Comments on: Beginning PHP and MySQL: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/beginning-php-and-mysql-from-novice-to-professional-third-edition/ Enhance your site with CGi, PHP and ASP scripts Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:52:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Atanas E. Entchev http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/beginning-php-and-mysql-from-novice-to-professional-third-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-485 Atanas E. Entchev Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:47:47 +0000 http://bloghost.xaviermedia.net/blog/beginning-php-and-mysql-from-novice-to-professional-third-edition/#comment-485 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 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

]]> By: I. Getz http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/beginning-php-and-mysql-from-novice-to-professional-third-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-484 I. Getz Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:28:04 +0000 http://bloghost.xaviermedia.net/blog/beginning-php-and-mysql-from-novice-to-professional-third-edition/#comment-484 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 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

]]> By: Ted L. Nancy http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/beginning-php-and-mysql-from-novice-to-professional-third-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-483 Ted L. Nancy Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:03:54 +0000 http://bloghost.xaviermedia.net/blog/beginning-php-and-mysql-from-novice-to-professional-third-edition/#comment-483 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. <br /> <br />You should buy this book. Rating: 5 / 5 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

]]> By: John Brunton http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/beginning-php-and-mysql-from-novice-to-professional-third-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-482 John Brunton Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:22:47 +0000 http://bloghost.xaviermedia.net/blog/beginning-php-and-mysql-from-novice-to-professional-third-edition/#comment-482 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. <br /> <br />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 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

]]> By: Ricardo Buquet http://www.cgiphp.com/blog/beginning-php-and-mysql-from-novice-to-professional-third-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Ricardo Buquet Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:39:50 +0000 http://bloghost.xaviermedia.net/blog/beginning-php-and-mysql-from-novice-to-professional-third-edition/#comment-481 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 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

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