PHP for the World Wide Web: Visual Quickstart Guide (Visual QuickStart Guides)

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Editorial Review:

This is a slim title, and does not pretend to cover advanced use of PHP. The database coverage, in just one short chapter, is particularly thin. If you already have a little programming knowledge, you might prefer one of the more detailed PHP books, such as Beginning PHP 4 Programming, from Wrox, or Leon Atkinson's Core PHP Programming. On the other hand, those looking for a keenly priced guide to PHP fundamentals will find PHP for the World Wide Web an ideal starting point. --Tim Anderson

Reader Reviews:

Absolutely Invaluable (0/0 people found this helpful)

I must admit that I had written basic php applications before buying this book. However I have no idea how I managed to write them with the little knowledge I possessed! I've read a great deal of php books in the past where I learned very little from a vast amount of reading. This was the complete opposite, and I couldn't believe how it turned my programming around. From start to finish, it teaches the essentials in an easy to read and easy to understand format without leaving out things you really do need to know.

For those looking for something advanced, this obviously isn't going to be for you, but if you're just starting out, or you've just dabbled in php before, this is absolutely the number one book out there.

Good book (0/0 people found this helpful)

Before buying this book, my knowledge of php was fairly limited. I knew bits and bobs from scripts i've played with in the past and wanted to take it a step further and start getting good at it.

This book has helped to patch things together and I now feel much more confident to move on to a more advanced book. It is very easy to read and I like the way the scripts have been formatted in the book, with two copies of any script being explained; one full script (which is good for quick reference later in time) and then a step-by-step explanation of building the script which explains the reasoning for each part.

As others have mentioned, it's not the most advanced of books, but, if like me you have patchy knowledge, I recommend this as it will fill those gaps.

Fantasic Book (1/1 people found this helpful)

This PHP book is an excellent book especially for beginners. The code is seperate from the main body of text so it is easy to find, as well the code is explained step-by-step so that it is easy to understand.

When I first picked up this book and started reading it, I could not put it down and had to do all the exercises in the book. This is a very good book for basic understanding, and gets you to a level where you can start creating your own functions.

The only downside is that you need to buy the 'PHP Advanced quickpro' to be able to get to intermediate standard. Though it does not matter.

To sum it up, this is a good book for a beginner and also is good for reference. I would recomend this book to anyone who is interested in learning PHP.

Lovin' It (6/6 people found this helpful)

I don't read many books, this is probably the second book I've read since christmas! So, my English is very poor and I might struggle with books that use very complicated text.
But, this book makes it very, very easy to understand PHP. I am half way through this book and I am understanding 90% of it, which I think will be enough. I've been using HTML and Javascript for years and I have decided to go somewhere different and this book has everything I need to know about PHP.

I recommend this book to people who may be in the same situation as me!

I am planning on digging further into web design when I get the hang of PHP and find a book, by the same author, on more advanced programming.

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Good, but get the slightly more complicated one! (17/17 people found this helpful)

This book is good for your basic start in PHP. I've pretty much worked through it and found it to be well explained and easy to follow. For this I recommend it.

However, on the introduction of PHP4.1 the register_globals command is set to off as default. This means that if your server is running PHP4.1 or later with a default setup most of the example scripts featured in the book will need a small amount of modification before you can run them.

This book is a solid intro on PHP and the changes to the scripts needed to get them up and running are minimal. But, I would suggest getting 'PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Websites' by the same author and publisher as it covers all the topics in this book (and more), has the updated globals handling for PHP4.1 and covers MySQL. It isn't even that much more expensive!

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