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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9781590598627
Edition: 3
ISBN: 1590598628
Label: Apress
Manufacturer: Apress
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1080
Publication Date: March 24, 2008
Publisher: Apress
Studio: Apress
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Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition offers a comprehensive introduction to two of the most prominent open source technologies on the planet: the PHP scripting language and the MySQL database server. Updated to introduce the features found in MySQLs most significant release to date, readers learn how to take advantage of the latest features of both technologies to build powerful, manageable, and stable web applications.
Essentially three books in one, readers not only profit from extensive introductions to the core features of each technology, but also learn how to effectively integrate the two in order to build robust data-driven applications. Packed with practical examples and insight into the real-world challenges faced by developers based on author W. Jason Gilmore's 7 years of expertise working with these technologies, readers will repeatedly return to this book as both a valuable instructional tool and reference guide.
What you'll learn - The PHP language
- How to back your web site with MySQL
- Templating so that you can apply a consistent design across all pages on your site
- How to authenticate your web site users
- How to use cookies to maintain information (such as items in a shopping cart) while a user is browsing your site
Who is this book for?
This book is written for developers seeking to take advantage of the PHP language and MySQL database to create powerful web applications.
About the Apress Beginning Series
The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry-level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from "novice to professional." Youll start your journey by seeing what you need to knowbut without needless theory and filler. Youll build your skill set by learning how to put together real-world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you thereit is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!
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I'm a sucker for a good price and I bought this book hoping that in the 1000+ pages I could start to learn PHP. I did - but I also quickly got frustrated and distracted by the author's complete refusal to explain ANYTHING with conciseness.
This is a reference book, not something you'd want to read cover to cover.
Boring examples, wordy discussions - the authors seems to have been more interested in boosting page count than anything else :(
Another bloated PHP book was Larry Ullman's Visual QuickPro. Are there any php tech authors who know how to write??
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This is a great book, it covers a ton of material in total but does not totally cover anyone particular subject. I will not list all the chapters another reviewer did that already, but I have over 30 books on php and this one was on my wishlist here on amazon for a long time.
This book does have examples and they are working examples if you manually type them and follow along. The examples however are not long and do not go in depth or build upon previous examples, each example is just long enough to demonstrate the subject. This to me is better than the online php manuals, because it makes more sense. The manual uses generic variables and naming conventions, such as foo and bar and foobar, $a, $b, $c etc, which for a new programmer is confusing. This book uses real names and puts the material into a perspective that most people can better envision. Like examples about employees.
This is more of a reference. It even says in the introduction"novices and seasoned ... Read More
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This book covers so much topics and assumes the reader is new to PHP. Excellent for PHP beginners and as lookup reference for intermediate/advanced programmers. Definitely a must to have book in your desk.
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Some books you can tell are a labor of love by someone who knows their subject well and is really trying to impart that to his readers. This is one of those books. It covers a lot of ground, with a lot of code snippets. As someone who's new to PHP and MySql, it's been very useful -- I can pretty count on finding the information I need there -- explanations along with code examples so it's easy to both understand it and see the code.
Originally I gave it 5 stars, but after using it for a while and especially getting into the SQL half more, I've downgraded it because it's surprisingly not thorough in how to drive MySQL from PHP. A number of times I could find what needs to be done in SQL but not see how to accomplish it with PHP code, that I had to look up elsewhere. To be sure there are two good chapters on just this, but given the title and audience for the book, you'd think it would be a constant throughout. For example, try to find out how to Insert or Update database rows ... Read More
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Beginning PHP and MYSQL is definitely for the beginner. That is exactly where I am at. The book describes in detail both of these technologies.
I recommend this book if you are looking at creating PHP pages and interfacing them with MySql...
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