PHP/MySQL Programming for the Absolute Beginner (For the Absolute Beginner) | 
 enlarge | Author: Andy Harris
Publisher: Muska & Lipman/Premier-Trade
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 230765
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 440
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1931841322
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9781931841320
ASIN: 1931841322
Publication Date: June 3, 2003
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Product Description
If you are new to programming with PHP and MySQL and are looking for a solid introduction, this is the book for you. Developed by computer science instructors, books in the for the absolute beginner series teach the principles of programming through simple game creation. You will acquire the skills that you need for more practical programming applications and will learn how these skills can be put to use in real world scenarios. Best of all, by the time you finish this book you will be able to apply the basic principles youve learned to the next programming language you tackle.
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 Not for beginners. Confusing. October 23, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book is not for beginners, and it is absolutely not for "absolute" beginners. It's badly written and jump for one subject to another. It doesn't make sense whatsoever. It introduce tags and codes without any explanation and then they move on to more code using information that was never explained. Don't buy it. Save your money and time.
Save your money, mine is going back! July 16, 2004
22 out of 34 found this review helpful
As always, another book for beginners that makes no sense. If you are like me trying to learn PHP/MySQL it looks like the NET is the way to go. Find tons of tutorials and read them. I only read the first 100+ pages and was not happy. It appears that they DONT KNOW what a beginner is! I'm still looking for a book to get my feet wet, so far I've read the "in easy steps" books from BN, and they were simple to grasp. But not enough.This has been one of my biggest complaints with books for beginners... Are they really for some one who knows nothing about the subject? Or is it marketing? You make the call. I have complained forever about this! It appears they start out good then lose it, and you are now stuck. PS This is my first review and I wanted to write it so you can see it really does not help the newbie. Good Luck in your PHP/MySQL learning.
 Wonderful for Beginners ! May 13, 2004
5 out of 18 found this review helpful
One of the Best books I have ever read ,not only in Computers but in general.The author has brought out the exciting world of PHP/MySQL to a dumbo like me..!!To put in a nutshell when I finished reading the book I felt that someone who has guided me over is gone ! Needless to say that I strongly recommend this book for beginners..! :)
 Good but not great- it has unusable code April 24, 2004
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book has been good for several things- teaching basic code, reusing snippets of scripts- but in Chaper 6- Working with Files, I haven't been able to get the code to work. Loading it from the companion CD, it didn't work off the bat. I went online for support and there is NO errata souce for the book which is really frustrating! I finally figured out the first problem in the code, but now I am stuck again. I like to use the book as a reference to work on a problem at hand, so this book isn't one for that. Also, the code that it suppllies should work without any tweaking needed (or tell you what tweaking needs to be done) and this book isn't one for that either. Therefore, I suggest borrowing the book from a friend or the library before purchasing, or buy it used. It is helpful at points, but en errata source would have made this perfect for me. For an example of a great book/resource on PHP and MySQL, see Larry Ullman's PHP & MySQL for Dynamic Web Sites.
Good, but doesn't help much designing the actual page. March 24, 2004
4 out of 20 found this review helpful
Good, but doesn't help much designing the actual page. I was hoping to learn to make the actual design of a page, but its mostly all about scripts. I like how you do get examples though.
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