Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition
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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 … More >>
Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition
Popularity: 63% [?]
February 6th, 2010 at 9:39 am
If you plan to learn php from this book, i suggest you start looking for another, this is just a dictionary about all terminolgy and commands regards php, but with no excercices!!! well.. there are a few lazy excercises. Its only a description of the methods i mean.. if you are reading about the function echo() you will read something like. "ok, you should use echo in this way "echo "this book sucks", echo is for show you some info on screen, or if you are reading about loops, like for.. "ok. for is for looping! like 1 to 10".. that's it! now you are an php expert!!!.. if there was a posibility to rate this as -5 i would.
Rating: 1 / 5
February 6th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
I bought this book because I need a more advanced book on PHP/MySQL – specifically in the use of mysqli, PDO and stored procedures. I found this book to be quite lacking in these areas. I have the MySQL Stored Procedure Programming book by Oreilly and it covers these subjects in better detail but even it doesn't go as in-depth as I would like.
I think there is some good material in this book but it didn't satisfy my immediate need and for that I am disappointed.
Rating: 2 / 5
February 6th, 2010 at 3:03 pm
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.
Rating: 5 / 5
February 6th, 2010 at 4:28 pm
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.
Rating: 2 / 5
February 6th, 2010 at 5:47 pm
I am not a programmer, although I have dabbled in programming, primarily in Visual Basic. Having developed a number of websites using FrontPage, I needed a resource to help me see and understand the world outside of Microsoft. This book was a lucky find, and I recommend it wholeheartedly to PHP beginners. Hopefully, in a not-too-distant future, I will be able to write an advanced user's review of the same book
Rating: 5 / 5