- ISBN13: 9780975240212
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
Build Your Own Database-Driven Website Using PHP & MySQL is a practical guide for first-time users of PHP & MySQL that teaches readers by creating a fully working Content Management System, Shopping Cart and other real-world applications. There has been a marked increase in the adoption of PHP, most notably in the beginning to intermediate levels. PHP now boasts over 30% of the server side scripting market (Source: php.weblogs.com).
The previous edition sold over 17,000 copies exclusively through Sitepoint.com alone. With the release of PHP 5, SitePoint have updated this bestseller to reflect best practice web development using PHP 5 and MySQL 4.
The 3rd Edition includes more code examples and also a new bonus chapter on structured PHP Programming which introduces techniques for organizing real world PHP applications to avoid code duplication and ensure code is manageable and maintainable. The chapter introduces features like include files, user-defined function libraries and constants, which are combined to produce a fully functional access control system suitable for use on any PHP Website.
Thank god the 1st 4 chapters of this book are free. As I need to build a website using mysql & php, I thought this book would be exactly what I needed. I already know sql & html and only needed to know php and how to connect the three. Unfortunately none of the code in the book actually works. Having programmed before I know you cannot call variables without declaring them first (quite a stupid mistake for someone who calls hiself a glorious leader). changing a method from get to post can’t really be done that way either!!!
I would have expected Kevin to have at least checked his code before publising. All in all quite a useless book, specially for a beginner. Not worth 1 star but Amazon doesn’t allw 0 stars.
Rating: 1 / 5
If you are anything beyond a beginner, don’t waste your money on this book. It is a meager 231 pages, pale in comparison to most books on programming. A more appropriate price would be [less]. Unfortunately, I was impatient waiting for the O’Reilly Web Database Applications with PHP & MySQL to be published, so I purchased this book. I wish I had my [money back].
Rating: 1 / 5
I recently purchased this book from sitepoint after people ranted and raved about how good it was. I can honestly say, that it is not that spectacular. There are far more other books on the subject of PHP that teach the same thing that are MUCH better than this.
Sometimes when you are complete NOVICE you need a book that will “hold your hand” along the way, this book does not do that it assumes you have an idea of it already.
My suggestion, is dont bother.. Look for something else instead
Rating: 3 / 5
This book is way out of date. There are more up to date versions available.
Rating: 1 / 5
I was first introduced to this book…when I downloaded the first four chapters. They were EXCELLENT and got me up and running with PHP and MySQL (on a Win2K box) in no time. This is simply one of the best tech books I own.
Kevin has done a fantastic job of clearly explaining AND teaching PHP and MySQL. He somehow found a way to cram as much useful information as possible into this small book but managed to organize it in a tech-friendly way. You WILL learn these technologies AND build a PHP/MySQL website by the time you finish (if not earlier). Even his chapter on installing the technologies is as good as it gets. How many times have you followed a set of installation steps and when you were finished had something work EXACTLY the way you thought it would? Well, Kevin does just that in this book. Sure, this may not be the largest book you’ll ever buy but it WILL be one of the best!
Buy it and enjoy!! …
Rating: 5 / 5