregards security concerns in the earlier chapters. At many times you will feel alot of copy/paste has been performed. However, the book is surely for someone who has never touched any type of unix. if you fit this bill, then this book could work for you.
Try “Hacking Linux Exposed Second Edition” with 1 or 2 online newbie Linux sites that cover basic system configuration (there is more than enough). This book covers enough to get them working together and with a eye on security at the same time.
Rating: 3 / 5
If you are looking for a book that provides a brief overview, you will be satisfied with Eric Rosebrock’s book. If you are looking for a “how to” reference book that covers MySQL and PHP in depth, you will probably be disappointed. The book merely provides basic information as the title states: “Setting Up LAMP: Getting Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP Working Together” that being LAMP installation and configuration procedures on a FEDORA Linux environment. This book offers the necessary information to install FEDORA Linux, and getting your Apache web server operating with MySQL and PHP. Rosebrock’s book does save you the time and effort of having to glean information from those various “open source computer geeks” (right brain) web sites.
Rating: 2 / 5
I am very unsatisfied with this book. It only gives instructions on how to setup a lamp using one distro only. And it was geared only to well experienced users. The book was incomprehensible to me.
Rating: 2 / 5