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Summary: This book is definitely in my top 10 PC books!
Comment: The author covers every aspects of PHP programming. From the basic syntax (loops, conditions, arrays, string) to more complex topics as security, networking, authentication. He also covers a lot of stuff on mysql database server including its installation with apache, on windows and Linux. There is also sections on server configuration of PHP, Apache, MySQL. The author, obviously, has very good experience in web programming and the tips are unvaluable.
I cannot forget also the "after-sale-service". I had a question regarding "authentication" and I had an answer about an hour after. He says at the beginning of the book that he likes to answer to emails and I can say that it is true!
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Summary: Meh
Comment: It was a decent book. I've been reading this in my spare time during my High School classes... It offers an easy to read guide to beginning PHP. I must admit that there were some parts that were difficult to follow (mostly around the introduction to object oriented programming, as this was my first leap into OOP), but other than that, it was an easy read. Some of the examples in the book have typos, which added to my confusion. I was able to fumble the way through the typos thanks to php.net's online reference. All in all, this book offers a good introduction to the language, but it is by no means a desktop reference that you would want to consult after you get the basics of the language down. I believe that honor goes to php.net.
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Summary: Errata
Comment: I would not recommend this book to anyone. The online errata page falls miles short of pointing out all the errors and typos in this book. The last thing I want to do while trying to learn PHP is figure out why the code from the book doesn't work. And when I got it to work, it was always because of code errors. At first I started marking my book so I wouldn't waste my time again but it got rediculous. Now, all I want to do is sell this book but it's all scribbled over. Nonetheless, I'm NOT keeping this book on my library.
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Summary: Excellent Book!
Comment: This book is excellent. The author's style is very readable and the examples of coding he provides are useful.
Don't expect to learn PHP from this book easily if you are not at least a reasonably capable programmer, but what you will be able to do - even if you are a complete novice - is to copy the examples and make them work - which let's face it is the way most of us learned to program - and that'll get you there in the end.
I haven't found a techie book as good as this since I first read Kernighan and Ritchie's book over 15 years ago.
Anyone who wants to learn PHP should use this book it will work for you, C coders will find it especially straightforward. Enjoy!
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Summary: Excellent
Comment: After reading this book, I find that I have a lot of new knowledge. I already considered my knowledge level to be that of an intermediate, but I now consider myself an expert.
You should buy this book.
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