PHP & MySQL For Dummies 3rd edition
June 18th, 2010 by CGI & PHP.com
- ISBN13: 9780470096000
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
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Product Description
Build an online catalog and a members-only site
Everything you need to know to create a dynamic PHP and MySQL Web site!
Been thinking of creating a high-quality interactive Web site? This book is just what you need to get started! Here's the fun and easy way(r) to develop a Web application in PHP 4, 5, or 6 and MySQL 5, test your software, enable your Web pages to display, change, and move database information, and much more.
PHP & MySQL For Dummies 3rd edition
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June 18th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
I wanted to learn how to programme in php/mysql. This seemed to be a good book to start with. It does tell you all about the different things about php and mysql but it doesn't go into enough detail. The way the book works is it builds up into two projects. The first is to make a website that can register users. And the second is to make a online catalogue which the users can buy from. Thats all well and good. But I had no need to make these projects. I wanted to make my own specific project. Thats why I was learning php.
As a result I had a hard time using this book. Specific stuff that is not important to the above projects was left out. Thus I had a hard time finishing my own project. I had search in several other books and websites so that I could finish my project. And my project was really not a complicated one. A simple questionnaire type form that then displays something depending on the number of points you score.
Rating: 2 / 5
June 18th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
I own this book, personally I think its awful. The way it is structured doesn't seem to work too well for the purpose. I read the entire thing once and still felt like I knew nothing. I found some tutorials online easier to follow and the lack of working examples didn't help either. Perhaps if it we're written by a programmer and not a professional author it would have been easier to follow. It didn't help me much however you be the judge and read it for your self maybe you'll find it more useful.
Rating: 1 / 5
June 18th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I recommend this book for anyone that doesn't already have some printed material on PHP and MySQL. It's great for beginners and paves the road of programming. It's pretty easy to read and I find myself constantly looking back through this book when addressing certain concepts or functions.
Rating: 5 / 5
June 18th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
This is the first book I have ever felt the need to review. I am writing this because I am back on amazon to try to find a book that actually teaches me what I am trying to learn. The book has halfass examples with incomplete information to work from. When you do run into a snag during part of the examples, there is no guidance on how to resolve common errors. In short the book sucks and makes me not want to ever buy another book from the "for dummies" series. If you buy this book, you truly are a dummy.
Rating: 1 / 5
June 19th, 2010 at 12:37 am
I had a little experience with both PHP and MySQL before I bought this book. While the first few chapters make it seem easy enough, I found that using most of the information in the book – even copied letter for letter – led to error after error. Frustrated, I finally used my DREAMWEAVER textbook which, with as little information as it provides ABOUT both PHP and MySQL was a lot more helpful.
Rating: 2 / 5