Customer Rating: 
Summary: Excellent book!
Comment: An excellent book for the very beginner to intermediate user, providing a lot of knowledge in the area of PHP and MYSQL. You will learn about relational database design, how to make a content management system, advanced SQL queries, etc. At the end you will use what you learned to create a dynamic driven website.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Book is too old
Comment: This book is way out of date. There are more up to date versions available.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for biginners, but out of date for today.
Comment: True to Site Point's method and style, this book makes it easy to jump into the basics of it's subject. Easy to navigate and full of helpful tips and hints, all the matieral is easy to access.
However a word of warning for those who may wish to purchase this book- get a newer version! This version covers PHP4.0 which is being discontinued from use in November of 2007. Learning PHP4.0 will not be very helpful after November, so Look for the newer version of this book and you will be set.
I found this to be the newest version as of this posting: Build Your Own Database Driven Website Using PHP and MySQL
I was quite sad when I realized I had purchased, and then read through, the whole book and then found out that PHP4 will be discontinued. You need PHP5 or PHP6 to be effective and up to date.
Also, if you are not an absolute beginner at the subject, this book is probably not for you. You can find more advanced books on the subject that will help you in your php quest. I found the first couple of chapters to be a bore, and maybe even an insult, because they covered 'how to use windows' how to open notepad, or how to do the equivalent in mac.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Book
Comment: I highly recomend this book. I think it best serves those who already know the syntax of PHP, but it is a excellent book. I recomend either "Learning PHP" (The O'Reilly book) or "PHP for the World Wide Web : Visual QuickStart Guide" for a beginner. Both of these books will help you learn the syntax and concepts of PHP, but then it is best to move on to a book that gives practical examples, and this book excells at giving practical examples.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A good book for getting started with php and databases.
Comment: By reading just the first 4 chapters I was able to create my own webpages using php and the mySQL database to store tables of data. It has some good example programs that you can follow.
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