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Title: PHP for the World Wide Web Visual Quickstart Guide by Larry Ullman ISBN: 0-201-72787-0 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 29 March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.02 (49 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Clear, friendly and a great introduction
Comment: Visual Quickstart guides are incredibly clear and easy-to-use. This book tackles basic PHP features like date functions and making text appear on screen, goes through conditions and loops and includes more advanced chapters on arrays, basic MySQL integration, cookies, and dealing with external files.
I've always found it easier to try to figure things out from examples - this book displays clear code examples with explanations side-by-side. Highlighting the new code examples in red is a real help.
This book can get you from no knowledge of PHP to an impressive intermediate level in just a few days, even if you don't have a background in programming or scripting.
Finally - while there's no CD, the accompanying website allows you to download the script examples chapter-by-chapter.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great book for beginners (such as myself)...
Comment: I am somewhat new to programming, even newer to PHP. I have spent hours and hours in local bookstores trying to discern which book to buy. I have now owned 4 books on PHP -- 3 of which have been returned. This is the only one I've kept. Why? Every other book I have looked at is either (a) information overload, or (b) takes forgranted a certain level of programming experience.
WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR? The beginning programmer--*not* just the beginning "PHP-er," but the beginning programmer. If you have a decent amount of programming experience, this book will be too basic for you. If you have little or no programming experience, this book is *perfect.* So far every line of code used has been explained so that the beginning coded can not just copy down a bunch of code, but actually LEARN programming concepts in general, and in PHP in particular.
ARE THERE ERRORS IN THE BOOK? Errors exist in *every* computer book I've ever touched. If you are looking for a book without errors, don't buy one, you will be disappointed. (Two of the other three PHP books I briefly owned were plagued with errors, one even came with a CD which was missing chapter 2 code, thus rendering the book/CD useless. The third book likely was error filled, I didn't keep it around long enough to find out.) However, there is a companion website .... which lists and corrects known errors...and it appears the list is updated when needed. Also, I emailed the author about an area not covered in his book and he promptly emailed me back.
I only hesitate to give this book 5 Stars because I am not the world's biggest fan of the "Visual Quickstart" layout. If you've gotten along fine with other Visual Quickstart books, this one is probably one of the best. (Do not compare this book to the horrible JavaScript book put out by Visual Quickstart, as there is no comparison.)
Without reservation, I recommend this book for the beginning--even intermediate--programmer who wants to LEARN, not just copy, PHP.
Rating: 5
Summary: This guide to PHP is a great intro -- PLUS online discussion
Comment: Larry Ullman provides a clear and excellent intro to PHP in this 2nd edition. I am a beginnning programmer and I have found this to be not only a really clear introduction, but also a reference manual as I go along.
Plus, the author has created an online discussion forum that is actually active and works.
From my somewhat thorough review, this is the best intro PHP book out there!
Joshua
Ogden Little Bags
http://www.ogdenlittle.com
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Title: PHP and MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites: Visual QuickPro Guide by Larry Ullman ISBN: 0321186486 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 21 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: MySQL: Visual QuickStart Guide by Larry Ullman ISBN: 0321127315 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 30 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: HTML for the World Wide Web with XHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide, Fifth Edition by Elizabeth Castro ISBN: 0321130073 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 17 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.99 |
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Title: JavaScript for the World Wide Web: Visual QuickStart Guide (4th Edition) by Tom Negrino, Dori Smith ISBN: 0201735172 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 26 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: PHP Advanced for the World Wide Web Visual QuickPro Guide by Larry Ullman ISBN: 0201775972 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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