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A great introduction As someone who has developed "shop front" websites since the late 90s, but who never needed to take it a stage further until the last 18 months, I needed a fast, accessible introduction to both PHP and MySQL in order to build a dynamic, search-driven website for my company - fast. If you know enough HTML/CSS to knock up a brochure-style site, and can plug in a bit of Javascript, get a form to work, and put the whole thing live with a hosting company, this book will take you by the hand and get you... more info
A head of the game This book is a head of the game, it will teach you the fundamentals of php6 and it tells you when the code is only for php6 (and that php5 code won't work). The good thing about this book is that it teaches you how php and mysql dance together. Don't miss this book, get it while it is still new. Even if you don't know much about mysql this book has an introduction chapter to mysql. I highly recommend this book to all levels except those who are super advanced programmers.
Whoever formatted this book needs to be shot. This is the worst technical book I have ever attempted to read. Not because of its content, which may or may not be fine, but because of its formatting. I don't know whether I have a newer edition to everybody else but my copy is formatted in two narrow columns per page, instead of the usual one column. This makes listings look ridiculous. Lines of code which should fit on one line are instead splayed over 3 or 4 lines. In one particularly bad example, the page layout went as follows:more info
Excellent primer for PHP MySQL This is an excellent starter for learning how to use PHP/ MySQL. It goes along at a fair pace, and may be too fast if you don't have previous HTML and programming experience. The separate PHP for the World Wide Web: Visual Quickstart Guide (Visual QuickStart Guides)and MySQL: Visual Quickstart Guide (Visual QuickStart Guides)books in this series take this a bit more slowly, so if you're struggling they might be a good place to look. Otherwise this will quickly introduce you to the concepts and use... more info
