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Title: Sams Teach Yourself PHP, MySQL and Apache in 24 Hours by Julie C. Meloni ISBN: 0-672-32489-X Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 11 December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.21 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Questions? Please read table of contents, or ask me!
Comment: Hi - I am the author of this book, and I want to make sure everyone understands where this book comes from. It's parts of three different books, with several new chapters. It's fairly beginner-ish in nature, but you definitely have to have a handle on how the Web works, from an administrative standpoint, to get your brain around the Apache chapters. The MySQL and PHP chapters assume less pre-existing knowledge, and are pretty fun, hands-on and oriented through working through lessons.
This is not the be all and end all PHP, Apache and MySQL book -- that would take way longer than 24 hours -- nor is it meant to be. But it will teach the fundamentals of all three things, and provide you with a strong foundation for more advanced books. You can find more info like table of contents, code and errata at thickbook.com.
Best, Julie.
Rating: 3
Summary: Book is good, CD is problematic
Comment: I would have given the book 4 stars, except for the fact that the software on the CD caused me hours of grief.
As far as the book is concerned, I am very satisfied with the book, considering that I am a web developer that is now learning databases and php. I fully understand that this is just a basic 'touch the bases' book. I have already bought another MySql book and another PHP book - and intend to buy one more php book. I only installed these 3 programs on my desktop computer so that I can work with php and mysql before I upload my work to my websites - so that I don't have to do all my testing online.
My main complaint is with the programs on the CD. The version of Apache conflicts with the outdated version of PHP. So, after spending hours troubleshooting and posting questions to online tech forums, I figured out the conflict and downloaded the current version from the PHP web site. (This is after I uninstalled and reinstalled Apache - the problem was with php).
The version of MySQL is a 'future' beta version. It does not work on Win98. After messing around with it for a while, and again posting questions to forums, I figured that I had to burn up over 2 hours of dial-up time downloading the current version (a lower # version than on the CD?!).
A lot of help the CD was! Very disappointed. One reason I purchased this book was that I thought it was indeed a 'starter kit'. Wrong.
Also, I felt the book did not tell me quite enough about how to start Apache while it is not running as a service. Since I only installed Apache to run PHP and MySql, I had no need for the configuration chapters on Apache. Overall, I had to spend a lot of time just figuring stuff out for myself.
Overall, it is a decent book. I do not regret buying it. The main reason for me bothering to write a review is to save someone hours of trouble and forewarn them that there are problems with MySql and php on the CD.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent for beginners
Comment: Before purchasing this book, I tried to install Apache, MySQL and PHP on my Windows machine without any luck. I was frustrated because this is all quite effortless if you use any flavor of Linux (Red Hat 9 in my case).
I purchased the Dummies book on the same subject(s) and I found it confusing, particularly getting PHP to interact with Apache. I returned the book and got this one and I was up and running with Apache, MySQL and PHP in about an hour.
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Title: PHP and MySQL for Dummies with CDROM by Janet Valade ISBN: 0764516507 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: PHP/MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner by Andy Harris ISBN: 1931841322 Publisher: Learning Express Pub. Date: 04 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition by Luke Welling, Laura Thomson ISBN: 067232525X Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 12 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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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: Sams Teach Yourself PHP in 24 Hours (2nd Edition) by Matt Zandstra ISBN: 0672323117 Publisher: SAMS Pub. Date: 15 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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