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Summary: Solid Look At PHP Programming
Comment: 'Programming PHP' by Kevin Tatroe is a solid look at this popular open source solution for generating dynamic web pages. Competing against the money solutions ASP and JSP, PHP will give you the same kind of functionality, but at a much lower price! Packed with over 500 pages of PHP goodness, this book will make you a better PHP programmer and teach you how to go all the way from defining the most basic of variables to performing database tasks and all sorts of other important tasks and tricks of the trade. I highly recommend this well-written and well ordered book, perfect for anyone that wants to learn and excel at PHP programming!!
Chapter Overview
01. Introduction
02. PHP Basics
03. Functions
04. Strings
05. Arrays
06. Objects
07. Web Techniques
08. Databases
09. Graphics
10. PDF
11. XML
12. Security
13. Application Techniques
14. Extending PHP
15. PHP on Windows
***** HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
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Summary: Not the best, but decent
Comment: It's not the best computer language book I have ever read, by a long shot, but it did give me most of what I needed. I found a number of errors, including places where the example code differs from the text description. This is mostly the editor's fault. Also, there were a number of important details that were left out. This brings me to my main concern: it is not clear who this book was written for. A novice would be overwhelmed, I think, while a more experienced programmer like me may be frustrated with some critical omissions. On the whole, though, it did get the job done.
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Summary: Programming PHP, 2nd Edition (PHP 5)
Comment: I'm assuming via the dates of the other reviews, that most of them are referring to Version 1.
I have Version 2 with me and after reading a few chapters, have come to the conclusion that this is a worthwhile investment.
The author(s) appear to have read my mind as I thought about counter examples ("what about in this case?"), for in the following paragraph such concerns are addressed.
This is an easy read and easily absorbed; yet not too verbose (yawn).
I'm giving it 4/5 stars, simply because there's no downloadable example code. But that is a minor issue; for me.
This is a good book and I shall keep it.
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Summary: Better - What you would expect from a 2nd edition
Comment: Spent an hour examining this 2nd edition. I've also spent some time reading the reviews of the 1st edition and you are right on the money, Nathan Torkington. Many of the reviews show that the reviwer did not take much time or care going thru the book. When you've got the kind of talent and writing experience shared by the two authors, you have got to be one doozy of a PHP person to find the kind of faults some reviewers report. O'Reiily does a great job of maintaining an ERRATA page for each of their books. You never made a typo, guys ? In general this is a nice cleanup of the book. Very good for starters & intermediates.
And thank you to David Wall, who says it all: "The authors use a Talmudic (JBC adds:For readers not familiar with the TALMUD, check out Wikipedia)style to explore PHP's capabilities and explain them to their readers, meaning that they like to present code and commentary in close formation, with each enhancing the other. Typically, they'll present a capability generically and show the relevant code. Then they'll dig into variations on the theme, calling attention to required code alterations as they go. This is a book about PHP itself, so practically no attention is paid to PHP Builder or other development tools. Regardless, this book will help you solve programming challenges with PHP, and enable you to write efficient, attractive code."
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Summary: nice book
Comment: Like many people I know, I have to use multiple programming languages, and php happens to be one of them. Programming PHP is a great book for PHP speakers and the excellent php function reference in appendix A is really adequate value for the book.
Take heart, you can do without the book, if you don't already own a copy, but owning a copy is also a great way to support the community, so go get on.
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